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Phil Woods, Vic Juris: Songs One

Read "Songs One" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro

Dodici più o meno celebrati standard, raccolti in un arco temporale di oltre trent'anni (ogni titolo reca accanto il suo bravo “anno di nascita," che la nostra tracklist conserva) costituiscono il trampolino di lancio per questo nuovo album (incisione del dicembre 2014) dell'ottantatreenne sassofonista di Springfield. Gli è accanto il chitarrista Vic Juris, di cui abbiamo nella mente soprattutto la lunga collaborazione con Dave Liebman, oltre a svariati lavori in proprio, condotti sempre nel segno di un buon gusto mai ...

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Phil Woods & The Festival Orchestra: New Celebration

Read "New Celebration" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro

Album celebrativo, nel rispetto del titolo, e pruriti del tutto prossimi al grado zero: ecco cosa ci offre quest'ennesimo album tardo (incisione dell'aprile 2013) di un monumento come Phil Woods, solista-direttore di una big band che sfoggia un sound d'insieme che più in the tradition non si potrebbe. È ovvio che non è questa l'idea di jazz che ci piace veder divulgata: una musica prigioniera di un repertorio (nello specifico di una “maniera" compositiva, visto che i ...

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Phil Woods & the Festival Orchestra: New Celebration

Read "New Celebration" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Any album with the renowned Phil Woods leading a big band (or jazz orchestra) is cause for celebration, especially so when he has written all but one of the charts and takes the bulk of the alto solos. More than fifteen years have passed since Woods last recorded with the COTA Festival Orchestra from his home precinct in Delaware Gap, PA, and that earlier album (Celebration!, Concord 4770) was nominated for a Grammy Award. This New Celebration, Woods' second recording ...

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Album Review

Phil Woods: Right To Swing

Read "Right To Swing" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

Alto saxophonist great Phil Woods and trumpeter/educator Dr. Bob Lark have a long history of recording together producing notable outings like Live at the Jazz Showcase (Jazzed Media, 2009) and In Her Eyes (Jazzed Media, 2006)--both with The Bob Lark / Phil Woods Quintet. The saxophonist association with Lark and the DePaul University bands has also resulted in three previous albums all with the DePaul University Jazz Ensemble. Right To Swing is now their fourth album together combining performances from ...

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Album Review

Phil Woods - Bill Mays: Phil & Bill, Woods & Mays

Read "Phil & Bill, Woods & Mays" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Californiano, sessantotto anni appena compiuti, una discografia abbastanza smisurata (a suo nome come a fianco di svariati grandi del jazz, oltre a Frank Zappa, e soprattutto a tante voci, da Al Jarreau a Peggy Lee, da Anita O'Day a Frank Sinatra, a Sarah Vaughan), Bill Mays era forse il partner ideale per questo nuovo capitolo della saga woodsiana, entro la quale i lavori in duo iniziano a essere parecchi (questo è del settembre 2010). Woods, ottant'anni compiuti in novembre, vi ...

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Album Review

Phil Woods and Bill Mays: Woods & Mays

Read "Woods & Mays" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

Putting two musicians of this caliber in a room and recording the results is a surefire recipe for success. Pianist Bill Mays and saxophone icon Phil Woods have little to prove at this point in their respective careers and their music isn't about defying expectations. Both men, on the contrary, carry the reputations that they do because they live up to the very expectations that surround them. On this duo set, Woods and Mays engage in classy conversation that flow ...

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Album Review

Phil Woods – Jesse Green: Songs for COTA

Read "Songs for COTA" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Registrato lo scorso 26 maggio, questo album vede l'ormai quasi ottuagenario sassofonista del Massachussets duettare col pianista (di quarant'anni esatti più giovane) Jesse Green in ambito COTA (Celebration of the Arts), organismo/evento fondato anni fa in Pennsylvania dallo stesso Woods. Il materiale comprende tutti standard, tranne il conclusivo (e molto ampio: oltre sedici minuti, e ben settantasette sono i minuti totali del CD) “Keep It Simple," firmato dal sassofonista, che per l'occasione cede il posto al violino di Mark Woodyat. ...

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