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The Flute Mastery of Frank Wess
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The Flute Mastery of Frank Wess
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The Flute Mastery of Frank Wess
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This excellent 1981 date from
is, as its title suggests, the first -- and only -- all-flute session from the man who brought the instrument to prominence as a soloist in creative mainstream jazz during the 1950s.
-- also a fine saxophonist -- has a list of credits including
in the late '40s and
's legendary 1950s band with
. He won the
critic's poll for flute for six consecutive years between 1959 and 1964.
was produced by
, and the session's other personnel include bassist
, pianist
, and drummer
. The original six-track program includes lovely readings of the standards "Lover Come Back to Me," "Spring Is Here," and "There Is No Greater Love,"
's "Battle Royal," and two excellent
originals in "Nada Mas" and "Riled Up." In addition are bonus cuts that feature alternate takes of the standards as well as "Nada Mas." ~ Thom Jurek