Flutes & Reeds

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]

Flutes & Reeds
Studio album by Ernie Wilkins and Frank Wess
Released	1955
Recorded	August 2, 1955
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:20
Label	Savoy MG 12022
Producer	Ozzie 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)

Reception

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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

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

References

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