Flutes & Reeds

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Flutes & Reeds
Studio album by
Released1955
RecordedAugust 2, 1955
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
GenreJazz
Length35:20
LabelSavoy
MG 12022
ProducerOzzie Cadena
Ernie Wilkins chronology
Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins
(1955)
Flutes & Reeds
(1955)
Top Brass
(1955)
Frank Wess chronology
Flutes & Reeds
(1955)
North, South, East....Wess
(1956)

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[edit]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars.[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Track listing[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Savoy Records Catalog: 12000 series accessed February 5, 2016
  2. ^ Discography of the Savoy/Regent and Associated labels accessed February 5, 2016
  3. ^ a b Flutes and Reeds – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved February 5, 2016.