North, South, East....Wess

North, South, East....Wess
Studio album by Frank Wess
Released 1956
Recorded March 5 and 7, 1956
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length 37:17
Label Savoy
MG 12072
Producer Ozzie Cadena
Frank Wess chronology
Flutes & Reeds
(1955)		 North, South, East....Wess
(1956)		 Opus in Swing
(1956)

North, South, East....Wess is an album by saxophonist Frank Wess recorded in 1956 and released on the Savoy label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Allmusic reviewer by Jim Todd stated, "This easygoing swing date is essentially a small group drawn from the Count Basie band of the day. The two tenors, Wess and Frank Foster, and two trombones, Bennie Powell and Henry Coker, all from the Count's band, keep the sound comfortably cruising near the middle register ... The best moments come when Wess switches to flute, the instrument on which he does have a distinctive and appealing musical personality".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Frank Wess except where noted

  1. "What'd Ya Say" (Ozzie Cadena) – 9:41
  2. "Dill Pickles" (Frank Foster) – 6:08
  3. "Dancing on the Ceiling" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:45
  4. "Hard Sock Dance" – 7:42
  5. "Salvation" – 3:51
  6. "Lazy Sal" (Henry Coker) – 6:10
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ on March 5, 1956 (tracks 2-4) and March 7, 1956 (tracks 1, 5 & 6)

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Jazzdisco: Savoy Records Catalog: 12000 series accessed September 21, 2018
  2. 1 2 Todd, Jim. Frank Wess: North, South, East....Wess – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
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