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Blues Backstage - Count Basie

Frank Wess
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Count Basie - p, org Thad Jones, Renauld Jones, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman - tpt Bill Hughes, Henry Coker, Benny Powell - tb Marshall Royal - as, cl Ernie Wilkins - as, ts Frank Wess - ts, fl Frank Foster - ts Charlie Fowlkes - bs Freddie Green - g Eddie Jones - b Gus Johnson - d recorded 1954 カウント・ベイシー - p, org サド・ジョーンズ、ルノルド・ジョーンズ、ウェンデル・カリー、ジョー・ニューマン - tpt ビル・ヒューズ、ヘンリー・コーカーr、ベニー・パウエル - tb マーシャルロイヤル - as、cl アーニーウィルキンズ - as、ts フランクウェス - ts、fl フランクフォスター - ts チャーリー・フォークス - bs フレディ·グリーン - g エディ・ジョーンズ - b ガス·ジョンソン - d

About Frank Wess

American jazz saxophonist, flutist, arranger and composer Born 4th January 1922 Kansas City, Missouri, USA, died 30th October 2013 Manhattan, New York Member of Billy Eckstine's orchestra from 1946 to 1947, Eddie Haywood's orchestra in 1947 and Lucky Millinder's orchestra in 1948. Worked with Bullmoose Jackson from 1948 to 1949, Count Basie from 1953 to 1964, where he formed a famous pairing, billed as "The Two Franks", with fellow saxophonist Frank Foster and Clark Terry's Big Band from 1967 t...

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Added 22 Jun 2026



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