Frank Wess

Frank Wellington Wess January 4 1922 October 30 2013 was an American jazz saxophonist and flutist In addition to his extensive solo work Wess is remembered for his time in Count Basies band from the early 1950s into the 1960s Critic Scott Yannow described him as one of the premier proteges of Lester Young and a leading jazz flutist of his erausing the latter instrument to bring new colors to Basies music From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia