Saxophonist Frank Wess

Frank Wess

Living place: Kansas City

Birthday: 4-1-1922 (102 years old)

Population of US 1922: 110,049,000

Global rank: #71802

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Saxophonist Frank Wess profile

Who is Saxophonist Frank Wess?
2007 NEA Jazz Master, Composer Contributing Jazz Orchestra, and multiple recording artist also played the flute. He has worked with many different artists, including Hang Jones.
He is a prominent member of the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He started playing classical music in Oklahoma but moved to Washington DC to play jazz in big bands.

Family life info

He was born in Kansas City, Missouri.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Saxophonist Frank Wess?
He has performed with Count Basie's band for over a decade.

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Summary of Frank Wess profile

When was Saxophonist Frank Wess born?
Frank Wess birthday 4-1-1922 (at the age of 102).
Where is Saxophonist Frank Wess's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Frank Wess was born in Kansas City, Missouri- United States. is a Saxophonist, whose Zodiac is Capricorn, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rooster. Frank Wess's global rank is 71802 and whose rank is 120 in list of famous Saxophonist. Population of US in 1922 is about 110,049,000 persons.
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Events in 1922 and 4-1

Events in US in the birth year of Frank Wess

  • Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. (May 30).
  • Coal miners strike for nearly six months to protest wage cuts. The strike, one of several organized by the United Mine Workers of America since 1919, cripples the coal mining industry.

Birthday Frank Wess (4-1) in history

  • Day 4-1 year 1885: Dr. William W. Grant of Davenport, Iowa, performed what is thought to be the first appendectomy.
  • Day 4-1 year 1896: Utah was admitted as 45th state in the United States.
  • Day 4-1 year 1904: In Gonzales v. Williams, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that citizens of Puerto Rico are not aliens and can enter the U.S. freely.
  • Day 4-1 year 1948: Burma (Myanmar) gained independence from Great Britain.
  • Day 4-1 year 1951: During the Korean War, North Korean and Communist Chinese forces captured the city of Seoul.
  • Day 4-1 year 1965: President Johnson outlined his "Great Society" in his State of the Union address.
  • Day 4-1 year 1999: Former wrestler Jesse Ventura was sworn in as Minnesota's governor.
  • Day 4-1 year 2007: California Democrat Nancy Pelosi becomes the first woman U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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