Two for the Blues

Two for the Blues
Two for the Blues
Studio album by Frank Foster and Frank Wess
Released	1984
Recorded	October 11 and 12, 1983
Studio	Don Elliot Studios, Weston, CT
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:13
Label	Pablo; 2310-905
Producer	Bennett Rubin
Frank Foster chronology
Frank Wess chronology

Two for the Blues is an album by saxophonists Frank Foster and Frank Wess which was recorded in 1983 and released on the Pablo label the following year.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[5]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow said it "features Frank Foster (on tenor and soprano) and Frank Wess (tenor, flute and alto) at their best. ... this is an excellent showcase for the two Franks".^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Frank Wess except where noted

"Two for the Blues" (Neal Hefti) – 6:41
"Send in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim) – 6:18
"Your Beauty Is a Song of Love" – 4:12
"But for the Likes of You" – 4:18
"Heat of Winter" (Frank Foster) – 5:44
"Nancy (with the Laughing Face)" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Phil Silvers) – 4:16
"Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) – 5:03
"A Time for Love" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 5:32
"Bay Street" – 3:46

Personnel

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

References

^ Pablo Records Catalog: 2310-900, 2310 Sampler Album series accessed May 9, 2018
^ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Frank Foster discography accessed May 9, 2018
^ Concord Music: album entry accessed May 9, 2018
^ ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. Frank Foster: Two for the Blues – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 501. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[1] Pablo Records Catalog: 2310-900, 2310 Sampler Album series accessed May 9, 2018

[2] Enciclopedia del Jazz: Frank Foster discography accessed May 9, 2018

[3] Concord Music: album entry accessed May 9, 2018

[Allmusic-4] Yanow, Scott. Frank Foster: Two for the Blues – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 9, 2018.

[Penguin-5] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 501. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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v t e Frank Foster
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums	Hope Meets Foster (1955) No 'Count (1956) Fearless Frank Foster (1965) Soul Outing! (1966) Manhattan Fever (1968) The Loud Minority (1972) The House That Love Built (1982) Two for the Blues (with Frank Wess, 1983) Frankly Speaking (1984) Generations (with Pepper Adams, 1985) Leo Rising (1996)
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v t e Frank Wess
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums	Flutes & Reeds (1955) North, South, East....Wess (1956) Opus in Swing (1956) Jazz for Playboys (1956-1957) Wheelin' & Dealin' (1957) Opus de Blues (1959) The Frank Wess Quartet (1960) Southern Comfort (1962) Yo Ho! Poor You, Little Me (1963) Two at the Top (1983) Two for the Blues (1983) Frankly Speaking (1984)
Related articles	New York Jazz Quartet

v t e Kenny Barron
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums as leader or co-leader	You Had Better Listen (with Jimmy Owens, 1967) Sunset to Dawn (1973) Peruvian Blue (1974) In Tandem (and Ted Dunbar, 1975) Lucifer (1975) Innocence (1978) Together (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978) Golden Lotus (1980) Kenny Barron at the Piano (1981) Imo Live (1982) Spiral (1982) Green Chimneys (1983–87) 1+1+1 (1984) Autumn in New York (1984) Landscape (1984) Scratch (1985) The Red Barron Duo (and Red Mitchell, 1986) Two as One (and Buster Williams, 1986) What If? (1986) Live at Fat Tuesdays (1988) Rhythm-a-Ning (and John Hicks, 1989) Invitation (1990) Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Ten (1990) The Only One (1990) Confirmation (and Barry Harris, 1991) Lemuria-Seascape (1991) The Moment (1991) Quickstep (1991) Sambao (1992) Other Places (1993) Wanton Spirit (1994) Swamp Sally (and Mino Cinelu, 1995) Things Unseen (1995) Live at Bradley's (1996) Live at Bradley's II (1996) Night and the City (and Charlie Haden, 1996) Spirit Song (1999) Canta Brasil (2000) Freefall (and Regina Carter, 2000) Images (2003) Super Standard (2004) The Traveler (2007) Minor Blues (2009) Kenny Barron & the Brazilian Knights (2012) The Art of Conversation (and Dave Holland, 2014) Book of Intuition (2015) Concentric Circles (2018) Without Deception (and Dave Holland, 2020) The Source (2023) Beyond This Place (2024)
Member of Sphere	Four in One (1982) Flight Path (1983) Sphere On Tour (1985) Pumpkin's Delight (1986) Four for All (1987) Bird Songs (1988)
With Bill Barron	Modern Windows (1961) The Tenor Stylings of Bill Barron (1961) Hot Line (1962) West Side Story Bossa Nova (1963) Jazz Caper (1978) Variations in Blue (1983) Live at Cobi's 2 (1985) The Next Plateau (1987)
With Ron Carter	Pastels (1976) Yellow & Green (1976) Peg Leg (1977) Piccolo (1977) A Song for You (1978) Pick 'Em (1978) New York Slick (1979) Patrão (1980) Super Strings (1981) So What? (1998)
With Stan Getz	Voyage (1986) Anniversary! (1987) Serenity (1987) Bossas & Ballads – The Lost Sessions (1989) People Time: The Complete Recordings (1991)
With Dizzy Gillespie	Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris (1963) Dizzy Goes Hollywood (1963) Something Old, Something New (1963) I/We Had a Ball (multiple leaders, 1964) Jambo Caribe (1964) The Cool World (1964) Charlie Parker 10th Memorial Concert (multiple leaders, 1965) The Melody Lingers On (1966)
With Freddie Hubbard	High Blues Pressure (1967) A Soul Experiment (1968–69) The Black Angel (1969) Sing Me a Song of Songmy (İlhan Mimaroğlu, 1970) Super Blue (1978) Outpost (1981) The Rose Tattoo (1983)
With Yusef Lateef	The Centaur and the Phoenix (arranger, 1960) The Gentle Giant (1970–71) Part of the Search (1971–73) Hush 'N' Thunder (1972) 10 Years Hence (1974) The Doctor Is In... and Out (1976)
With James Moody	Another Bag (1962) Comin' On Strong (1963) Moody and the Brass Figures (1966) The Blues and Other Colors (1968–69) Feelin' It Together (1973)
With Buddy Rich	The Last Blues Album Volume 1 (1974) Transition (and Lionel Hampton, 1974) Very Live at Buddy's Place (1974) Speak No Evil (released 1976)
With others	Many a New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein (Karrin Allyson, 2015) Live at the Blue Note (Franco Ambrosetti, 1992) Mustang (Curtis Amy, 1967) Old Bottles - New Wine (Ray Anderson, 1985) The Best Thing for You (Chet Baker, 1977) You Can't Go Home Again (Chet Baker, 1977) Studio Trieste (Chet Baker and Hubert Laws, 1982) Bad Benson (George Benson, 1974) Code Red (Cindy Blackman, 1990) The Oracle (Cindy Blackman, 1995) Shining Hour (Larry Coryell, 1989) Quicksand (Ted Curson, 1974) Continuum (Ray Drummond, 1994) Booker 'n' Brass (Booker Ervin, 1967) Tex Book Tenor (Booker Ervin, 1968) All That Jazz (Ella Fitzgerald, 1989) Awakening (Sonny Fortune, 1975) Two for the Blues (Frank Foster and Frank Wess, 1983) Frankly Speaking (Frank Foster and Frank Wess, 1984) Tiger in the Rain (Michael Franks, 1978) Man & Woman (George Freeman, 1974) Panorama: Live at the Village Vanguard (Jim Hall, 1996) Light and Lively (Louis Hayes, 1989) Una Max (Louis Hayes, 1989) The Gap Sealer (Albert Heath, 1972) Kwanza (The First) (Jimmy Heath, 1973) Now! (Bobby Hutcherson, 1969) In the Vanguard (Bobby Hutcherson, 1986) New Agenda (Elvin Jones, 1975) Time Capsule (Elvin Jones, 1977) The Bassist! (Sam Jones, 1979) We're Goin' Up (Eric Kloss, 1967) Jazz Nocturne (Lee Konitz, 1992) Number Two Express (Christian McBride, 1995) Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown (Helen Merrill, 1995) Never Never Land (Jane Monheit, 2000) Peace and Rhythm (Idris Muhammad, 1971) A Time for Love (Arturo Sandoval, 2010) This Bud's for You... (Bud Shank, 1984) Solid (Woody Shaw, 1986) Kamau (Charles Sullivan, 1995) Pure Dynamite (Buddy Terry, 1972) A Bluish Bag (Stanley Turrentine, 1967) Jazz French Horn (Tom Varner, 1985) Listen Here (Roseanna Vitro, 1982) Natural Essence (Tyrone Washington, 1967) Two at the Top (Frank Wess and Johnny Coles, 1983) New York, New Sound (Gerald Wilson, 2003)
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