Flutes & Reeds Explained

Flutes & Reeds
Type:	Album
Artist:	Ernie Wilkins and Frank Wess
Cover:	Flutes & Reeds.jpg
Released:	1955
Recorded:	August 2, 1955
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	35:20
Label:	Savoy MG 12022
Producer:	Ozzie Cadena
Chronology:	Ernie Wilkins
Prev Title:	Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins
Prev Year:	1955
Next Title:	Top Brass
Next Year:	1955

Flutes & Reeds is an album by American jazz saxophonist/composer/arranger Ernie Wilkins and saxophonist/flautist Frank Wess featuring performances recorded in 1955 and first released on the Savoy label. The Shown cover art is from the 1970s Savoy Jazz re-issue.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Ernie Wilkins except where noted

1. "Shorty George" (Count Basie, Andy Gibson) – 5:40
2. "Bouncin' with Boots"– 11:17
3. "That's a Woman" (Marcel Daniels) – 3:19
4. "Doin' the Thing" (Frank Foster) – 6:41
5. "Blues in a Cold Water Flat" – 5:14
6. "Stereophonic" – 3:09

Personnel

• Ernie Wilkins – alto saxophone, – featured on track 3 – arranger, conductor
  • Jerome Richardson, Frank Wess – tenor saxophone, flute Hank Jones – piano
• Eddie Jones – bass
• Kenny Clarke – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/savoy-records/catalog-12000-series/#mg-12022 Savoy Records Catalog: 12000 series
2. http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/savoy.pdf Discography of the Savoy/Regent and Associated labels