Wess, Frank / Magic 101
| Album: | Magic 101 | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Wess, Frank | Added: | Jun 2013 | |
| Label: | Ipo Recordings | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2013-06-17 | Pull Date: | 2013-08-19 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Aug 18 | Aug 11 | Aug 4 | Jul 14 | Jul 7 | Jun 30 | Jun 23 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 23, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum
Come Rain Or Come Shine |
4. | Aug 09, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum
Come Rain Or Come Shine |
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| 2. | Aug 17, 2013: | Music Casserole
Easy Living |
5. | Aug 04, 2013: | Street Hassle
Say It Isn't So |
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| 3. | Aug 14, 2013: | aug-14-2013
Come Rain Or Come Shine |
6. | Aug 02, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum
Say It Isn't So |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2013-06-13
Reviewed 2013-06-13
FRANK WESS: Magic 101
IPO, 2013
CLASSIC JAZZ – And this, my friends, is how it’s done. Sax/flute master Frank Wess was coming up on age 90 when this ballad-heavy set was recorded (in 2011), but it doesn’t just sound like an old man playing. It sounds like a classic. Leading a top-shelf quartet, Wess is swinging and erudite, with an economical, non-flashy style. Kenny Barron on piano makes a fine pairing. This set is all tenor sax, no flute.
Frank Wess : tenor saxophone
Kenny Barron : piano
Kenny Davis : bass
Winard Harper : drums
Try any track. Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 6
1. 7:26 – easy swinger: sax glides on jaunty rhythm; classy piano/bass solos
2. 7:33 – ballad, slow and bluesy with a great, lyrical sax tone & sweet piano
3. 8:24 – duo ballad: lovely piano/sax interplay and a blue atmosphere
4. 9:03 – relaxed piano/sax duet: sax solo is conversational & delightful
5. 9:34 – quartet ballad, everyone takes it easy, smoky nightclub after hours
6. 6:58 – easy swing: Monk blues takes a long, cool stroll; niiiice sax solo
7. 4:12 – solo sax, digging into the lyrical possibilities of an Ellington melody
[ Fo ] - 13 June 2013
IPO, 2013
CLASSIC JAZZ – And this, my friends, is how it’s done. Sax/flute master Frank Wess was coming up on age 90 when this ballad-heavy set was recorded (in 2011), but it doesn’t just sound like an old man playing. It sounds like a classic. Leading a top-shelf quartet, Wess is swinging and erudite, with an economical, non-flashy style. Kenny Barron on piano makes a fine pairing. This set is all tenor sax, no flute.
Frank Wess : tenor saxophone
Kenny Barron : piano
Kenny Davis : bass
Winard Harper : drums
Try any track. Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 6
1. 7:26 – easy swinger: sax glides on jaunty rhythm; classy piano/bass solos
2. 7:33 – ballad, slow and bluesy with a great, lyrical sax tone & sweet piano
3. 8:24 – duo ballad: lovely piano/sax interplay and a blue atmosphere
4. 9:03 – relaxed piano/sax duet: sax solo is conversational & delightful
5. 9:34 – quartet ballad, everyone takes it easy, smoky nightclub after hours
6. 6:58 – easy swing: Monk blues takes a long, cool stroll; niiiice sax solo
7. 4:12 – solo sax, digging into the lyrical possibilities of an Ellington melody
[ Fo ] - 13 June 2013
Track Listing
| 1. | Say It Isn't So | 4. | Come Rain Or Come Shine | |||
| 2. | The Very Thought Of You | 5. | Easy Living | |||
| 3. | Pretty Lady | 6. | Blue Monk | |||
| 7. | All Too Soon | |||||