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| 1. | It's So Peaceful in the Country
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| 2. | Rainy Afternoon
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| 3. | Star Eyes
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| 4. | Stella by Starlight
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| 5. | But Beautiful
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| 6. | Gone With the Wind
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| 7. | I See Your Face Before Me
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Jazz / Bop; Cool
Recorded: May 9, 1960, Rudy Van Gelder, New York City
Remastered: 2004, Kirk Felton, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley
Frank Wess - Flute, Sax (Tenor)
Bobby Donaldson - Drums
Ed Jones - Bass
Eddie Jones - Bass
Tommy Flanagan - Piano
As with most successful ideas, the formula for the Prestige series of Moodsville albums was uncomplicated: Combine good musicians with good ballads to produce music that is not only easy to listen to, but also aesthetically satisfying. Frank Wess was a perfect choice for intelligent mood music. Wess treated this collection of great songs with his composer's sensibility, his taste, and his command of the basic jazz values. We hear him on both flute and tenor saxophone. Wess is accompanied by the great pianist Tommy Flanagan; Eddie Jones, his stalwart bassist colleague from the Count Basie band; and the strong, subtle drumming of Bobby Donaldson. Together, they plumb the possibilities in a handful of classic standard songs in a way that proves that mood music needn't always be slow and dreamy. Adding an original composition, "Rainy Afternoon," Wess uses the blues to elevate the mood.
* Esmond Edwards - Photography, Supervisor
* Jamie Putnam - Cover Design
* Kirk Felton - Remastering
* Ron Eyre - Liner Notes
* Rudy Van Gelder - Engineer
Frank Wess has long been one of the most underrated flautists in jazz, but it's his primary instrument on this CD reissue of a Moodsville LP recorded in 1960. With fine accompaniment by piano master Tommy Flanagan, bassist Eddie Jones and drummer Bobby Donaldson, the leader's lyrical chops are evident in Alec Wilder's rarely performed ballad "It's So Peaceful in the Country." The light Latin setting of "Star Eyes" initially spotlights Flanagan's elegant piano, with the rhythm switching gears as Wess works his magic on flute. Flanagan alone introduces the dreamy interpretation of "But Beautiful," while Wess will melt any heart with his gorgeous flute solo. Wess is best known for his swinging tenor saxophone, heard on the richly textured "Gone With the Wind," a spacious "Stella by Starlight" (which will rival any saxophonist's recording for pure beauty), as well as his bluesy original "Rainy Afternoon," with Donaldson's light percussion possibly suggesting stepping in sidewalk puddles or windshield wipers clearing intermittent precipitation. Highly recommended.
---Ken Dryden, All Music Guide |
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