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Phil Woods: Philology
by George Kanzler
When pianist Jim McNeely replaced Hal Galper in the Phil Woods Quintet in 1990 it was the current winner--repeating in 1991--of the Downbeat Readers Poll as top jazz small group. But, as McNeely remembers, his first days with the alto saxophonist's band included a benefit concert for the local volunteer fire department in Delaware Water Gap, ...
Tubby Hayes: Intensity: The 1965 Tapes
by George Kanzler
The late '50s and early '60s were a great time for jazz at clubs in downtown Manhattan. It was a heyday for tenor saxophonists; such giants as Sonny Rollins, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Sonny Stitt, John Coltrane, Johnny Griffin, Gene Ammons, Wayne Shorter, Booker Ervin and Tubby Hayes could be heard at cozy spots like New ...
Mort Weiss: All Too Soon - A Jazz Duet For Clarinet and Seven String Guitar
by Samuel Chell
Mort Weiss All Too Soon: A Jazz Duet for Clarinet and Seven String Guitar SMS Jazz 2008 Not the least of this album's attractions is the title. To those few listeners familiar with the tune, “All Too Soon" might summon up one of Duke Ellington's more obscure compositions, were it ...
Complete Original Quintet / Sextet Studio Recordings
By Al Cohn
Label: Audio Fidelity
Released: 2007
Folk Jazz U.S.A. / Alabama Concerto
Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Folk Jazz U.S.A.:; The New Saints; Venezuela; Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair; Betsy; Randall My Son; Turtle Dove; Shenandoah; Joe's Old Folks; Saro Jane; Scarlet Town; Wayfarin' Stranger; Darling Corey; Alabama Concerto:; First Movement; Themes: The Henry John Story / Green, Green Rocky Road / Job's Red Wagon; The Henry John Story (Return) / Green, Green Rocky Road (Return); Job's Red Wagon (Return); Second Movement; Themes: Trampin' / The Loop; Trampin' (Return) / The Loop (Return); Third Movement; Theme: Little John Shoes; Theme: Milord's Calling / Little John Shoes (Return) / Milord's Callin' (Return); Fourth Movement; Themes: Blues For Christmas / Rufus Playboy / Grandma's Coffin / Blues For Christmas (Return); Grandma's Coffin (Return) / Rufus Playboy (Return) / Grandma's Coffin (2nd Return);
We Remember You
By Al Cohn
Label: Gemini Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Someone to watch over me
2. Robbins Nest
3. Wrap your troubles in dreams
4.East of the Sun
5. Little man you've had a busy day
6. I Remember you
7. St. Thomas
8. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
9. Stella by Starlight
Al Cohn: We Remember You
by Johnny Wills
Al Cohn was a tenor saxophonist from New York, born in 1925. Sadly he died in 1988, but his performance at the 1986 Oslo Jazz Festival in Norway is documented on this live recording. On this session Cohn teams up with Totti Bergh also on tenor sax, bringing back memories of his many ...
Easy As Pie
By Al Cohn
Label: Label M
Released: 2001
Track listing: Tickle Toe, Mr. George, These Foolish Things/Willow Weep For Me, John's Bunch, Blue Hodge, Expense Account, Come Rain Or Come Shine, Recado Bossa Nova.
