The conductor screwed up during the intro by speeding up almost one bar before he was supposed to...maybe he hasn't heard the original recordings by Charlie. You can notice that Phil was shocked by the sudden increase of speed in that very bar but he managed to fix the situation...
However, I still prefer Cafiso's version of this arrangement, as compared to both Phil's and Charlie's versions. But don't get me wrong, all 3 of them portrayed their own styles perfectly in their own recordings!
The same Lee Konitz gettin cut up at sessions by Berklee and Manhattan school of music students? That's almost as laughable as when they had the Monk school in LA for 5 minutes, then the students quit because they outplayed their teachers there lol.
Indeed Phil Woods is a great alto saxophonist but I'm sure he would be the first to admit that he has played better in his younger days!....He would have been aged 70 when he recorded this in 2001 as opposed to "Bird" being aged 29 in 1949...Its a shame he didn't applaude the rest of the band members other than just Hank Jones in the intro's!
Phil remains undoubtedly the greatest living alto man. He lays on parts of the horn Kenny Garret had no idea existed. Phil's greatest student, Jon Gordon, mops the floor with Kenny Garret. Kenny is just another alto wanting to be Trane. No orginality. Phil=original and still technically great. If you really want to hear Phil in his technical prime, check out his stuff from the '70s. No one has ever had that kind of technique or command over a woodwind instrument except maybe James Galway.
wait are you kidding me? Phil=Original? Have you ever heard the name charlie Parker? Phil woods is about as close to a carbon copy of parker as you can get. Not only did the dude totally emulate everything about parker, but he even stole his woman. And as far as technique and command go, another name for you: Michael Brecker. Yeah sure, different styles, but woods could never play half the stuff that brecker made seem easy. It's fine if you like Phil Woods, just don't say he's the best.
once upon a time Phil was a carbon copy of Bird. All that ended in the late '60s and early '70s when he found his own voice and style. Saying otherwise is ignorant. Brecker himself paid homage to Woods and his technical mastery. Check out his works from the early '70s with the European rhythm machine and he takes it out farther than Brecker ever did technically and avante garde.
Phil was NEVER a carbon copy of Bird! If you ever listened to his early albums during the 50s like Phil and Quill or PhIl talks to Quill, he sounds NOTHING like Bird, though Bird's influence is not absent in neither Phil Woods' or Gene Quill's playing.
phil woods is EASILY as good as brecker...just different dude. Phil plays melodically, swings his ass off and really moves you. Brecker plays triad pairs and penatonics. It's not fair to say phil can't do the brecker stuff, b/c thats not his thing. Just like brecker couldn't play bebop like phil woods.
Brecker was at a jazz camp Phil taught at in the late 60's. They were dear friends to the end. My bone marrow was not compatible with mike's, but I checked and would have done anything for him. Rest in peace.
you KNOW Francisco Cafiso? holy crap man you're lucky, that guy is amazing to hear perform. and nah i didn't say anything about either being better because there is no 'better', only different. i just meant for another great interpretation, check Cafiso out..
if you think phil woods is good, you should hear francesco cafiso play, he's a young 18(?) year old alto player from Italy who plays similarly to a bird aswell, on his website francescocafiso dot com he plays Just Friends with Wynton Marsalis at age 16!! he plays with staggering confidence and stage presence, if you love the alto sax and jazz, you will love this guy
I love alto sax becouse i play alto sax. I know Francesco Cafiso becouse i am Italian. He is a very good player. I hope you wont mean that Cafiso is better than Phil Woods. Phil is a great master and the original is always better than a copy.
@Andrea2904 That's a good one. Ever hear Woods and Mclean on "Bird Feathers." Talk about blatant, cheap copies! What must Parker have thought? I'd have shoved a ton 'o H into my arm at the bed of an heiress too! But yeah you are right, Woods is probably the greatest alto player still in the world, because it's the prodigeous volume of work you know; so here's to a long life and a good buying public for francesco cafiso. thanks to you both.
@joebandana At the time of the recording Phil Woods was 69 in age.
I think it is unfair to compare any sax player below 50 with Phil Woods. I know Phil Woods did play better when he was younger but what would you expect ? I'd love to play half as good as him !!!
Bird lives !
nonamenanone 9 months ago
Phil sensibility is unique. I love his music. Thanks, master!
bcnjazzorquestra 10 months ago
The conductor screwed up during the intro by speeding up almost one bar before he was supposed to...maybe he hasn't heard the original recordings by Charlie. You can notice that Phil was shocked by the sudden increase of speed in that very bar but he managed to fix the situation...
However, I still prefer Cafiso's version of this arrangement, as compared to both Phil's and Charlie's versions. But don't get me wrong, all 3 of them portrayed their own styles perfectly in their own recordings!
zootsax84 1 year ago
ha! it seems Woods tried to get the conductor to speed up it at 2:01. i kind of like a change of pace tho.
scomdnz9 2 years ago
I LOVE Charlie Parker's intro to this song in the original, word's can't describe how good it is
joebandana 2 years ago 4
lvferraripilot says:
"Phil remains undoubtedly the greatest living alto man. (Lee Konitz is still alive)
No one has ever had that kind of technique or command over a woodwind instrument ..."
Eh, are you nuts???
What about reedmen: Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Trane, Newk, Dex etc.
newkbean 2 years ago
They are neither living nor alto men.
atpal 2 years ago
The same Lee Konitz gettin cut up at sessions by Berklee and Manhattan school of music students? That's almost as laughable as when they had the Monk school in LA for 5 minutes, then the students quit because they outplayed their teachers there lol.
lvferraripilot 2 years ago
Indeed Phil Woods is a great alto saxophonist but I'm sure he would be the first to admit that he has played better in his younger days!....He would have been aged 70 when he recorded this in 2001 as opposed to "Bird" being aged 29 in 1949...Its a shame he didn't applaude the rest of the band members other than just Hank Jones in the intro's!
swingmanic 2 years ago
my sax teacher was a student of phil woods in the early 90's i really want to meet him
thebigshwany 2 years ago
great phil!!!! BIRD LIVES
picnic73 3 years ago 2
¡Qué grande es Phil!
PabloVestory 3 years ago
the kid in the end was so funny!
Minnigel 3 years ago
出だしで思わずつぶやかれた「おそい」という日本語は?
撮影者はイタリーの人だよね？
確かに言いたくなるのはわかる。
sizuller 4 years ago
phil woods mto bommm puta som de alto
manjaounaum 4 years ago
yeah i would give my right nut to meet cafiso or woods
vaineminaru 4 years ago
beutifully played by the greatest living alto player..phil is also such a lovely person..check out his great web sight.
zuck21 4 years ago
greatest living alto player? I will give him that he's good no doubt. Just definitely not the greatest living alto player.
commyforever 3 years ago
wirhout question the greatest living alto player. Who is better? No one.
jazzgent 3 years ago 2
I don't think you can really label anyone as the "greatest." Apples and oranges man...but I love Phil Woods
xMarth 3 years ago
@jazzgent miguel zenon and myron walden are equals in my eyes
thisisntpeter 1 year ago
Phil remains undoubtedly the greatest living alto man. He lays on parts of the horn Kenny Garret had no idea existed. Phil's greatest student, Jon Gordon, mops the floor with Kenny Garret. Kenny is just another alto wanting to be Trane. No orginality. Phil=original and still technically great. If you really want to hear Phil in his technical prime, check out his stuff from the '70s. No one has ever had that kind of technique or command over a woodwind instrument except maybe James Galway.
lvferraripilot 3 years ago
wait are you kidding me? Phil=Original? Have you ever heard the name charlie Parker? Phil woods is about as close to a carbon copy of parker as you can get. Not only did the dude totally emulate everything about parker, but he even stole his woman. And as far as technique and command go, another name for you: Michael Brecker. Yeah sure, different styles, but woods could never play half the stuff that brecker made seem easy. It's fine if you like Phil Woods, just don't say he's the best.
commyforever 2 years ago
once upon a time Phil was a carbon copy of Bird. All that ended in the late '60s and early '70s when he found his own voice and style. Saying otherwise is ignorant. Brecker himself paid homage to Woods and his technical mastery. Check out his works from the early '70s with the European rhythm machine and he takes it out farther than Brecker ever did technically and avante garde.
lvferraripilot 2 years ago
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KlassyKamikaze 2 years ago
Phil was NEVER a carbon copy of Bird! If you ever listened to his early albums during the 50s like Phil and Quill or PhIl talks to Quill, he sounds NOTHING like Bird, though Bird's influence is not absent in neither Phil Woods' or Gene Quill's playing.
KlassyKamikaze 2 years ago
There's an old story about Phil Woods I like to tell.
Woods was walking out of a show one night when a guy stopped him and said, "Hey your not all that good, you sound just like Bird man..."
Phil took the horn out of his case and handed to the guy saying "why dont you sound like bird"
sadizes 2 years ago
That's not the story. His friend Gene Quill was told that he was copying Bird. Quill then said "let's see you try."
KlassyKamikaze 2 years ago
phil woods is EASILY as good as brecker...just different dude. Phil plays melodically, swings his ass off and really moves you. Brecker plays triad pairs and penatonics. It's not fair to say phil can't do the brecker stuff, b/c thats not his thing. Just like brecker couldn't play bebop like phil woods.
mxer6161 2 years ago
Brecker was at a jazz camp Phil taught at in the late 60's. They were dear friends to the end. My bone marrow was not compatible with mike's, but I checked and would have done anything for him. Rest in peace.
lvferraripilot 2 years ago
Very well said!!!
jazzgent 2 years ago
you KNOW Francisco Cafiso? holy crap man you're lucky, that guy is amazing to hear perform. and nah i didn't say anything about either being better because there is no 'better', only different. i just meant for another great interpretation, check Cafiso out..
joebandana 4 years ago
Dude, don't soil your pants! Geez.
tunnelrat1900 4 years ago
if you think phil woods is good, you should hear francesco cafiso play, he's a young 18(?) year old alto player from Italy who plays similarly to a bird aswell, on his website francescocafiso dot com he plays Just Friends with Wynton Marsalis at age 16!! he plays with staggering confidence and stage presence, if you love the alto sax and jazz, you will love this guy
joebandana 4 years ago
I love alto sax becouse i play alto sax. I know Francesco Cafiso becouse i am Italian. He is a very good player. I hope you wont mean that Cafiso is better than Phil Woods. Phil is a great master and the original is always better than a copy.
Andrea2904 4 years ago
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@Andrea2904 That's a good one. Ever hear Woods and Mclean on "Bird Feathers." Talk about blatant, cheap copies! What must Parker have thought? I'd have shoved a ton 'o H into my arm at the bed of an heiress too! But yeah you are right, Woods is probably the greatest alto player still in the world, because it's the prodigeous volume of work you know; so here's to a long life and a good buying public for francesco cafiso. thanks to you both.
pvelectric 1 year ago
he was only 14 in that, im sure
vaineminaru 4 years ago
@joebandana At the time of the recording Phil Woods was 69 in age.
I think it is unfair to compare any sax player below 50 with Phil Woods. I know Phil Woods did play better when he was younger but what would you expect ? I'd love to play half as good as him !!!
Littlewhitelephant 2 months ago
Phil played at school once. He is the best alto sax today.
Bird was and will be the best we have to offer to the world. The Bird Lives!
Dubwise4u 5 years ago
It's definitely a Selmer, which sounds better than his 82Z, IMHO!
sreymffej 5 years ago
is he using the 82Z in this one?
vaineminaru 5 years ago
He's using his Mark VI. The 82 Z was still in development at this time.
KlassyKamikaze 4 years ago
He does not have Bird's saxophone.
KlassyKamikaze 5 years ago
boulejaz: Actually is got Bird's Sax
STEAMWORKER 5 years ago
Phil does not have Bird's saxophone. Bird's saxophone was given to a museum by his last wife, Chan.
KlassyKamikaze 5 years ago
I thought it was auctioned?
XxSaxCannon921xX 5 years ago
well Bird had a new sax every day so..but your right that the Grafton plastic was auctioned..
BirdLives88 3 years ago
Cool. By the way, I like your user name.
XxSaxCannon921xX 3 years ago
Whilst it is a pastiche, he is good.
silas002 5 years ago
The closest to Bird you'll ever get. Phil is the greatest living jazz sax player.
boulejazz 5 years ago
Hes the greatest sax player in the world in my opinion. you should have seen him when he diddt have emphysima
milotis 5 years ago