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Phil Woods
CAREER SPAN:
Decade
Album Score
# Albums
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score:
1.4411
Phil Woods Album Rankings
1
This Candid recording is such a major success that it is surprising that altoist Phil Woods has rarely recorded in this context.
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2
Phil Woods was only 22 at the time of this program (reissued on CD), but he was already an explosive and very talented bop-oriented altoist.
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3
On Musique Du Bois, things start with a chorded bass-alto workout in the intro of "Samba du Bois," actually more a hard bop than Brazilian excursion, with Phil Woods' alto frying on the edges.
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5
Phil Woods' combos of the 1970s, '80s and '90s have helped to keep the tradition of bop alive by adding to the music's repertoire and featuring creative solos within bop structures; high musicianship
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6
1991 release of excellent Woods live concert.
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7
The final recording with the great trumpeter Tom Harrell , who went on to acclaim on his own, also features such Harrell originals as "Weaver." Woods sounds hot, and focused, as usual.
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9
For this 1990 set by Phil Woods' Quintet, the altoist welcomed trombonist Hal Crook to his group, joining several longtime members: pianist Hal Galper, bassist Steve Gilmore and drummer Bill Goodwin.
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12
Bird Feathers features Woods with the McLean/Jenkins/McKusick lineup in a high-flying blowing/jam session from the '50s.
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14
This CD from Fantasy's Original Jazz Classics series is essentially a bebop jam session.
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16
A pair of formerly rare quintet sets featuring altoist Phil Woods are combined on this CD reissue from the OJC series.
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18
Originally recorded for a Japanese label and distributed Stateside on Evidence, this solid and nostalgic session kicks off with Woods's tune "Song For Sisyphus," the title tune from his 1977 album, i
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19
Altoist Phil Woods' second recording as a leader has been reissued as a rather brief 33-minute CD.
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20
A September 1991 live set recorded with trombonist Hal Crook, pianist Jim McNeely, drummer Bill Goodwin, and bassist Steve Gilmore, Full House isn't quite a jam session, but more of an opportunity fo
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21
Altoists Phil Woods and Gene Quill always made for a mutually inspiring team.
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23
Joining Woods in this prime mid-'50s septet recording are such luminaries as Kenny Dorham and Donald Byrd on trumpet and pianist TommyFlanagan .
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24
A follow-up to The Phil Woods Quartet Volume 1, this set (recorded live in Austin, Texas) has lengthy versions of "Milestones," Steve Swallow's underrated "Eidendown," Horace Silver's "Strollin'" and
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25
This date features Phil Woods with a large orchestra.
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28
This 1981 album was pianist Hal Galper's first recording as a member of the Phil Woods Quartet (replacing the departed Mike Melillo), the regularly working group that also included the altoist/leader
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29
Other than an album for the Italian Red label the previous March, this CD from the defunct Black-Hawk label was the first to feature trumpeter Tom Harrell with the Phil Woods Quintet.
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31
Recorded the day after a similar album (Live From New York) was cut for Palo Alto, this fine effort by the Phil Woods Quartet (with pianist Hal Galper, bassist Steve Gilmore and drummer Bill Goodwin)
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38
Altoist Phil Woods took a rare vacation from playing with his regular group to collaborate with pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist George Mraz and drummer Kenny Washington on this fine straight-ahead qu
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40
1991 release of good combo date. Larger group than on most of his recordings.
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41
In one of the last performances by the Phil Woods Quartet before the departure of pianist Mike Melillo, this 1½-hour-plus concert finds the group at a creative peak.
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43
Phil Woods can usually be counted on to record consistently explosive bop-oriented sets with his regular quintet but Astor & Elis is quite different.
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45
For this lyrical LP reissue from 1988, altoist Phil Woods (who is joined by pianist Bob Corwin, bassist Sonny Dallas and drummer Nick Stabulas) emphasizes ballads.
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47
Phil Woods is in particularly inventive form throughout this live set from the 1987 Fujitsu-Concord Jazz Festival.
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49
This release is somewhat special for the Phil Woods Quintet (consisting of the altoist/leader, trumpeter Tom Harrell, pianist Hal Galper, bassist Steve Gilmore and drummer Bill Goodwin) is joined by
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