Frankly Speaking (album) explained

Frankly Speaking
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Frank Foster and Frank Wess
Cover:	Frankly Speaking.jpg
Released:	1985
Recorded:	December 1984
Studio:	Skyline Studios, NYC
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	49:39
Label:	Concord Jazz
Producer:	Bennett Rubin
Chronology:	Frank Foster
Prev Title:	Two for the Blues
Prev Year:	1984
Next Title:	Generations
Next Year:	1985

Frankly Speaking is an album by saxophonists Frank Foster and Frank Wess which was recorded in 1984 and released on the Concord Jazz label the following year.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow said "Using the same personnel as the previous year's Two for the Blues, this set gets the slight edge and is an excellent introduction to the playing of the two Count Basie saxophonists. ... Recommended".

Track listing

All compositions by Frank Foster except where noted

"An' All Such Stuff as 'Dat" – 6:32
"The Summer Knows" (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) – 6:47
"When Did You Leave Heaven?" (Richard A. Whiting, Walter Bullock) – 7:12
"Up and Coming" (Frank Wess) – 4:43
"One Morning in May" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 5:01
"Two Franks" (Neal Hefti) – 3:09
"This Is All I Ask" (Gordon Jenkins) – 10:22
"Blues Backstage" – 5:47

Personnel

Frank Foster – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
Frank Wess – tenor saxophone, flute
Kenny Barron – piano
Rufus Reid – double bass
Marvin "Smitty" Smith – drums

Notes and References

https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2015/05/07/frank-foster-discography/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Frank Foster discography