# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-wess
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:23:23.746Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-wess"
name: "Frank Wess"
slug: "frank-wess"
description: "Frank Wellington Wess was an American jazz saxophonist and flutist. He was renowned for his extensive solo work; however, he was also remembered for his time playing with Count Basie's band during the early 1950s into the early 1960s. Critic Scott Yanow described him as one of the premier proteges of Lester Young, and a leading jazz flutist of his era—using the latter instrument to bring new colors to Basie's music."
tagline: "American saxophonist, flutist, composer and arranger"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frank_Wess_%26_Jimmy_Owens.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1922-01-04"
deathDate: "2013-10-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.635748
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0921785/"
    handle:    "nm0921785"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://frankwess.org/"
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    title: "فرانك ويس"
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    title: "Frank Wess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Wess"
    title: "Frank Wess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Wess"
    title: "Frank Wess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Wess"
    title: "Frank Wess"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Wess"
    title: "Frank Wess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Frank Wess"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Wess"
    title: "Frank Wess"
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    title: "Frank Wess"
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    title: "Frank Wess"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump