Phil Woods Quartet with Strings

The phenomenal Phil Woods (alto) Ben Aronov (piano) Reginald Johnson (bass) Doug Sides (drums)with the Orchestre du Conservatoire National Regional de Toulouse from the Marciac Jazz Festival 2005 playing "I remember April"

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[sonnystitt123]

both phil woods and cannonball adderley are what every alto player should strive to sound like

[jazzweston1]

Phil combines a great, full sound with a strong swinging time-feel. His bebop ideas sound right, and he knows when to put them into high gear with his impressive technique.

Nice post!

[Kenny Bradshaw]

Sublime.

[getzfan1]

In other words, Bird!

[wadoryu2u]

Just saw the most amazing jazz concert at the Penn State School of Music's Jazz Festival featuring Phil Woods! Phenomenal performance!

[exjazzbass baz]

the rythmn section needs to catch up.

[adamatari]

Nah, every alto player should strive to sound like themselves, and make sure they sound good in their own way.

[cjoaniquet]

0:58 - There is a violin player playing in the opposite side! First time I see.

[exjazzbass baz]

@Graham Lyons.i hope your speaking with knowledge because these look to be very young players and maybe the same goes for the conductor ha ha .as a pro bassist in the early 50s 60s 70s i had a bash a couple of times with an amateur symphony orch and i never had time to lift my head to look at the conductor too busy reading the dots l.o.l. [not my strongest asset] phil woods has to be one the GREATS on alto.many thanks.

[Graham Lyons]

What a hopeless conductor!

[Jackson Parker]

This is average, low-quality jazz. My ear is a little too refined for this shit.

It hardly changes. It's a continuous flat-line.

[altosax75]

None taken - but this is probably more reflective of your under-developed ear than a warranted description of this. However, if Phil Woods was playing in an elevator, I'd just ride it all day!!! But go and transcribe some of his lines, check what he's doing against the chords then you'll be on your way to honing your ear in.