Презентация на тему "Phil Woods"

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

• Woods was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. He studied music with Lennie Tristano, who influenced him greatly, at the Manhattan School of Music and at the Juilliard School. His friend, Joe Lopes, coached him on clarinet as there was no saxophone major at Juilliard at the time. Although he did not copy Charlie "Bird" Parker, he was known as the New Bird, a nickname also given to other alto saxophone players such as Sonny Stitt and Cannonball Adderley.

Early life

• Woods earned the top alto sax player award almost 30 times in  Downbeat  magazine's annual readers' poll. His quintet was awarded the top small combo title several times.
• In 1979, Woods made the recording  More Live  at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin, Texas. Perhaps his best known recorded work as a sideman is a pop piece, his alto sax solo on Billy Joel's 1977 "Just the Way You Are". He also played the alto sax solo on Steely Dan's "Doctor Wu" from their 1975 album  Katy Lied , as well as Paul Simon's "Have a Good Time" from the 1975 album  Still Crazy After All These Years .

Career

• Woods, along with Rick Chamberlain and Ed Joubert, founded the organization Celebration of the Arts (COTA) in 1978 late one night in the bar at the Deer Head Inn in Delaware Water Gap. The organization would eventually become the Delaware Water Gap Celebration of the Arts. Their initial goal was to help foster an appreciation of jazz and its relationship to other artistic disciplines. Each year, the organization hosts the Celebration of the Arts Festival in the town of Delaware Water Gap in September.

Discography

• Pot Pie
• Woodlore
• Pairing off
• The young bloods
• Sugan
• Warm woods
• Rights of swing

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