Frank Wess

EVENT: Gerry Mulligan Tribute Concert Presented by Juilliard Jazz Features Guest Artist, Saxophonist Gary Smulyan, and the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra - Wednesday, February 29, 8 PM, Juilliard's Peter Jay Sharp Theater 02/06/2012

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Terell Stafford Quintet Pays Tribute to Lee Morgan in the Kimmel Centera(TM)S Jazz up Close Series, Feb. 25 02/03/2012

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola January 2012 Lineup 12/21/2011

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Today's Top Artists Gather on-Stage for Giants of Jazz at Sopac on October 1 09/26/2011

EVENT: Birthday Memorial Celebration for Dr. Frank Foster 9/23, 6 PM, Abyssinian Church 09/16/2011

One of the first major jazz flutists, Frank Wess has also been a top Lester Young-influenced tenorman, an expert first altoist, and an occasional composer/arranger -- certainly a valuable man to have around. Early on he toured with Blanche Calloway, served in the military, and had stints with Billy Eckstine Orchestra (1946), Eddie Heywood, Lucky Millinder, and R&B star Bull Moose Jackson. That was ...more