Michela Lombardi - Small Day Tomorrow

Styles: Vocal

Year: 2013

File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:50
Size: 100,7 MB
Art: Front

(4:22) 1. Comes Love
(2:19) 2. It isn't so Good
(4:56) 3. Some Other Time
(4:38) 4. Small Day Tomorrow
(2:19) 5. Guess I'll hang my tears out to dry
(5:37) 6. The Meaning of the Blues
(4:07) 7. You Are There
(5:20) 8. Everything Must Change
(3:01) 9. That's All
(4:35) 10. Lunatic Lullaby
(2:32) 11. You Are There(Al Take)

Elegant, delicate, intense. The Tuscan Michela Lombardi is among the top ten Best Italian Jazz Vocalists according to the "Jazzit Award 2011", she has often been mentioned in the "Best Voice" section in the Top Jazz polls of the "Musica Jazz" magazine and the Jazz Magazine Italia has dedicated her the cover of February 2008 with Tierney Sutton and Anne Ducros.

He has recorded two discs with Phil Woods also composing some lyrics, he has signed a song with Burt Bacharach, he teaches jazz singing in three Italian conservatories, in his last two discs - "Solitary Moon" with the Piero Frassi trio together with Gabriele Evangelista and Andrea Melani , and “Live To Tell” with the Riccardo Fassi trio together with Luca Pirozzi and Alessandro Marzi - Steven Bernstein, Emanuele Cisi and Don Byron play as special guests.

He presented "Live To Tell" at the "jazzahead!" 2017 in Bremen (Germany) with the Riccardo Fassi trio and Alex Sipiagin special guest obtaining a final standing ovation, won the Ciampi 2010 prize and obtained the Special Mention at the 2007 Crest Jazz Vocal Concours, sang in duo with Danilo Rea, inaugurated the 2009 jazz season at the Tel Aviv Opera House with Nicola Stilo 5tet, she sang at the Duc des Lombards in Paris with her 4tet guest Nico Gori, she won the audience award as composer at the Piacenza Jazz Note di Donna 2009, she composed lyrics for a song by Kenny Wheeler who wanted her to sing it with him on stage (Bargajazz 2007), was conducted in bigband by Massimo Nunzi with the Operaia Orchestra (Arezzo, December 2014) and performed with the Barga Jazz Big Band,

He has sung / collaborated, among others, with: Kelvin Sholar, Byron Landham, Philip Harper, Matt Garrison, Michael Baker, Alex Sipiagin, Tom Kirkpatrick, Gabriele Evangelista, Bernardo Guerra, Andrea Tofanelli, Fabio Morgera, Riccardo Arrighini, Aldo Zunino, Massimo Faraò, Francesco Ponticelli, Giovanni Ceccarelli, Stefano Nunzi, Andrea Nunzi, Carlo Battisti, Alberto Marsico, Alessandro Minetto, Francesco Puglisi, Pietro Tonolo, Mattia Barbieri, Petra Magoni, Stefano Bollani, Marco Tamburini, Danilo Rea and many others. https://www-michelalombardi-it.translate.goog/singer/biography

Personnel: Vocals – Michela Lombardi; Baritone Saxophone – Alessandro Riccucci; Drums, Percussion – Riccardo Jenna; Guitar – Luca Giovacchini; Harmonica – Federico Bertelli; Piano, Vocals – Piero Frassi

Small Day Tomorrow

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Riccardo Arrighini, Paolo Benedetti, Michela Lombardi - La Donna Cannone

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 79:21
Size: 186,3 MB
Art: Front

( 8:20) 1. E Lucean le Stelle
( 9:31) 2. La Donna Cannone
( 7:23) 3. Anatolia
(11:31) 4. Sous le Ciel de Paris
(10:00) 5. E Dimmi Che Non Vuoi Morire
( 7:27) 6. Giu' la Testa
( 5:51) 7. Nel Respiro
( 6:00) 8. Last Tango in Paris
( 8:30) 9. On the Trail
( 4:43) 10. Dream Youfr Fears Away

Riccardo Arrighini is the pianist who fused Classical music with Jazz. With its arrangements, it aims to bring a breath of fresh air to the works of the great composers, passing through the culture and thirty years of experience of studied, played and taught music. Two enormous heritages such as classical and jazz, two basic cultures such as European and American blend in him in a pianism that is finally free from schemes and barriers. He was born in Viareggio on August 28, 1967. He began studying classical piano at the age of seven and after a few months he won the national competition for young pianists in Osimo. After graduating from the 5th year of studies, he obtained admission as an intern at the Conservatory â € œL.Boccheriniâ € in Lucca, where he graduated with full marks in 1986, under the guidance of Prof. Clara Cesa Luporini. After a few years in which he toured all over Italy with pop or dance music orchestras, and as an accompanist for opera singers, he began studying jazz in 1990 at the â € œSiena jazzâ € seminars held by maestro Enrico Pieranunzi and at the summer courses â € œUmbria jazz Clinicsâ € in Perugia, where he won a scholarship to travel to the USA.

In 1991 he enrolled at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA - USA, where he attended a semester and where he had the opportunity to take his first professional steps in the world of jazz. After two years of stopover, during which he plays in the best Tuscan clubs, he returns to Boston and studies privately with masters Jerry Bergonzi and Hal Crook for another semester (1993). Between 1995 and â € ™ 97 he attended the Siena Jazz â € œHigh Professional Qualificationâ € courses, held by Mo Stefano Battaglia and where he graduated in 1997.

In 1996 he participated in the television program â € œMedicine a comparisonâ € by Daniela Rosati, broadcast on Retequattro and â € œBaciami Versiliaâ € by Gianni MinÃ, broadcast on Raidue. In the same period he won the â € œBarga jazz 1996â € competition with his trio for the section dedicated to new talents. He then begins to propose himself, as well as an improviser, also as a composer performing a repertoire of only original pieces that will lead to the first recordings of him in his name. In 1999 and 2000 he was called by maestro Bruno Tommaso to be part of the Barga Jazz orchestra, where he had the opportunity to meet and play with some of the most important names in the Italian jazz scene.

In 2003 the meeting with the 14 year old Sicilian, and extraordinary sax talent, Francesco Cafiso, personally invited by Maurizio Costanzo to the Canale 5 studios, for the transmission â € œfriendsâ € by Maria de Filippi and â € œBuona Domenicaâ €. An excellent human and musical partnership was born immediately between the two. In 2004 he plays with Cafiso at the summer edition of Umbria Jazz and the official quartet of the saxophonist is formed with Arrighini on the piano, Aldo Zunino on the bass and Stefano Bagnoli on the drums. The quartet, from 2004 to 2007, will play in the most important Italian and world jazz festivals. The collaboration with Cafiso ends in early 2008. Since 2006 he has had a trio in his name, with Riccardo Fioravanti on bass and Stefano Bagnoli on drums, with whom he recorded the cd â € œCambio di Marciaâ € presented at â € œUmbria jazz â € ˜07â €.

In 2007 he elaborates a double project on the figure of Giacomo Puccini, solo piano and orchestra, which obtains the support of Umbria Jazz and the Pucciniano Festival Foundation with which in 2008 he participates in important international concerts in the IICs of Tokyo, Kyoto, London, Amsterdam, Stockholm Ankara and Izmir and recorded two discs, "Puccini jazz. Recondite harmonie" (piano solo) and "Puccini jazz: E lucevan le stelle" (trio plus Orchestra dei Solisti di Perugia). With the aforementioned orchestra he participates in events of great media importance such as the "International Music Festival" (21.6.'08) in Perugia, where for the occasion the church of San Francesco al Prato is reopened - formerly the temple of UJ for concerts historians such as Sting & Gil Evans of '87 - and Umbria jazz '08 at the Morlacchi theater.

In August '08 he took part in the important "Ischia Piano Jazz" festival, sponsored by UJ, a solo piano festival alongside Danilo Rea, Enrico Pieranunzi and Stefano Bollani. In 2008 he comes out with a new reworking of great classics, â € œVivaldi Jazz: Le 4 Stagioniâ €, in piano solo and trio, whose tour starts in June â € ™ 09 and will touch all of Italy. For many years he has been successfully dedicated to teaching classical and jazz with students who come from all over Italy. He has reworked all the techniques of jazz harmony and improvisation, learned in the seminars and schools mentioned above, merging and reworking them in his own very personal method. For about 3 years he has been holding workshops and seminars in the Conservatories and in the Italian and foreign Music Study Centers based on the fusion between Jazz and Classical. Of note is the one held in 2006 in San Paolo (Brazil) at the Antonio Carlos Jobim Study Center. https://www-amicidellamusicamilano-it.translate.goog/artisti/a/RiccardoArrighini.html

La Donna Cannone

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Michela Lombardi & Renato Sellani Trio - Still in My Heart (Thinking of Chet, Vol.2)

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:50
Size: 135,3 MB
Art: Front

(3:51) 1. I Wish I Knew
(4:35) 2. If You Could See Me Now
(4:48) 3. I Wish I Knew (Duo Version)
(3:42) 4. I Should Care (Alternative Take)
(5:16) 5. Embraceable You (Alternative Take)
(2:00) 6. There's a Small Hotel (Alternative Take)
(4:50) 7. There's a Small Hotel
(3:40) 8. I Should Care
(4:54) 9. I'm Through with Love
(2:48) 10. But Not for Me
(4:52) 11. Embraceable You
(3:49) 12. That Old Feeling
(5:39) 13. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
(4:00) 14. Time After Time

Renato Sellani (8 January 1926 – 31 October 2014) was an Italian jazz pianist and composer. Born in Senigallia, Sellani started his professional career in 1954, when he entered the Basso-Valdambrini Quintet. In 1958 he started a long collaboration with his longtime friend Franco Cerri. He was part of the RAI National Symphony Orchestra directed by Gorni Kramer. As a pianist, he collaborated with Chet Baker, Billie Holiday, Dizzie Gillespie, Lee Konitz, Bill Coleman, Gerry Mulligan, Enrico Rava and Tony Scott, among others.

Sellani was an incidental music composer for stage plays, and his works include several scores for the Piccolo Teatro in Milan and a long collaboration with the stage company of Tino Buazzelli. https://peoplepill.com/people/renato-sellani

Still in My Heart (Thinking of Chet,Vol.2)

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Michela Lombardi & Renato Sellani - Moonlight Becomes You (Thinking Of Chet, Vol.1)

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:46
Size: 120,8 MB
Art: Front

(2:32) 1. Aren't You Glad You're You?
(5:46) 2. The Nearness of You
(4:39) 3. Moon and Sand
(3:02) 4. Violets for Your Furs
(3:13) 5. Tis Autumn
(5:06) 6. Star Eyes
(5:01) 7. My Foolish Heart
(1:13) 8. I'm Old Fashioned
(4:07) 9. For All We Know
(4:57) 10. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
(2:22) 11. Moonlight Becomes You
(4:41) 12. My Foolish Heart
(1:15) 13. I'm Old Fashioned
(3:45) 14. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

Elegant, delicate, intense. The Tuscan Michela Lombardi is among the top ten Best Italian Jazz Vocalists according to the "Jazzit Award 2011", she has often been mentioned in the "Best Voice" section in the Top Jazz polls of the "Musica Jazz" magazine and the Jazz Magazine Italia has dedicated her the cover of February 2008 with Tierney Sutton and Anne Ducros.

He has recorded two discs with Phil Woods also composing some lyrics, he has signed a song with Burt Bacharach, he teaches jazz singing in three Italian conservatories, in his last two discs - "Solitary Moon" with the Piero Frassi trio together with Gabriele Evangelista and Andrea Melani , and “Live To Tell” with the Riccardo Fassi trio together with Luca Pirozzi and Alessandro Marzi - Steven Bernstein, Emanuele Cisi and Don Byron play as special guests.

He presented "Live To Tell" at the "jazzahead!" 2017 in Bremen (Germany) with the Riccardo Fassi trio and Alex Sipiagin special guest obtaining a final standing ovation, won the Ciampi 2010 prize and obtained the Special Mention at the 2007 Crest Jazz Vocal Concours, sang in duo with Danilo Rea, inaugurated the 2009 jazz season at the Tel Aviv Opera House with Nicola Stilo 5tet, she sang at the Duc des Lombards in Paris with her 4tet guest Nico Gori, she won the audience award as composer at the Piacenza Jazz Note di Donna 2009, she composed lyrics for a song by Kenny Wheeler who wanted her to sing it with him on stage (Bargajazz 2007), was conducted in bigband by Massimo Nunzi with the Operaia Orchestra (Arezzo, December 2014) and performed with the Barga Jazz Big Band,

He has sung / collaborated, among others, with: Kelvin Sholar, Byron Landham, Philip Harper, Matt Garrison, Michael Baker, Alex Sipiagin, Tom Kirkpatrick, Gabriele Evangelista, Bernardo Guerra, Andrea Tofanelli, Fabio Morgera, Riccardo Arrighini, Aldo Zunino, Massimo Faraò, Francesco Ponticelli, Giovanni Ceccarelli, Stefano Nunzi, Andrea Nunzi, Carlo Battisti, Alberto Marsico, Alessandro Minetto, Francesco Puglisi, Pietro Tonolo, Mattia Barbieri, Petra Magoni, Stefano Bollani, Marco Tamburini, Danilo Rea and many others. https://www-michelalombardi-it.translate.goog/singer/biography/?_x_tr_sl=it&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

Personnel: Michela Lombardi(vo); Renato Sellani(p); Massimo Moriconi(b); Stefano Bagnoli(ds)

Moonlight Becomes You (Thinking Of Chet, Vol.1)

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Michela Lombardi - Small Day Tomorrow

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:50
Size: 100,7 MB
Art: Front

(4:22) 1. Comes Love
(2:19) 2. It isn't so Good
(4:56) 3. Some Other Time
(4:38) 4. Small Day Tomorrow
(2:19) 5. Guess I'll hang my tears out to dry
(5:37) 6. The Meaning of the Blues
(4:07) 7. You Are There
(5:20) 8. Everything Must Change
(3:01) 9. That's All
(4:35) 10. Lunatic Lullaby
(2:32) 11. You Are There(Al Take)

Elegant, delicate, intense. The Tuscan Michela Lombardi is among the top ten Best Italian Jazz Vocalists according to the "Jazzit Award 2011", she has often been mentioned in the "Best Voice" section in the Top Jazz polls of the "Musica Jazz" magazine and the Jazz Magazine Italia has dedicated her the cover of February 2008 with Tierney Sutton and Anne Ducros.

He has recorded two discs with Phil Woods also composing some lyrics, he has signed a song with Burt Bacharach, he teaches jazz singing in three Italian conservatories, in his last two discs - "Solitary Moon" with the Piero Frassi trio together with Gabriele Evangelista and Andrea Melani , and “Live To Tell” with the Riccardo Fassi trio together with Luca Pirozzi and Alessandro Marzi - Steven Bernstein, Emanuele Cisi and Don Byron play as special guests.

He presented "Live To Tell" at the "jazzahead!" 2017 in Bremen (Germany) with the Riccardo Fassi trio and Alex Sipiagin special guest obtaining a final standing ovation, won the Ciampi 2010 prize and obtained the Special Mention at the 2007 Crest Jazz Vocal Concours, sang in duo with Danilo Rea, inaugurated the 2009 jazz season at the Tel Aviv Opera House with Nicola Stilo 5tet, she sang at the Duc des Lombards in Paris with her 4tet guest Nico Gori, she won the audience award as composer at the Piacenza Jazz Note di Donna 2009, she composed lyrics for a song by Kenny Wheeler who wanted her to sing it with him on stage (Bargajazz 2007), was conducted in bigband by Massimo Nunzi with the Operaia Orchestra (Arezzo, December 2014) and performed with the Barga Jazz Big Band,

He has sung / collaborated, among others, with: Kelvin Sholar, Byron Landham, Philip Harper, Matt Garrison, Michael Baker, Alex Sipiagin, Tom Kirkpatrick, Gabriele Evangelista, Bernardo Guerra, Andrea Tofanelli, Fabio Morgera, Riccardo Arrighini, Aldo Zunino, Massimo Faraò, Francesco Ponticelli, Giovanni Ceccarelli, Stefano Nunzi, Andrea Nunzi, Carlo Battisti, Alberto Marsico, Alessandro Minetto, Francesco Puglisi, Pietro Tonolo, Mattia Barbieri, Petra Magoni, Stefano Bollani, Marco Tamburini, Danilo Rea and many others. https://www-michelalombardi-it.translate.goog/singer/biography

Personnel: Vocals – Michela Lombardi; Baritone Saxophone – Alessandro Riccucci; Drums, Percussion – Riccardo Jenna; Guitar – Luca Giovacchini; Harmonica – Federico Bertelli; Piano, Vocals – Piero Frassi

Small Day Tomorrow

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Michela Lombardi, Piero Frassi Circles Trio - Shape Of My Heart (The Music Of Sting)

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:55
Size: 148,2 MB
Art: Front

(5:40)  1. Wrapped Around Your Finger
(4:54)  2. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
(4:34)  3. Sister Moon
(4:49)  4. It's Probably Me
(5:56)  5. Seven Days
(4:35)  6. Dienda
(4:44)  7. Message In A Bottle
(6:47)  8. The Windmills Of Your Mind
(3:41)  9. Consider Me Gone
(4:28) 10. Shape Of My Heart
(4:26) 11. Englishman In New York
(5:05) 12. Fragile / Frágil
(4:10) 13. Fields Of Gold

Thirteen brilliant unpublished arrangements of the Artist's greatest hits including "Sister Moon", "Message In a Bottle" and "Consider Me Gone" show the formidable interplay of the trio and the incredible versatility of the vocalist, able to range from bossanova of "Fragile", performed both in English and in Brazilian Portuguese, to the funky-blues of "It's Probably Me"; from the swing of "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" to the ethereal ECM-style jazzwaltz perfectly exemplified in "Dienda"; from Dusty Springfield's echoes in "The Windmills Of Your Mind" to the soulful vocal performance of "Wrapped Around Your Finger"; again, from the scat of "Englishman In New York" to the most sophisticated 5/4 songs like "Seven Days" and the title-track "Shape Of My Heart"; to conclude with a touching version in duo piano and voice of "Fields Of Gold."Translate by Google http://bargajazz.it/michela-lombardi-piero-frassi-circles-trio/

Personnel: Michela Lombardi voice; Piero Frassi piano; Gabriele Evangelista double bass; Bernardo Guerra battery

Shape Of My Heart (The Music Of Sting)

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Phil Woods, Michela Lombardi - Sing & Play Phil Woods Songbook, Vol. 1

Styles: Vocal And Saxophone Jazz  
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:32
Size: 123,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:53)  1. Aimee
(6:43)  2. The Last Page
(4:02)  3. A Man Of Heart And Mind
(3:08)  4. Rain Go Away
(5:36)  5. Without You
(4:42)  6. There Was Once A Man
(5:25)  7. My Man Benny
(6:22)  8. Nicole
(6:39)  9. Sweet Petite Chanson
(6:57) 10. Samba Dubois

Phil Woods, a heavyweight of Alto Sachs, who is also called by Charlie Parker, who is a beautiful European jazz vocalist, who sings Phil Woods' masterpiece . Even today, whether to become 80 years old, there is no decline in the activity. Bap Tune is one of the best woods, but he is also known as a great composer. This album has been reborn as a vocal number by carefully selected 10 songs from Woods' original songs by Michela Lombardi & Phil Woods, the leading jazz singer in Italy. Fortunately, the composer Woods also participates and listens to the play full of singing. It will be a hit since Michela ’s popular work “So April Hearted” (LTCD0164), and for Woods, this album will be a recent masterpiece. (From jazzyell) Translate By Google https://diskunion.net/jazz/ct/detail/W448

Personnel: Michela Lombardi (vo), Phil Woods (sax), Piero Frassi (p, key), Filippo Pedol (b), Andrea Melani (ds)

Sing & Play Phil Woods Songbook, Vol. 1

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Michela Lombardi & Piero Frassi Trio - Solitary Moon (Inside The Music Of Johnny Mandel)

Size: 154,1 MB
Time: 66:20
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Close Enough For Love (6:11)
02. A Time For Love (5:32)
03. Cinnamon And Clove (5:40)
04. Little Did I Dream (3:27)
05. I Never Told You (6:12)
06. The Shining Sea (5:54)
07. Where Do You Start (7:05)
08. Solitary Moon (6:43)
09. I Won't Beleive My Eyes (6:02)
10. Don't Look Back Every Day Is A New Day (4:38)
11. Unless Is You (3:47)
12. The Shadow Of Your Smile (5:03)

Michela is an outstanding singer, a terrific new talent.
She sounds like a hip angel. She writes great lyrics too.
Working with her was a revelation."
(Phil Woods)

She teaches Jazz Vocals at La Spezia Conservatory and Sassari Conservatory. Ever since her debut on the jazz scene with the cd “Small Day Tomorrow” (Philology, 2004), she was mentioned among the “Best Musicians” in the TOP JAZZ POLLS on Musica Jazz magazine. She recorded nine cds as a leader – two of them feature legendary saxophone player Phil Woods.
Michela’s signature also appears close to Burt Bacharach’s below the title of a recent song written by the great American songwriter (“How The Heart Knows”) as she wrote the official Italian lyrics. She’s been performing in festivals both in Europe (especially at Duc Des Lombards, Paris, in 2005) and Israel (she sang at the Opera House in Tel for the Jazz season opening in 2009).
She was among the twelve finalists at Brussels International Young Jazz Singers Competition in 2006 and she received a Special Mention at Crest Jazz Vocal Concours (France) in 2007. As a composer, she won the Audience Prize at the Italian Competition for Female Jazz Composers "Note di Donna" at Piacenza Jazz Club in 2009.

Solitary Moon

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Michela Lombardi & Phil Woods - Sing & Play The Phil Woods Songbook Vol 2

Styles: Vocal And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:30
Size: 111,2 MB
Art: Front

(6:24)  1. And When Were Young/The World Is Like a Playground
(3:40)  2. Beside the Sea
(4:48)  3. Beloved Elis
(5:05)  4. Labor of Love
(3:57)  5. This Is True Love
(5:44)  6. Such a Lovely Place (Medley Randi), Such a Lovely Place (Medley Randi)
(5:46)  7. Our Love
(4:57)  8. Sittin' Here
(3:25)  9. Sunset in Urbino
(4:38) 10. Where Do We Go from Here

One of the true masters of the bop vocabulary, Phil Woods had his own sound beginning in the mid-'50s and stuck to his musical guns throughout a remarkably productive career. There was never a doubt that he was one of the top alto saxophonists in jazz, and he lost neither his enthusiasm nor his creativity through the years. Woods' first alto was left to him by an uncle, and he started playing seriously when he was 12. He gigged and studied locally until 1948, when he moved to New York. Woods studied with Lennie Tristano, at the Manhattan School of Music, and at Juilliard, where he majored in clarinet. He worked with Charlie Barnet (1954), Jimmy Raney (1955), George Wallington, the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra, Buddy Rich (1958-1959), Quincy Jones (1959-1961), and Benny Goodman (for BG's famous 1962 tour of the Soviet Union), but mostly headed his own groups after 1955, including co-leadership of a combo with fellow altoist Gene Quill in the '50s logically known as "Phil & Quill." Woods, who married the late Charlie Parker's former wife Chan in the 1950s (and became the stepfather to singer Kim Parker), was sometimes thought of as "the new Bird" due to his brilliance in bop settings, but he never really sounded like a copy of Parker.

Woods popped up in a variety of settings in the 1960s  on Benny Carter's classic Further Definitions record, touring Europe with the short-lived Thelonious Monk Nonet, and appearing on studio dates like the soundtracks to The Hustler and Blow Up. Always interested in jazz education (although he believed that there is no better way to learn jazz than to gig and travel constantly), Woods taught at an arts camp in Pennsylvania in the summers of 1964-1967. Discouraged with the jazz scene in the U.S., he moved to France in 1968. For the next few years, Woods led a very advanced group, the European Rhythm Machine, which leaned toward the avant-garde and included pianist George Gruntz. Their recordings still sound fresh and exciting today, although this venture would only be a detour in Woods' bebop life. In 1972, he returned to the U.S. and tried unsuccessfully to lead an electronic group that featured keyboardist Pete Robinson. In 1973, Woods formed a quintet with pianist Mike Melillo, bassist Steve Gilmore, drummer Bill Goodwin, and guitarist Harry Leahey that had much greater success. Their recording Live at the Showboat officially launched the band, which, after a few personnel changes, toured the world. After Leahey left in 1978, it was known as the Phil Woods Quartet until trumpeter Tom Harrell (1983-1989) joined; his spot was then assumed by trombonist Hal Crook (1989-1992) and trumpeter Brian Lynch. Pianist Melillo went out on his own in 1980, and his successors were Hal Galper (1980-1990), Jim McNeely (1990-1995), and Bill Charlap; Gilmore and Goodwin were with Woods from the group's start. Not just bebop repertory bands, Woods' ensembles developed their own repertoire, took plenty of chances, and stretched themselves while sticking to his straight-ahead path.

Woods contributed the famous alto solo to Billy Joel's hit recording of "Just the Way You Are" and was one of Michel Legrand's favorite artists, guesting with Legrand on an occasional basis; he made dozens of rewarding recordings himself through the years. After debuting as a leader in the mid-'50s, he recorded for Prestige, Savoy, RCA, Mode, Epic, Candid (the brilliant The Right of Swing in 1961), Impulse, MGM, Verve, Embryo, Testament, Muse, Omnisound, Enja, and Chesky, and recorded with his Quintet/Quartet for RCA, Gryphon, Adelphi, Clean Cuts, SeaBreeze (two sets adding Chris Swansen's inventive synthesizer to the band), Red, Antilles, Palo Alto, BlackHawk, Denon, and quite extensively for Concord. Some key sets include 1960's Rights of Swing on Candid, 1974's Musique Du Bois on 32 Jazz, 1981's Birds of a Feather from Antilles, and 2002's Americans Swinging in Paris from EMI. An Italian label, Philogy (which has some broadcasts and live performances from Woods' bands), is named after the popular and brilliant altoist. Still going strong into the 21st century, Woods cut a live session with the Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra in 2005 that was released by Jazz Media in 2006. American Songbook, which features Woods' treatment of pop and jazz standards, appeared from Kind of Blue later that same year. In 2009, after years of attempting to secure the rights to interpret the work of writer A.A. Milne, Woods released Children's Suite a tribute to Milne's classic book Winnie the Pooh. Phil Woods died from complications of emphysema in September 2015 at the age of 83. https://itunes.apple.com/eg/artist/phil-woods/id124283#fullText

Sing & Play The Phil Woods Songbook Vol 2

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