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Frank Wess

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Aliases
The Frank Wess Orchestra
The Frank Wess Quartet
Frank Wess Sextet
Real name
Frank Wellington Wess
Born
January 4, 1922
Died
October 30, 2013
Country
United States
IPI
00032760401 1 work
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Jazz alto and soprano saxophonist and flautist
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Covers by Frank Wess

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 1998 Ella Fitzgerald - Orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman
i November 2012 Blue Mitchell with Strings and Brass
i 1994 Cilla Black
i 1998 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly
i 2006 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly
i   1998 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
i   April 6, 2004 David Brooks and Marion Bell PRF, David Brooks and Marion Bell with Brigadoon Orchestra conducted by Franz Allers REC,REL
i January 1959 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
i 1992 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
i 1983 Kenny Dorham Quintet
i 1993 Lew Soloff
i 1984 Janet Leigh [dubbed by Jackie Ward]
i 1993 Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
i January 1959 Patti Page
i 2006 Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra
i 2006 Charlie Parker All Stars
i 1992 Charley Parker's Ree Boppers
i April 6, 2004 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i   April 9, 2002 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Leonard REC, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle REL
i   1962 Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC
i January 1959 Kenny Clarke, Cannonball Adderley, Horace Silver, Donald Byrd, Nat Adderley, Paul Chambers
i 1960 Bing Crosby
i   1984 Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge REC,BRD, Ginger Rogers and Willie Howard PRF
i 1983 Bud Powell
i   1958 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Weston Vaughan REC,REL, Pit Musicians [What Price Glory] PRF
i March 2009 Charlie Parker's All Stars
i   1994 Louis Jourdan PRF, Doug Crosley REL
i 1998 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1993 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1984 John Coltrane
i 1993 Billie Holiday
i 1984 Billie Holiday
i April 6, 2004 King Oliver's Jazz Band, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1971 Ray Bryant Trio
i   1962 Jack Barker [US1] PRF, Jacques Renard and His Orchestra REC
i   1958 Jack Barker [US1] PRF, Jacques Renard and His Orchestra REC
i 1990 The Milt Jackson Quartet
Did I Remember Etta Jones with Junior Mance, Kenny Burrell, Frank Wess, Joe Newman, Milt Hinton 1965 Unverified
i 1994 Bill Evans [US1]
i 1992 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday
i   1998 Clifford Jordan and The Magic Triangle REL, Cedar Walton REC
i 1994 Bill Evans [US1]
i 1971 The Beatles
i   March 2009 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Bob Allen REC, Morton Downey PRF
i   1993 The Leighton Brothers REC, Paul Biese Trio REL
i 1984 Thelonious Monk Quintet featuring Sonny Rollins
i   1994 Bill Evans with Freddie Hubbard and Zoot Sims REC, Bill Evans [US1] REL
i 1960 (unknown)
i 2009 Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Gracie Barrie
i   March 2009 Bing Crosby and Patty Andrews with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra REC,REL, Isabel Bigley PRF
i   March 2009 Tony Martin with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC, Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest BRD
i   1954 Mills Brothers REL, Cab Calloway and The Cabaliers REC
i   March 2009 Dick Todd with Orchestra REC,REL, Tamara PRF
i   1993 Percy Faith PRF, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle REC,REL
i 1983 Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt
i March 2009 Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt
i 2009 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
i   1960 Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra REC, Evelyn Laye PRF
i   1998 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REL, Fred MacMurray & Dorothy Lamour BRD
i 1960 Jan Savitt and His Tophatters - Vocal Refrain by Allan De Witt
i   April 6, 2004 Billy Eckstine - Orchestra conducted by Russ Case REC,REL, Robert Alda & Isabel Bigley PRF
i   1992 Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
I Was Telling Him About You Etta Jones with Junior Mance, Kenny Burrell, Frank Wess, Joe Newman, Milt Hinton 1965 Unverified
i 1990 Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young
i March 2009 Duke Jordan Trio
i 1990 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1995 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i   2006 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen REC,REL, June Knight & Charles Walters PRF
i   2009 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen REC,REL, June Knight & Charles Walters PRF
i 1984 J. J. Johnson - Kai Winding
1965 Milt Buckner
i 1994 Bill Evans [US1]
i   1984 Stan Getz, Oscar Pettiford REC, Oscar Pettiford and His Jazz Groups REL
i 2009 Kaye Ballard
i 1995 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i Lil' Darlin' Frank Wess Harry Edison Orchestra 1990 Unverified
i 1994 Kenny Burrell
i 1994 Horace Parlan Quartet
i   1992 Gene Kelly & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC
i 1994 Bill Evans [US1]
i   1993 Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC
i 1991 Jeanette MacDonald
i   1981 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
i 1994 Bill Evans [US1]
i 1983 Gigi Gryce - Clifford Brown Sextet
i 1958 Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra - Vocal by Margaret Whiting
i   March 2009 Helen Morgan REC,REL, Mayo Methot PRF
i 1983 Hubert Laws
i 1995 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
1965 Barbra Streisand - Arr. & Cond. by Robert Mersey
i   1998 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
i   1995 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
i   1992 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
i   April 6, 2004 Helen Jepson REL, Ruby Elzy PRF, Ruby Elzy under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i 2009 Vic Damone and Music by Camarata
i   1993 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Eugenie Baird REC, Joan Leslie with Freddie Slack and his Orchestra BRD
i 1984 Frank Sinatra – Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra
i 1983 Gigi Gryce Quartet
i   1995 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Walter Catlett PRF
i 1998 The Clifford Jordan Quartet
i One Morning in May Frank Foster + Frank Wess 1985 Unverified
i 1990 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1995 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1998 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
i 1994 Bill Evans, Shelly Manne, Eddie Gómez
i   1993 John Michael King REL,PRF
i 1971 The 5 Stairsteps & Cubie
i 1955 The Horace Silver Trio
i 1992 The Horace Silver Trio
i Over the Rainbow Frank Wess, Kenny Burrell, Freddie Green, Eddie Jones, Kenny Clarke (Frank Wess, Kenny Burrell, Freddie Green, Eddie "One String" Jones, Kenny Clarke) 1956 Unverified
i March 2009 Quincy Jones and His Orchestra
i 1957 Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars
i April 9, 2002 Hoagy Carmichael
i   1984 Glynis Johns REL,PRF
i 1991 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1995 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1955 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1971 Stevie Wonder
i 2009 Johnny Hodges
i   1984 Jackie & Roy REC, Jerri Winters - With Orchestra conducted by Don Costa REL
i   1981 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL, Dennis King & Vivienne Segal PRF
i 1983 The New Miles Davis Quintet
i   1960 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Choruses by Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen REL, Stephane Grappelly and His Quartet - With George Shearing at the Piano (Vocalist : Beryl Davis) REC, Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i   March 2009 Lanny Ross BRD, Jimmie Grier and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   1960 Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD
i 1991 (unknown), (unknown)
i 1995 The Thelonious Monk Quintet
i 1994 John Pizzarelli with Milt Hinton, Connie Kay, Dave McKenna, Bucky Pizzarelli, Clark Terry
i   1995 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i March 2009 Abe Lyman's California Orchestra
i   April 6, 2004 Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde PRF
1965 Moe Koffman Quartette, Ella Fitzgerald and Her Shepherds
i 1995 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i January 1959 Cuarteto Machín
i April 6, 2004 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i   April 6, 2004 Helen Clark–Lewis James REC, Phyllis Cleveland and Jack Barker PRF
i 1995 Nat "King" Cole
i   1993 Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra, Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Ginny Simms REC, Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra REL
i 1981 Isham Jones' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman
i   1958 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Maxine Grey REC, Doris Carson & Ray Bolger PRF
i The Summer Knows Frank Foster + Frank Wess 1985 Unverified
i 1990 Al Bowlly
i 2006 Al Bowlly
i 1957 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
i 1990 Nat "King" Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins
i This Is All I Ask Frank Foster + Frank Wess 1985 Unverified
i   1994 Bill Evans with Freddie Hubbard and Zoot Sims REC, Bill Evans with Symphony Orchestra REL
i 1994 Bill Evans Trio
i 1994 Bill Evans [US1]
i   1995 Joe Newman Octet REL, Count Basie and His Orchestra REC
1965 Ella Johnson
i When Did You Leave Heaven? Frank Foster + Frank Wess 1985 Unverified
i April 6, 2004 Victor Young
i March 2009 Gene Austin
i Whirly Bird Frank Wess Harry Edison Orchestra 1990 Unverified
i 1983 Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, Kenny Drew, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones
i 2009 William Gaxton, Lois Moran and Reporters
i 1971 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
i 1995 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash
i   January 1959 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   January 1959 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Cool REC, Dinah Shore with Orchestra conducted by Paul Wetstein REL
i 1995 Eddy Arnold with Orchestra and Choir conducted by Charles Grean
i   March 2009 Carol Bruce REC, Ella Fitzgerald REL
i   1955 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra REC, Fred MacMurray BRD
i 1994 (unknown)

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
Big Band Basie Clark Terry - Frank Wess 1995 Reference Recordings
Dear Mr. Basie Frank Wess Harry Edison Orchestra 1990 Concord Jazz
Entre nous The Frank Wess Orchestra 1991 Concord Jazz
Etta Jones Sings Etta Jones with Junior Mance, Kenny Burrell, Frank Wess, Joe Newman, Milt Hinton 1965 Roulette
Flute Juice Frank Wess 1981 Progressive Records
Flutes & Reeds Ernie Wilkins - Frank Wess - Jerome Richardson - Hank Jones - Eddie Jones - Kenny Clarke 1955 Savoy Records
Frank Wess Sextet Frank Wess Sextet 1954 Commodore
Going Wess Frank Wess with Bobby Forrester & Tootsie Bean 1993 Town Crier Recordings
Hank and Frank Hank Jones & Frank Wess 2006 Lineage Records
Hank & Frank II Hank Jones & Frank Wess March 2009 Lineage Records
Hip Harp Dorothy Ashby with Frank Wess 1958 Prestige [US]
In a Minor Grove Dorothy Ashby and Frank Wess January 1959 New Jazz
In High Profile Dick Katz with Frank Wess, Jimmy Knepper, Marc Johnson, Al Harewood 1984 Bee Hive
It's the Real Soul Gene Harris Quartet with Special Guest Frank Wess 1995 Concord Jazz
Love Call Joan Stiles with Clark Terry, Frank Wess April 6, 2004 Zoho Music
Moodsville 8 The Frank Wess Quartet 1960 Prestige Moodsville
Opus de Funk Junior Mance + Frank Wess 1992 Lob Inc.
Opus De Jazz Milt Jackson, Frank Wess, Kenny Clarke, Hank Jones, Eddie Jones 1955 Savoy Records
Paul Meyers Quartet Paul Meyers Quartet featuring Frank Wess 2009 Miles High Records
Southern Comfort Frank Wess 1962 Prestige [US]
Surprise! Surprise! The Frank Wess Quartet 1998 Chiaroscuro
Tryin' to Make My Blues Turn Green Frank Wess 1994 Concord Jazz
Two at the Top Frank Wess/Johnny Coles 1983 Uptown
Two at the Top Frank Wess/Johnny Coles November 2012 Uptown Records [US3]
Two for the Blues Frank Foster + Frank Wess 1984 Pablo
Wess to Memphis Frank Wess 1971 Enterprise [US2]
Wheelin' & Dealin' Frank Wess, John Coltrane, Paul Quinichette, Mal Waldron, Doug Watkins, Arthur Taylor 1957 Prestige [US]
Your Story - The Music of Bill Evans The Howard Alden Trio with Special Guest Frank Wess 1994 Concord Jazz

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