Melody Maker, April 20, 1957
February 2nd, 2007 by marc
Frank Wess leads the flute revival – by Frank Dixon
“Every time I look around I see a new jazz flute player,” says Frank Wess, who was in at the start of the jazz flute revival.
We were in the artists’ bar at Belle Vue, Manchester. Frank was relaxing between the two Basie sessions of Wednesday, April 3.
A soft-spoken man of medium build, he has a neat little moustache and penetrating, widely-spaced eyes that make him look younger than his 35 years. He was tired from the Basie tour’s gruelling travelling, but he was ready to talk flute.
And I was wager to listen to an expert on an instrument which, I am sure, will soon establish itself as firmly in British as in American jazz. Continue reading ‘Melody Maker, April 20, 1957′