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
Week Ending: Aug 18 Aug 11 Aug 4 Jul 14 Jul 7 Jun 30 Jun 23
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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
2. Aug 17, 2013: Music Casserole
Easy Living
5. Aug 04, 2013: Street Hassle
Say It Isn't So
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
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

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