Time: 57:46
Size: 132.2 MB
Styles: Big band, Saxophone jazz
Year: 2010
Art: Front
[4:33] 1. Blue Five Jive
[5:01] 2. Souvenir
[6:09] 3. Easy Money
[6:36] 4. Movin' Uptown
[2:41] 5. Sunset Glow
[6:24] 6. My Man Benny
[6:01] 7. People Time
[3:35] 8. Rompin' At The Reno
[5:25] 9. Summer Serenade
[5:09] 10. Going' On
[6:07] 11. Just A Mood
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 label which was also attached to other alto players such as Sonny Stitt and Cannonball Adderley at one time or another in their careers.
In the mid-’50s, Woods began to front his own bands. He got major exposure after Quincy Jones invited him to accompany a 1956 State Department-sponsored world tour with the big band of Dizzy Gillespie. In 1959 Woods traveled Europe with Jones’ band; in 1962 he participated in Benny Goodman’s Russian tour. After moving to France in 1968, Woods led the European Rhythm Machine, a group which tended toward avant-garde jazz. He returned to the United States in 1972 and, after an unsuccessful attempt to establish an electronic group, he formed a quintet which was still performing, with some changes of personnel, in 2004. As his theme, Woods used a piece titled “How’s Your Mama?” 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.
The Barcelona Jazz Orquestra –Barcelona’s international big band- directed by Dani Alonso, is made up by some of the best jazz specialists in Catalonia. Considered as one of the best big bands in Europe, they regularly perform in prestigious festivals accompanying big names such as Benny Golson, Frank Wess, Ann Hampton Callaway and Tony Hadley. They have recorded with Phil Woods, Nicholas Payton and Jesse Davis as special guests. BJO regularly performs at the legendary Apolo concert hall with a repertoire of jazz and swing that transforms the room known as Paral·lel Savoy in Barcelona.
In the mid-’50s, Woods began to front his own bands. He got major exposure after Quincy Jones invited him to accompany a 1956 State Department-sponsored world tour with the big band of Dizzy Gillespie. In 1959 Woods traveled Europe with Jones’ band; in 1962 he participated in Benny Goodman’s Russian tour. After moving to France in 1968, Woods led the European Rhythm Machine, a group which tended toward avant-garde jazz. He returned to the United States in 1972 and, after an unsuccessful attempt to establish an electronic group, he formed a quintet which was still performing, with some changes of personnel, in 2004. As his theme, Woods used a piece titled “How’s Your Mama?” 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.
The Barcelona Jazz Orquestra –Barcelona’s international big band- directed by Dani Alonso, is made up by some of the best jazz specialists in Catalonia. Considered as one of the best big bands in Europe, they regularly perform in prestigious festivals accompanying big names such as Benny Golson, Frank Wess, Ann Hampton Callaway and Tony Hadley. They have recorded with Phil Woods, Nicholas Payton and Jesse Davis as special guests. BJO regularly performs at the legendary Apolo concert hall with a repertoire of jazz and swing that transforms the room known as Paral·lel Savoy in Barcelona.
Our Man Benny
