Frank Wess

Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1922-01-04

Active to

2013-10-30

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Listeners

10,289

Total plays

59,475

Frank Wess (born January 4, 1922 in Kansas City – October 30, 2013) is an American jazz musician, who has played saxophone (both alto and tenor) and flute. He began with classical music and played in Oklahoma. He later switched to jazz on moving to Washington, D. C. and by nineteen was working in the Big Bands. His career would be interrupted during World War II although he did play with a military band in the period. On returning from service he joined Billy Eckstine's orchestra.[1] <a href="h

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools

   · 2012 · cited 29,221x

2. Intermolecular interactions from a natural bond orbital, donor-acceptor viewpoint

   · 1988 · cited 16,708x

3. Accurate normalization of real-time quantitative RT-PCR data by geometric averaging of multiple internal control genes

   · 2002 · cited 16,052x

4. The american rheumatism association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis

   · 1988 · cited 15,809x

5. NMRPipe: A multidimensional spectral processing system based on UNIX pipes

   · 1995 · cited 13,868x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Kansas City

Place of death

Manhattan

Occupation

jazz musician

Languages spoken

English language

Award

NEA Jazz Masters

Genre

jazz

Instrument

flute

Record label

Concord Records

Official website

frankwess.org

Image

Frank Wess & Jimmy Owens.jpg

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