Fred Hess

Fred Hess (b. 1944, Abington, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

Hess was raised in New Jersey and studied at Trenton State College. He moved to Boulder, Colorado in 1981, where he founded the Boulder Creative Music Ensemble. He then completed further studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder, taking his doctorate in composition in 1991. He recorded his first albums as a leader in the early 1990s.

Hess's playing has been influenced by Lester Young, John Coltrane, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, and Eric Dolphy. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:jnfuxqt5ldke~T1 Fred Hess] at Allmusic] Among his releases is "Extended Family", issued in 2003 on Tapestry Records. [ [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=996544 "Extended Family" Review] . NPR, Februrary 11, 2003.]

Discography

*"Sweet Thunder" (Capri Records, 1991)
*"You Know I Care" (Capri, 1994)
*"Faith" (Cadence Jazz, 2000)
*"Exposed" (CIMP, 2001)
*"Right at Home" (Tapestry Records, 2002)
*"Between the Lines" (Tapestry, 2003)
*"Ninth Street Park" (Tapestry, 2003)
*"Extended Family" (Tapestry, 2003)
*"Long and Short of It" (Tapestry, 2004)
*"Crossed Paths" (Tapestry, 2005)
*"How Bout Now" (Tapestry, 2006)
*"In the Grotto" (Alison Records, 2007)

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