Results for "Phil Woods"

Sherman Theater Presents a COTA Christmas

December 9, 2008

On Monday, December 29, at 7:30 p.m., the Delaware Water Gap Celebration of the Arts (COTA) and the Sherman Theater in downtown Stroudsburg are teaming up to present a program of Yuletide Jazz featuring outstanding artists who’ve performed at the award- winning COTA Festival over the past 31 years. The lineup includes the premiere of the ...

Phil Woods and COTA Big Band Return to the Sherman on November 10

November 5, 2008

Tickets for the second “Library Alive” concert on November 10 are available for $25, $15 and $5 (student price) at the Sherman Box Office (524 Main Street, Stroudsburg PA) by calling (570) 420-2808, or online at shermantheater.com. All proceeds from this series will benefit ESU’s Al Cohn Memorial Jazz Collection and the COTA Fund for Young ...

Terry Silverlight: Diamond In The Riff

by Douglas Payne
October 24, 2008

Drummer Terry Silverlight's interesting and varied career dates back to his first session on brother Barry Miles' highly-regarded album White Heat (Mainstream, 1971), when he was only 14. He's since gone on to frequently high-profile gigs with Mel Torme, George Benson, David Matthews, Phil Woods, Tom Jones, Roberta Flack and many others as well as appearances ...

Depaul Jazz Ensemble with Phil Woods at Jazz Showcase

October 22, 2008

Legendary Saxophonist Phil Woods to Team with DePaul University Jazz Ensemble at the Jazz Showcase October 23 to 26 For more than a half century, legendary alto saxophonist Phil Woods has used his talents to illuminate numerous cultural touchstones from the soundtrack of Paul Newman's The Hustler to Billy Joel's sentimental favorite “I Love You Just ...

Phil Woods: American Songbook II & Swingchronicity

by George Kanzler
May 4, 2008

Phil Woods American Songbook II Kind of Blue 2007 Phil Woods / DePaul University Jazz Ensemble Swingchronicity Jazzed Media 2007 More than other surviving members of the ...

Phil Woods and the Cota Festival Orchestra Premieres "Library Alive"

April 4, 2008

Phil Woods and the COTA Festival Orchestra to play premiere concert for “Library Alive" Series at Sherman Theater, April 13 Phil Woods and the Delaware Water Gap Celebration of the Arts (COTA) Festival Orchestra will launch a new concert series, “Library Alive," on Sunday, April 13, at 4:00 p.m. at the Sherman Theater in downtown Stroudsburg. ...

Swingchronicity

By Phil Woods

Label: Jazzed Media
Released: 2007
Track listing: I

Phil Woods / DePaul University Jazz Ensemble: Swingchronicity

by Edward Blanco
November 24, 2007

Not your average university jazz band or your typical recording of oft-heard standards, Swingchronicity represents a musical collaboration between one of the finest university jazz bands in the country and a jazz legend. Under the direction of Bob Lark, trumpeter and Director of Jazz Studies at DePaul University in Chicago, the DePaul University Jazz Ensemble is ...

Phil Woods / DePaul University Jazz Ensemble: Swingchronicity

by Jack Bowers
October 3, 2007

Nothing is perfect, so the saying goes, and thus it follows that one can, in theory, always find something to disparage or take issue with in any work of art or piece of music. While that may be true, on a scale of one to ten, Swingchronicity warrants at least an eleven. This is, after all, ...

Willow Weep For Me

Featuring the music of Phil Woods
Duration: 8:41
February 2, 2007