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Phil Woods
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Saxophonists · 1931–2015

Phil Woods

American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer (1931–2015)

Born
2 November 1931
Springfield
Died
29 September 2015
Stroudsburg
Country
United States
Record labels
Concord Records, Antilles
Discography
76 albums

Biography

Phil Woods was a jazz musician who played saxophone, clarinet and alto saxophone. Phil Woods was born on 2 November 1931 in Springfield and died on 29 September 2015 in Stroudsburg. The music is usually filed under jazz and vocal music. Record labels: Concord Records and Antilles. The discography here lists 76 albums, from “Jim Chapin Ensemble Featuring Phil Woods” (1955) to “Bird with Strings...and More!” (2023). Honours include NEA Jazz Masters.

Philip Wells Woods (November 2, 1931 – September 29, 2015) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Jim Chapin Ensemble Featuring Phil Woods 1955 · Prestige The Young Bloods 1956 · Prestige Woodlore 1956 · Prestige Four Altos 1957 · Prestige Phil & Quill With Prestige 1957 · Prestige Phil and Quill 1957 · RCA Victor Bird Feathers 1958 · Prestige Rights of Swing 1961 · Candid Sugan 1965 · Status Records Greek Cooking 1967 · Sparton Impulse! Records Round Trip 1969 · Verve At The Frankfurt Jazz Festival 1971 · Live · Embryo Records The Day After 1972 · MPS
The Day After 1973
Musique Du Bois 1974 · Muse Records Images 1975 · RCA Floresta Canto 1976 · RCA Phil Woods & the Japanese Rhythm Machine 1976 · Live · RCA The New Phil Woods Album 1976 · RCA Victor The Rights of Swing 1977 · Barnaby Records I Remember 1979 · Gryphon Crazy Horse 1980 · Atlas Record European Tour Live 1981 · Live · Red Records Phil Woods/Lew Tabackin 1981 · Omni Sound Jazz Three for All 1981 · Dargil Piper at the Gates of Dawn 1984 · Sea Breeze
Incandescent 1986
Salsa Meets Jazz 1988
Embraceable You 1989 · Philology Here's to My Lady 1989 · Chesky Records Phil's Mood 1990 · Philology Altoist! 1991 · Rockin' Chair Flowers for Hodges 1991 · Concord Jazz
Live 1991
Phil Woods / Live 1991 · Live · Novus The Little Big Band: Real Life 1991 · Chesky Records Directly From The Half Note 1992 · Live · Philology Elsa 1992 · Live · Philology Live At The Corridoia Jazz Festival 1992 · Live · Philology Ornithology - Phil Salutes Bird 1994 · Philology Early Quintets 1995 · Original Jazz Classics Alto Summit 1996 · Milestone Astor & Elis 1996 · Chesky Records
Jazz Matinee 1996
Live At The Wigmore Hall - London "The Complete Concert" 1996 · Live · JMS. Our Monk 1996 · Philology Chasin' The Bird 1998 · Venus Records The Rev and I 1998 · Blue Note
The Summit 1999
Balladeer Supreme 1 2001 · Philology Dameronia 2001 · Philology Encontro (On Jobim) 2001 · Philology The Solo Album 2001 · Philology Voyage - with the Bill Charlap Trio 2001 Woods Plays Woods 2001 · Philology Americans Swinging In Paris 2002 · EMI Giants At Play 2002 · Pacific St Records Live at the Village Vanguard 2003 · Live · Quicksilver Unheard Herd 2003 · Live · Jazzed Media Phil & Lee: Two Brothers In Three Flats 2004 · Live · Philology This Is How I Feel About Quincy 2004 · Jazzed Media Groovin' To Marty Paich 2005 · Jazzed Media Blues For New Orleans 2006 · Philology Phil Woods & Tom Harrell 2006 · LRC Ltd.
Soul Eyes 2007
Swingchronicity 2007 · Jazzed Media Our Man Benny 2010
Sing & Play The Phil Woods Songbook Vol. 1 2010
Sing & Play The Phil Woods Songbook Vol. 2 2010
The Gershwin Affair (Dedicated to the New Orleans People) 2011 Woods & Mays 2011 · Palmetto Records Cool Woods 2013 · somethin’else Right to Swing 2013 · Jazzed Media Young Woods 2013 · Fresh Sound Records Bird with Strings...and More! 2023 Four Altos · Prestige

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Albums where Phil Woods is credited as a sideman

1956 This Is How I Feel About Jazz — Quincy Jones alto saxophone
1956 World Statesman — Dizzy Gillespie alto saxophone
1957 Dizzy in Greece — Dizzy Gillespie alto saxophone
1957 Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band Jazz — Dizzy Gillespie alto saxophone
1957 At Birdland — Friedrich Gulda alto saxophone
1957 Yardbird Suite — Herbie Mann alto saxophone
1957 Leonard Feather Presents Bop — George Wallington alto saxophone
1957 Jazz Sahib — Sahib Shihab alto saxophone
1958 Legrand Jazz — Michel Legrand alto saxophone
1959 The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones — Quincy Jones alto saxophone
1959 The Birth of a Band — Quincy Jones alto saxophone
1959 Rich Versus Roach — Buddy Rich & Max Roach alto saxophone
1959 New York N.Y. — George Russell alto saxophone
1959 Sings Ballads of the Sad Cafe — Chris Connor alto saxophone
1959 The New York Scene — George Wallington, Phil Woods, Donald Byrd alto saxophone
1960 I Dig Dancers — Quincy Jones alto saxophone
1960 A Portrait of Chris — Chris Connor alto saxophone
1960 Big Brass — Benny Bailey reeds
1961 Quincy Jones and His Orchestra at Newport '61 — Quincy Jones alto saxophone
1961 Kai Olé — Kai Winding's Trombones and Orchestra alto saxophone
1961 Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments — The Bob Brookmeyer Orchestra reeds
1961 Satan in High Heels — Mundell Lowe alto saxophone
1962 Big Band Bossa Nova — Quincy Jones alto saxophone
1962 Bashin’: The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith — Jimmy Smith alto saxophone, flute, tenor saxophone
1962 Essence — John Lewis clarinet
1962 Jazz Mission to Moscow — Zoot Sims, Phil Woods, Bill Crow, Willie Dennis & Mel Lewis clarinet, alto saxophone, reeds
1962 Jazz Conference Abroad — Curtis Fuller And The Jazz Ambassadors alto saxophone
1962 Free Spirits — Chris Connor reeds, alto saxophone
1963 Hobo Flats — Jimmy Smith alto saxophone
1963 Any Number Can Win — Jimmy Smith alto saxophone

Analysed solos by Phil Woods

Awards

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Frequently asked questions

What instrument did Phil Woods play?

Phil Woods is known for playing saxophone, clarinet and alto saxophone.

When and where was Phil Woods born?

Phil Woods was born 2 November 1931 in Springfield.

What are Phil Woods's best-known albums?

Albums in our database include Jim Chapin Ensemble Featuring Phil Woods (1955), The Young Bloods (1956), Woodlore (1956), Four Altos (1957) and Phil & Quill With Prestige (1957).

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