Phil Woods
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CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Zoot Sims: Bossa Nova Sessions...a slightly different flavor. The band on the first volume features Spencer Sinatra (flute), Ron Odrich (flute, clarinet), Phil Woods (clarinet, alto sax), Gene Quill (alto sax, clarinet), Zoot Sims (tenor sax), Jim Hall and Kenny... In this article: Zoot Sims, Jim Hall, Stan Getz, and Charlie Byrd |
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Crooks and Liars | November 06, 2009
Late Night Music Club with Dream Warriors
Quincy Jones conducted a lineup for the 1962 'Big Band Bossa Nova' album that featured 'Soul Bossa Nova,' which included Phil Woods, alto sax; Paul Gonsalves, tenor sax; Clark Terry playing trumpet and flugelhorn; Rahsaan Roland Kirk,...
In this article: Soul Bossa Nova, Quincy Jones, Hip hop, Big Band Bossa Nova, Jerome Richardson, and Paul Gonsalves
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National Public Radio | November 02, 2009
Singers In The Rain: Jazz Amid The Deluge
And if the gorgeous alto saxophone that opens the song and accompanies Torme's vocal sounds familiar, it should. It's the one and only Phil Woods. And now we reach those rains "of biblical proportions" mentioned in the introduction. "Didn't...
In this article: Gene Kelly, Mel Torme, Patricia Barber, Singin' in the Rain, Here's That Rainy Day, Singin' in the Rain, The Oak Ridge Boys, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Louis Armstrong
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all about jazz | October 23, 2009
EVENT: Cota Festival Orchestra Featuring Sax Legend Phil Woods to Perform on November 12th
Cota Festival Orchestra Featuring Sax Legend Phil Woods to Perform on November 12th Posted: 2009-10-23 East Stroudsburg, PA--Imagine a place where youngsters learn to play jazz at the feet of world-class professionals; a camp where kids...
In this article: Delaware Water Gap, East Stroudsburg University, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, and Charlie Parker
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Wikipedia | October 21, 2009
Phil Woods
Philip Wells Woods (born November 2 1931 in Springfield , Massachusetts) is an American jazz bebop alto saxophonist , clarinetist, bandleader and composer. Woods studied music with Lennie Tristano, who influenced him greatly, at the...
In this article: Juilliard School, Chan Parker, Charlie "Bird" Parker, Lennie Tristano, Delaware Water Gap, Just the Way You Are, Manhattan School of Music, Hal Stein, and Sahib Shihab
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all about jazz | October 17, 2009
Benny Reid: Escaping Shadows
...release as a leader. Reid graduated from the music program at Indiana University. In addition to Metheny, his influences include Phil Woods, Sonny Rollins and Michael Jackson. Accompanying Reid on this outing are guitarist Richard...
In this article: Always & Forever and Indiana University
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all about jazz | October 12, 2009
PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Birdland, the Jazz Corner of the World!
...Lewis, Christine Ebersole, Capathia Jenkins, Darius De Haas, Marty Thomas, Destan Owens, Antonique Smith, Kendrick Jones, and others. Phil Woods has had his own sound since the mid-1950s and is one of the true masters of the bop vocabulary...
In this article: Birdland, Broadway, Walden School, Brian Torff, YouTube, New York City, Andreas Oberg, and Chita Rivera
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all about jazz | September 28, 2009
MUSIC INDUSTRY: Saxophonist Hailey Niswanger Tapped for Alto Chair in Either/Orchestra - Berklee Sophomore Also on NPR's Jazzset Starting 10/01
...still in her teens, already shared the stage with DeeDee Bridgewater, George Duke, George Garzone, Red Holloway, Terell Stafford, Phil Woods, James Moody, Steve Nelson, Christian McBride, McCoy Tyner, Maceo Parker, Wynton Marsalis, Mark...
In this article: Either/Orchestra, NPR, Russ Gershon, Portland, West Linn High School, Mary Lou Williams, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Red Holloway
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Observer.com - All Articles | September 22, 2009
Fall Arts Preview 2009
...with gay and nightclub audiences and then … everywhere! Now that Beth Ditto has... Read More>> September 22, 2009 | 3:07 p.m Phil Woods has been in business for almost half a century and in that time has made himself arguably the master...
In this article: New York City, Hamlet, The New York Observer, John Relyea, Tosca, Grammy, Netflix, and Jude Law
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all about jazz | August 31, 2009
Gary Smulyan: Low Man Aims High
...own voice, but he cites Charlie Parker as one of his earliest, most important, and enduring influences. And in these later years, Phil Woods also falls into that category. That one of today's most notable baritone sax players doesn't cite...
In this article: Gary Smulyan, Woody Herman, Fats Waller, and Harry Carney
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Wikipedia | August 04, 2009
Musique du Bois
Musique du Bois is a 1974 studio album by jazz musician Phil Woods. Originally released on the Muse Records, it has been multiply reissued on CD by 32 Jazz, Muse Records and Pony Canyon. Critically well-received, the album is regarded as...
In this article: Musique du Bois, Muse Records, National Public Radio, Pony Canyon, and Jaki Byard
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Philip Wells Woods (born November 2 1931 in Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American jazz bebop alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer.
- Name At Birth:
- Philip Wells Woods
- Birth Date:
- November 02, 1931
- Occupation:
- saxophone player
- Instrument Played:
- Soprano saxophone
- Alto saxophone
- Clarinet
- Record Label:
- Philology
- Associated With:
- Quincy Jones, Buddy Rich, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Wes Montgomery, Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman, Billy Joel, Steely Dan, Paul Simon and Aretha Franklin
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