Shoko can refer to:

Shoko (Buddhist) (1162-1238), disciple of Hōnen and second patriarch of Jōdo-shū

Emperor Shōkō (1401-1428), the 101st Emperor of Japan

Shoko Nakagawa (born 1985), Japanese idol

Shoko Sawada (born 1962), Japanese singer-songwriter

Shoko Hamada (born 1986), Japanese gravure idol

Shoko Slack (born 1965), Japanese Reiki Master, Color Therapist, Crystal Therapist, Aroma Therapist, practitioner of Tai Chi and Qi Gong.

''Shōko'', a small gong used in the ''gagaku'' music of Japan

Category:Japanese given names

ja:Shoko

name	Shoko Nakagawa
background	solo_singer
alias	Shokotan, Shokotasu
birth date	May 05, 1985
origin	Tokyo, Japan
genre	Japanese Pop & Japanese Rock
occupation	Model / Comedienne / Singer / TV Personality / Presenter
years active	2001-present
label	Sony Records
website	http://www.nakagawashoko.com/ }}

is a Japanese idol, ''tarento'', actress, voice actress, illustrator, and singer. She is best known as the presenter of Pokémon Sunday. She is the daughter of Katsuhiko Nakagawa, a celebrity in Japan in the 1980s.

She is represented by the Watanabe Entertainment talent agency. Her nickname is (In the blog by Mika Kaneda, who appeared with her on "Ōsama no Brunch", she is called Shokotasu).

Life [link]

Born to entertainer Katsuhiko Nakagawa as as she had been using for most of her life}}, she was raised by her mother in Nakano (Katsuhiko Nakagawa died in 1994). She made her entertainment debut in 2001, winning the Grand Prix award at the Popolo Girl Audition and representing the Jackie Chan talent agency. Later, on the "Yume-Ga-Oka Residence" programme on SKY PerfecTV!, she was given a Jackie Chan photobook by Midorikawa Shobō, who were guests on the show. She commented "I thought he was an enemy of Bruce Lee's", apparently referring to Enter the Dragon. In 2002, she was chosen as Miss Shōnen Magazine. She appeared in a brief section of "Kangaeru Hito" ("People who think") on the Fuji TV network in 2004 and showed her ability as an illustrator; this won her a regular place on the later version of the programme which started with minor changes in early 2005, "Kangaeru Hitokoma" ("Thinking about one frame [of a cartoon strip]"). For one year starting in May 2005, she appeared as a regular on the TBS programme "Ōsama no Brunch", which made her well-known among the general public. In July 2006, she released her debut single "Brilliant Dream". It entered the Oricon chart at number 29, with initial sales of 6313 copies. Nakagawa performed at Anime Expo 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Personality [link]

Nakagawa is a fan of the Super Sentai series, and in particular looks up to the character Yūri/Time Pink of ''Mirai Sentai Timeranger''. At the time, she stood in line all night to watch the live ''Timeranger'' show at Kōrakuen Fairground (now Tokyo Dome City Attractions) in the front row. In 2004, she achieved a longstanding ambition by putting in a guest appearance in the 38th episode of ''Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger'' (she had previously appeared as a child in ''Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman''). She has always wanted to become the next Pink Ranger, and has gone out for auditions four times, but failed each time because "she does not have good athletic ability". She has said that she was drawn to the entertainment world out of admiration not for her father but for Mika Katsumura, who played the role of Yūri, and that during gravure work she uses Katsumura's photobooks and DVDs as a guide. She later appeared with Katsumura on ''Men B'', and the two are now as friendly as if they were sisters. She is also a fan of the Metal Hero Series and Heisei Kamen Rider Series, particularly the series written by Yasuko Kobayashi, and sees Shigeki Hosokawa who played the titular character of ''Kamen Rider Hibiki'' as an ideal man. She is also fond of fellow entertainer and gravure idol Natsuki Katō for playing the first female Kamen Rider Kamen Rider Femme (both share a love of anime, tokusatsu, and video games).

Nakagawa is also a fan of Bruce Lee, and has a wide knowledge of kung fu films. She has studied Cantonese, and visited Hong Kong many times with her mother (However, she confessed on TV that in fact she soon gave up Cantonese, and hardly speaks it at all, although she keeps it on her profile.) She got to know Jackie Chan when she met him by chance at a restaurant he runs. Jackie Chan now keeps a picture she drew on display at his offices in Hong Kong. She has her own tracksuit and nunchaku she made herself, which are decorated with pink fur.

Nakagawa is skilled as a manga cartoonist and illustrator. She worships CLAMP and Kazuo Umezu, and wants to become a manga artist. On the Fuji TV show ''Kangaeru Hitokoma'', on which she is a semi-regular guest, she showed this side of herself by drawing in the style of Kazuo Umezu. Some of her work was shown on the May 11, 2006 edition of ''Downtown Deluxe'' on the Nippon TV network, and was much praised. As of 2006, her manga "SHOCOTAN * QUEST" is being serialised on her official website. The fact that even after becoming a celebrity she has not given up on drawing led to her being selected as a member of the judging panel in the "Jump Damashii" section of the Shūeisha publication Weekly Shōnen Jump, starting from Jump number 13 of 2006.

Nakagawa does not like cooking. In a special version of ''Koi no Apron'' (TV Asahi) in August 2005, she disappointed the judges with her cabbage roll. She appeared on ''Koi no Apron'' again in November, this time making cream puffs and coffee jelly, but gave another poor showing, with the lowest ranking of any of the Apron Girls for that day. In July 2006, Nakagawa confessed to having a weak digestion, but managed to keep the situation light-hearted with jokes, while wearing a serious expression on her face.

Nakagawa is also enthusiastic about the Wikipedia Project. In a blog entry dated November 25, 2006 she praised the free online encyclopedia for its articles, especially those related to the otaku culture. She is especially fond of the collaborative writing aspect the project incorporates and has even jokingly said she wanted to jumble her own article.

Cosplay [link]

Nakagawa is also known for loving cosplay, and buys up many clothes at auction, (particularly costumes for ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'', the ''Final Fantasy'' series and ''Sailor Moon'').

On the May 30, 2006 airing of ''Kasupe!'', in the section entitled , "Fuji Bank Celebrity Evaluator", it was discovered that she liked the manga ''Kachō Shima Kōsaku'', eliciting a comment from the host, Sayaka Aoki, that she had pretty "grown-up tastes".

On , "Private Lesson - The Right Way to Make an Akiko Wada", shown on October 4, 2006, when she appeared as a tutor, she entered dressed as Haruhi Suzumiya from ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'', dancing to the end theme from that anime. Immersed in the role of Haruhi, she expounded passionately on "otaku studies" in a disrespectful tone, bewildering her student, Akiko Wada, from start to finish. She showed off her cosplay versions of Misato from ''Evangelion'' (which she filmed herself), Doremi from ''Ojamajo Doremi'', and Vegeta from ''Dragon Ball'', and to finish, got Wada to join in, with Wada playing Rei to her Asuka, and even gave acting directions.

Blog [link]

Her official blog, ''Shokotan * Blog'' opened in 2004, and by April 2006 it had received a total of 100 million hits. On February 2, 2008, the daily Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun reported that her blog had been accessed 1 billion times. There are very many otaku-style entries, and she updates it extremely regularly: in the month of April 2005, there were 600 updates, and on January 28, 2006, there were 70 updates, a record number for a single day. She has become known as the "New Queen of the Blogs", after the original "Queen of the Blog", Kaori Manabe.

The blog sometimes took liberties with copyright, but as of 2006, these entries have been deleted. (see JASRAC.)

From September 2004, posters on 2 Channel took note of her otaku-style interests. She started to use board slang in her blog, including ASCII art imitating Raizon Naitō.

After her appearance on a telethon, the number of accesses to her blog increased, leading to continual trackback spamming. The trackback function was suspended. At present, fans can only send her messages in real time via her mobile phone guestbook.

Pets [link]

At present she keeps seven cats as pets. She also has four turtles; a school of Clione, a planarian and a Corydoras.

Other Work[link]

In 2009, she appeared in a series of commercials for Norton AntiVirus

Appearances [link]

TV [link]

Live[link]

July-September 2012: Nakagawa Shoko Asia Tour (10th anniversary of her debut)

Discography [link]

Shoko Nakagawa is signed to Sony Japan.

Singles [link]

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" cellpadding="2" ! # !! Title !! Release Date !! First week sales !! Total sales !! Information |- | 1 ||width="250px"| "Brilliant Dream" || July 5, 2006 || 6,313 || 10,459 || Opening theme for ''Yoshimune'' |- | 2 || || February 14, 2007 || 10,023 || 15,784 || Theme for TBS's program ''Pokemon Sunday'' theme song and ''Wanagona'' theme song. |- | 3 || || June 27, 2007 || 30,517 || 67,453 || Opening theme for ''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'' |- | 4 || "Snow Tears" || January 30, 2008 || 26,068 || 43,450 || Ending theme for ''Hakaba Kitaro'' |- | 5 || "Shiny Gate" || August 6, 2008 || 13,564 || 20,316 || Theme song for ''Tokyo OnlyPic 2008'' |- | 6 || || September 10, 2008 || 32,906 || 49,368 || Ending Song of the anime film ''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Guren-hen'' |- | 7 || || October 22, 2008 || 13,758 || 20,236 || CM song for "Fujiya Look Royal Mode |- | 8 || || April 29, 2009 || 23,383 || 38,932 || Ending Song of ''Gekijoban Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Lagann Hen'' |- | 9 || || July 15, 2009 || 13,533 || 21,954 || Ending Song of ''Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life''. A special edition of the single features , an ending song for ''Pokémon Diamond and Pearl'' |- | 10 || || October 14, 2009 || 12,407 || - || Contains the Ending Song of the Japanese Version of ''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'' ("Rainbow Forecast") and Shokotan's version of ''Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl'' second opening song ("Ame ni Kiss no Hanataba o"). |- | 11 || "Ray of Light" || April 28, 2010 || 12,977 || - || Fifth ending theme for ''Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood'' |- | 12 || || August 18, 2010 || 13,217 || - || Opening theme for ''Occult Academy'' |- | 13 || || April 6, 2011 || || - || Original song |- | 14 || || June 8, 2011 || || - || Second ending theme for ''Beelzebub'' |- | 15 || || January 11, 2012 || || - || Theme Song for TV Show Uchikuru!? |- |}

Cover albums [link]

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" cellpadding="2" ! # !! Title !! Release Date !! style="width:65px" | First week sales !! style="width:65px" | Total sales |- | 1 || || May 2, 2007 || 12,579 || 31,501 |- | 2 || || September 19, 2007 || 17,836 || 23,964 |- | 3 || || March 10, 2010 || 15,343 || - |- | 4 || || October 12, 2011 || || |- | 5|| || October 12, 2011 || || |}

Albums [link]

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" cellpadding="2" ! # !! Title !! Release Date !! style="width:65px" | First week sales !! style="width:65px" | Total sales |- | 1 || ''Big☆Bang!!!'' || March 19, 2008 || 32,612 || 45,793 |- | 2 || ''Magic Time'' || January 1, 2009 || 26,197 || 40,015 |- | 3 || ''Cosmic Inflation'' || October 6, 2010 || 14,453 || 21,459 |}

Printed media [link]

Photobooks [link]

April 1, 2004

# !! Title !! Release date !! Publisher !! ISBN !! Price !! Photobook information
1	''JEWEL BOX''	|	Ascom	ISBN 978-4-7762-0147-2	3,000 yen	First photobook
2	|	July 25, 2005	Wani Magazine	ISBN 978-4-89829-798-8	2,800 yen	Second Photobook
3	|	April 15, 2007	Wani Books	ISBN 978-4-8470-3000-0	2,800 yen	Third photobook
4	|	November 25, 2008	SHUFU-TO-SEIKATSU-SHA	ISBN 978-4-391-13707-1	1,800 yen	Guide on how to use cosmetics/dress up doll

Blog [link]

October 10, 2005

# !! Title !! Release date !! Publisher !! ISBN !! suggested retail price	MSRP !! Photobook information
1		|	Goma Books	ISBN 4-7771-0210-6	1,300 yen	Entries from November 2004 to August 2005
2	|	November 10, 2006	Goma Books	ISBN 4-7771-0487-7	1,300 yen	Entries from September 2005 to August 2006
3	|	January 30, 2008	Kadokawa Group Publishing	ISBN 978-4-04-895012-1	1,300 yen

Filmography [link]

''X-Cross'' (2007)

''Tangled'' (2010) (voice-over for Mandy Moore)

References [link]

External links [link]

Web page by Watanabe Entertainment Official web page Shokotime Shokotan blog

Go Sukashi!, a web video series being produced by WestHavenBrook in association with Watanabe Entertainment, based on a character she created.

Category:1985 births Category:Japanese actors Category:Japanese bloggers Category:Japanese entertainers Category:Japanese female singers Category:Japanese idols Category:Japanese gravure idols Category:Japanese pop singers Category:Living people Category:Otaku Category:People from Tokyo Category:Sony Music Japan artists

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Name	Shoko Ishikawa
Fullname	Shoko Ishikawa
Country
Birth date	May 12, 1990
Birth place	Tokyo
Height
Coach	Nobuo Sato Kumiko Sato
Formercoach	Koji Okajima, Yutaka Higuchi Shizuka Nakaya
Choreographer	Noriko Sato
Skating club	Meiji University
Combined total	133.54
Combined date	2008 JGP Czech Republic
Sp score	53.52
Sp date	2008 JGP South Africa
Fs score	83.45
Fs date	2008 JGP Czech Republic }}

is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2008 Japanese junior bronze medalist. She placed 10th at the 2009 NHK Trophy.

Programs[link]

! Season	! Short program	! Free skating
! 2011–2012	La Rosa performed by Vale Tango choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto	Miss Saigon by Claude-Michel Schönberg choreo. by Shizuka Arakawa
! 2010–2011	Ice Queen by Paul Dinletir
! 2009–2010	Incantation from Quidam (Cirque du Soleil) by Benoît Jutras

Competitive highlights [link]

align="center">11th

Event			! 2004-05	! 2005-06	! 2006-07	! 2007-08	! 2008-09	! 2009-10	! 2010-11	! 2011-12
Japan Figure Skating Championships	Japanese Championships		|			8th		26th	9th	15th
Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships	Japanese Junior Championships	|	22nd	6th	12th	3rd	6th
NHK Trophy	|						10th		10th
Figure skating at the Winter Universiade	Winter Universiade	|							5th
NRW Trophy	|							1st
Ondrej Nepela Memorial	|								2nd
Crystal Skate of Romania	|						3rd
International Challenge Cup	|				2nd J.
2008-2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix	Junior Grand Prix, South Africa	|					4th
2008-2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix	Junior Grand Prix, Czech Republic	|					4th
2007-2008 ISU Junior Grand Prix	Junior Grand Prix, Estonia	|				5th
2006-2007 ISU Junior Grand Prix	Junior Grand Prix, Hungary	|			5th

J = Junior level

References[link]

Category:1990 births Category:Japanese female single skaters Category:People from Tokyo Category:Living people

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Name	David Hayter
Birth name	David Bryan Hayter
Birth date	February 06, 1969
Birth place	Santa Monica, California, United States
Occupation	Voice actor, screenwriter, actor
Website	}}

David Hayter (born February 6, 1969) is a Canadian-American voice and screen actor and screenwriter. He is best known for providing the English voices of Solid Snake and Big Boss (Naked Snake) in the ''Metal Gear'' video game series, and for writing the screenplay for ''X-Men'' and co-writing the screenplay for ''The Scorpion King'' and ''X2''. He also wrote a screenplay for ''Watchmen'' from the comic book series of the same name, which received an enthusiastic reception from the director and original illustrator. Earlier in his acting career, he played the lead role in the live-action ''Guyver: Dark Hero''. His pseudonym Sean Barker comes from this role.

Early life[link]

Hayter was born in California to Canadian parents. He started acting at the age of 9. Hayter spent most of his childhood living around the world and at the age of 15, Hayter moved to Kobe in Japan where he graduated from the Canadian Academy, an international school, in 1987. After high school, he attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for two years until transferring to Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada where he stayed until the age of 20 when he moved to Hollywood. He did some live acting in the early 1990s, but became interested in voice acting after making a cameo appearance in an episode of the sitcom ''Major Dad'', and later landed the role of Captain America in the popular 1994 ''Spider-Man'' animated series. He also provided the voice of Arsène Lupin III in the English version of the anime film ''The Castle of Cagliostro'' and the voice of Tamahome in the English version of the anime series ''Fushigi Yūgi''.

''Metal Gear Solid'' [link]

In 1998, Hayter voiced protagonist Solid Snake in the highly successful video game ''Metal Gear Solid''. He provided Snake's voice in later ''Metal Gear'' games such as ''Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty'' and ''Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes'' (which was a remake of ''Metal Gear Solid''), and provided the voice for a closely related character, Naked Snake, a young Big Boss, in the prequels ''Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater'' and ''Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops''. Most recently he has voiced Solid Snake (renamed Old Snake) in ''Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots'' and Naked Snake in the PSP game ''Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker''. Also, he had a brief acting role in ''Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots'' during one of the beginning commercial propaganda scenes, starring as himself in the alternate reality of the Metal Gear world. In the scene, he wears the "Solid Eye", the technologically advanced eye patch that Old Snake wears throughout the game.

Hayter also provided the voice of Solid Snake for the character's guest appearance in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', a Wii fighting game unrelated to the ''Metal Gear'' series. Hayter is one of the few ''Metal Gear Solid'' actors to date to have played and beaten the ''Metal Gear'' games he's voiced in, while co-star Christopher Randolph has only played ''Metal Gear Solid''.

According to an interview with Paul Eiding, Hayter gave up half of his own paycheck in order to bring back the cast of ''Metal Gear Solid'' for the remake, ''The Twin Snakes''. This is the reason why the voice acting in ''The Twin Snakes'' was almost completely redone with the same voice actors, one of the few differences being the actor for Gray Fox, Greg Eagles, who was replaced by Rob Paulsen.

An interview with David Hayter by ''Game Informer'' in 2001, showed that Hayter wished for the then-unconfirmed ''Metal Gear Solid'' movie to be animated or made in CGI, possibly so he could provide the voice of Solid Snake. He also wished to be the screenwriter under the possible supervision of Hideo Kojima.

His work with ''Metal Gear Solid'' has also led Hayter to other video game voices, such as characters in ''Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem'', by Silicon Knights, who also developed ''Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes'' for the Nintendo GameCube.

Film [link]

Hayter's first movie appearance was in Guyver: Dark Hero. Hayter has also worked as a writer for most films. In 2000 he wrote the screenplay for the movie version of ''X-Men'', and then went on to co-write the screenplay for its sequel ''X2'' with writing team Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris. Shortly after his work on ''X-Men'', Hayter was hired to write and direct a project based on the heroine Black Widow. However, due to the limited success of similar themed films featuring female vigilante protagonists at the time, Marvel withdrew their offer to Hayter stating, "We don’t think it’s time to do this movie". Hayter's daughter Natasha, born whilst he was writing the ''Black Widow'' script, is named after the titular character.

Hayter also wrote an adaptation of the graphic novel ''Watchmen'' by Alan Moore and David Gibbons. Noted for being a harsh critic of translations of his works to film, Moore said of the script "David Hayter's screenplay was as close as I could imagine anyone getting to ''Watchmen''. That said, I shan't be going to see it. My book is a comic book. Not a movie, not a novel. A comic book. It's been made in a certain way, and designed to be read a certain way." Hayter and writer Alex Tse shared credit on the finished screenplay. Tse drew "the best elements" from two of the project's previous drafts written by screenwriter Hayter. The script did not keep the contemporary atmosphere that Hayter created, but instead returned to the original Cold War setting of the ''Watchmen'' comic. Warner Bros. was amenable to the 1980s setting, and the director also added a title montage sequence to introduce the audience to the events of alternate history United States in that time period.

On April 12, 2011, it was announced that Hayter has been tapped to write the feature film screenplay for the science fiction/fantasy novel "Dragonflight" by Anne McCaffrey.

Selected credits [link]

Acting roles [link]

''The Castle of Cagliostro'' (1979): Arsene Lupin III (2000 Manga Entertainment English dub)

''They Were Eleven'' (1986) (voice: English version)

''Wrath of the Ninja'' (1987) (OVA): Sakon Hayate (English Version)

''Gundam 0080: War In the Pocket'' (1989) (miniseries) Bernard Wiseman (English version)

''Présumé dangereux'' (1990)

''Giant Robo: The Animation'' (1991) (V) (English version)

''Moldiver'' (''Morudaibâ'') (1993): Hiroshi Ozora

''Major Dad'' (1993) (TV): Misha Sarotsky (guest appearance) "From Russia with Like" (Season 4 episode 17, 1993)

''Long Shadows'' (1994) (TV)

''Guyver 2: Dark Hero'' (1994): Sean Barker/Guyver

''Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie'' (1994): Kurama (English version)

''Spider-Man: The Animated Series'' (1994): Captain America

''Rakusho! Hyper Doll'' (1995) (V) (English version)

''Street Fighter II V'' (1995) TV Series (English version)

''Fushigi Yūgi: The Mysterious Play - Reflections OVA 2'': Tamahome/Taka

''Fushigi Yūgi: Memories First OVA'' (1996): Tamahome/Taka

''Fushigi Yūgi'': Tamahome

''Drive'' (1997): Cop #1

''Burn'' (1998)

''Dual! Paralle lunlun monogatari'' (1999) TV Series (English version)

''Wild on the Set'' (2000) TV Series

''X-Men'' (2000): Museum Cop

''X-Men: Evolution'' (2000) TV Series: Captain America

''Howl's Moving Castle'' (2004) Additional voices

Voice Acting roles[link]

''Metal Gear Solid'' (1998): Solid Snake

''Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty'' (2001): Solid Snake/Iroquois Pliskin

''Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem'' (2002): Roman Legionnaire I/Roman Legionnaire II/Angkor Thom guard

''Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater'' (2004): Naked Snake (Big Boss)

''Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes'' (2004): Solid Snake

''Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops'' (2006): Naked Snake (Big Boss)

''Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots'' (2008): Old Snake and Himself in the beginning videos

''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' (2008): Solid Snake

''Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker'' (2010): Naked Snake (Big Boss)

''Star Wars: The Old Republic'' (2011): Jedi Knight (Male) class

Screenwriting [link]

''X-Men'' (2000) - writer

''The Scorpion King'' (2002) - co-writer

''X2: X-Men United'' (2003) - co-writer

''Watchmen'' (2009) - co-writer

''Lost Planet'' (2013) - writer

References [link]

External links [link]

David Hayter Geeks Out with NERDSociety

10 Questions: David Hayter at IGN

This Week In Geek Interview with David Hayter

Audio Interview (2010) with The Rafferty/Mills Connection podcast

David Hayter Discusses ''Watchmen'' at AMCtv.com

Category:1969 births Category:American child actors Category:American film actors Category:American screenwriters Category:American television actors Category:American video game actors Category:American voice actors Category:American people of Canadian descent Category:Living people Category:People from Santa Monica, California

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name	Frank Wess
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth date	January 04, 1922
origin	Kansas City
instrument	Tenor saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Flute
genre	Jazz
occupation	Musician
years active	1950s -
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Frank Wess (born January 4, 1922 in Kansas City) is an American jazz musician who has played saxophone (both alto and tenor) and flute.

Biography[link]

He began with classical music and played in Oklahoma. He later switched to jazz on moving to Washington, D. C. and by nineteen was working in the Big Bands. His career was interrupted during World War II although he did play with a military band in the period. On returning from service he joined Billy Eckstine's orchestra.

He returned to DC a few years after this and received a degree in flute at the city's Modern School Of Music. From 1953 he joined Count Basie's band, playing flute and tenor sax. He reverted to alto sax in the late '50s, and left Basie's band in 1964. From 1959 to 1964 he won Down Beat's critic poll for flute.

He was a member of Clark Terry's big band from 1967 into the '70s and played in the New York Jazz Quartet (with Roland Hanna). Since then he has done a variety of TV shows and telethons. In the '80s and '90s, he worked with Kenny Barron, Rufus Reid, Buck Clayton, Benny Carter, Billy Taylor, Harry Edison, Mel Tormé, Ernestine Anderson, Louie Bellson, John Pizzarelli, Howard Alden, Dick Hyman, Byron Stripling, Jane Jarvis, Frank Vignola and was a featured member of the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra.

Wess also contributed to the landmark Jazz Composer's Orchestra 1968 eponymous album.

In 2007 Wess was named an NEA Jazz Master by the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts.

Discography[link]

As leader[link]

''Jazz For Playboys'' (1956) with guitarist Kenny Burrell

''Wheelin' and Dealin' '' (1957) with John Coltrane and pianist Mal Waldron, who composed much of the music.

''Opus De Blues'' (1957)

''Monday Stroll' '' (1957) with Kenny Burrell, original LP released under leader Frank Wess' name, since re-released under Kenny Burrell.

''Southern Comfort'' (1962)

''Yo Ho! Poor You, Little Me'' (1963)

''Wess to Memphis'' (1970)

''Flute of the Loom'' (1973)

''Entre Nous'' (1990) (Concord Jazz)

''Going Wess'' (1993) trio, Wess playing mainly tenor saxophone.

''Hank and Frank'' - (2002) with pianist Hank Jones, both men in their 80s.

''Two for the Blues'' (with Frank Foster)

''Hank and Frank II - (2009) with pianist Hank Jones.

As sideman[link]

With Toshiko Akiyoshi

''Carnegie Hall Concert''

With Count Basie

''One O'Clock Jump'' (1957)

''E=MC²'' (1957)

''April in Paris'' (1957)

''Ella and Basie!'' (1963)

With Bobby Hutcherson

''Conception: The Gift of Love'' (Columbia, 1979)

With Milt Jackson

''Meet Milt Jackson'' (Savoy, 1955)

''Opus de Jazz'' (Savoy, 1955)

''Bags & Flutes'' (Atlantic, 1957)

With Elvin Jones

''Elvin!'' (Riverside, 1961-62)

''And Then Again'' (Atlantic, 1965)

''Time Capsule'' (Vanguard, 1977)

With Oliver Nelson

''The Spirit of '67'' with Pee Wee Russell (Impulse!, 1967)

With Chico O'Farrill

''Nine Flags'' (Impulse!, 1966)

With Zoot Sims ''Passion Flower: Zoot Sims Plays Duke Ellington'' (1979)

References[link]

External links[link]

frankwess.org

Down Beat magazine critic's poll winner (flute): 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964

2007 NEA Jazz Masters

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