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Don Sebesky

Band Personnel:
Trumpet and flugelhorn: Tony Kadleck, Brian O'Flaherty, Joe Mosello, Barry Ries (Tim Hagens replaces Barry Ries on tracks 2, 5 and 7)
French horn: Peter Gordon
Trombone and euphonium: Jim Pugh, John Mosca
Bass trombone and euphonium: Alan Raph
Bass trombone, euphonium and tuba: Randy Ardos
Alto and soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute: Andy Fusco, Chuck Wilson
Tenor and soprano saxophone, clarinet: Tom Christensen, Scott Robinson
Baritone saxophone: Kenny Berger
Piano: Jim McNeely
Bass: Dennis Irwin (Ron Carter replaces Dennis Irwin on tracks 2, 5 and 7)
Drums: Dennis Mackrel

Additional soloists:
Phil Woods*, alto saxophone and clarinet
John Pizzarelli, guitar
Tom Harrell, flugelhorn
Bob Brookmeyer, trombone

Tracks:
1. Mood Indigo (Ellington/Bigard/Mills)
2. Creole Love Call (Ellington/Miley/Jackson)*
3. Chelsea Bridge (Strayhorn)
4. Caravan (Ellington/Tizol/Mills)*
5. Warm Valley (Ellington)
6. Take The Coltrane (Ellington)
7. Satin Doll (Ellington/Strayhorn/Mercer)*
8. - 10. Joyful Noise Suite [In 3 Parts] (Sebesky)
Gladly*
Sadly*
Madly*
11. Ko-Ko (Ellington - transcribed from the 1981 RCA recording)

All arrangemens by Don Sebesky (except Ko-Ko)

Jon Gordon, alto and soprano saxophone
Phil Woods*, alto saxophone
Kevin Hays, piano
Scott Colley, bass
Bill Stewart, drums

Tracks:
1. One For Charles (Gordon)
2. The Trust Of A Child (Gordon)
3. Evidence (Monk)*
4. Time Trap (Gordon)
5. What's New (Haggart/Burke)*
6. Land Of Ephysus (Lovano)
7. My Shining Hour (Arlen/Mercer)*
8. Earth Song (Gordon)
9. Pass It On, Jon (Woods)*
10. Jazzspeak

SWR Big Band and Phil Woods

Phil Woods, alto saxophone and clarinet (soloist)
Bernd Rabe, alto saxophone
Klaus Graf, alto saxophone
Peter Weniger, tenor saxophone
Andreas Maile, tenor saxophone
Rainer Heute, baritone saxophone
Tomas Vogel, trumpet
Lubomir Rezanina, trumpit
Karl Farrent, trumpet
Rudolf Reindl, trumpet
Ernst Hutter, trombone
Ludwig Nuss, trombone
Ian Cumming, trombone
Georg Maus, trombone
Klaus Wagenleiter, piano
Henning Sieverts, bass
Jorg Gebhardt, percussion

Songs:
1. Serpent's Tooth (Davis)
2. My Man Benny (Woods)
3. Quill (Woods)
4. Willow Weep For Me (Ronell)
5. Alvin G. (Woods)
6. Sweet Lorraine (Burwell)
7. Reets' Need (Woods)
8. Goodbye Mr. Evans (Woods)
9. How's Your Mama? (Woods)

Artistic Direction by Thomas Angelkorte, SWR
Engineered by Karl-Heinz Runde, SWR

Various Artists

The Reverend William H. Cohea, Jr., preacher
The Reverend Karen Nickels, liturgist
Wolfgang Knittel, conductor and keyboards
Nelson Hill, alto and soprano saxophones, clarinet, flute and alto flute
Pat Turner, tenor saxophone, clarinet and flute
Richard Barz, baritone saxophone, flute, clarinet and bass clarinet
Rick Chamberlain, trombone and euphonium
Jim Daniels, bass trombone and tuba
Jonathan Searfoss, trumpet and flugelhorn
Dan Wolfe, trumpet and flugelhorn
Patrick Dorian, trumpet and flugelhorn
Ralph Hughes, trumpet and flugelhorn
Tony Marino, bass
Bob D'Aversa, drums
Ed Hudak, percussion
Bud Nealy, percussion
Spencer Reed, guitar
Vocal Soloists: Michele Bautier, Jerry Harris and Ann Yale
Guest Soloists: Phil Woods*, alto saxophone; Bob Dorough, vocals; Davis Ellis, trumpet and flugelhorn

Choir conducted by Robert C. Hartman
Sopranos: Marilyn Amori, Renee Amori, Trudy Austin, Susan Booth, Susan Cooper, Carol Cartwright, Eloise Mial, Tammara Neal, Elaine Siptroth, Ellin Tutrone, Ann Yale
Altos: Pam Bauer, Kim Best, Bonnie Childs, Carrie Childs, Beulah McConnell, Teresa Marino, Andrea Reiter, Sarah Toten, Barbara Vanderslice, Ada Zugel
Tenors: Dennis Bell, Charlie Cole, Jeff Cooper, David Learn, Scotty McIntosh
Basses: Frank DiSimoni, Fred Gardner, Steve Howell, Dick Kuhn, Kenneth Lee, Wallie Richardson, Bill Stine, Bob Tutrone, Ray Vanderslice

Tracks: 
1. Prelude (Knittel - based on a Gregorian chant)
2. Call To Worship (Chamberlain)
3. Confession (Knittel)
4. Prayer For Illumination (Knittel)
5. The Temptress Song (Chamberlain)
6. The Gospel Song & Response (Ellis)
7. Psalm 149 (Kirk)*
8. The Meidtation (Cohea)
9. All The People Said Amen (Chamberlain)
10. Loch Ness Monster (Knittel/Johns)
11. Pieces of 11/8 (Ellis)
12. Passing Of The Peace (Chamberlain)
13. Alleluia (Knittel)

A portion of the proceeds from sales of this recording to to the Fund for Young Musicians

Exact recording dates unknown. Released in August 1995.

The Jay McShann Trio
with special guests

Jay McShann, piano and vocals
Keter Betts, bass
Jackie Williams, drums
Phil Woods, alto saxophone*
Flip Phillips, tenor saxophone#
David "Fathead" Newman, tenor saxophone+

Tracks:
1. Cruisin' The Blues (McShann)
2. Moonlight In Vermont (Blackburn/Suessdorf
3. Kewpie Doll (McShann)*
4. Yardbird Suite (Parker)*
5. You're Driving Me Crazy-Moten Swing (Donaldson - Moten)
6. Flippin' The Blues (McShann/Phillips)#
7. All Of Me (Simons/Marks)#
8. As Time Goes By (Hupfield)#
9. Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie/Pinkard/Casey)#
10. My Chile (McShann)
11. Forward March (McShann)
12. Crazy Legs And Friday Strut (McShann)+
13. Moanin' Blues (McShann)+
14 Closing

Phil Woods, Gordon Beck

Tracks:
CD # 1

1. Quill (10:09)
2. Everything I Love (11:42)
3. Good Bye Mr. Evans (13:01)
4. Solar (8:22)
5. Little 'D' (7:46) *
6. For Keith (9:01) *

CD # 2

1. Isotope (5:43)
2. Petite Chanson (7:02)
3. In Your Own Sweet Way (10:12)
4. Harlem Nocturne (10:31)
5. Re: Person I Knew (6:34)
6. How Deep Is The Ocean (7:17)
7. Core Of The Apple (4:44) *
8. Alone Together (5:47)

* This song was written by Gordon.

Personnel:
Gordon Beck: Piano
Phil Woods: Alto Sax, Clarinet

Phil Woods Quintet

Phil Woods, alto saxophone and clarinet
Hal Crook, trombone
Jim McNeely, piano
Steve Gilmore, bass
Bill Goodwin, drums

Tracks:
1. Samba De Be-Bop (Crook)
2. Empty House (McNeely)
3. Pensive (Cohn)
4. Here's To Alvy (Mandel)
5. Hindsight (Pieranunzi)
6. Mr. Daijobu (McNeely)

Phil Woods and Jim McNeely

Phil Woods, alto & soprano saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet, vocal (selected track)
Jim McNeely, piano, synthesizer

Songs:
1. Lost (McNeely)
2. Johnny Hodges (Woods)
3. Day Dream (Strayhorn/Ellington)
4. Dutch Morning (Woods)
5. Flowers (Woods)
6. Warm Valley (Ellington)
Star Crossed Lovers (Strayhorn/Ellington)
Isfahan (Strayhorn/Ellington)
7. I Didn't Know About You (Ellington/Russell)
8. Paul (Woods)
9. Lotus Blossom (Strayhorn)
10. DeKooning (McNeely)

Phil Woods and Enrico Pieranunzi

Phil Woods, alto saxophone
Enrico Pieranunzi, piano

Songs:
1.Have You Met Miss Jones (Rodgers/Hart)
2. September Song (Weill/Anderson)
3. Night Bird (Pieranunzi)
4. Elsa (Pieranunzi)
5. Someday My Prince Will Come (Morey/Churchill)
6. Goodbye Mr. Evans (Woods)
7. Willow Weep For Me (Ronnell)
8. You And The Night And The Music (Porter)
9. Chet (Pieranunzi)

Phil Woods, alto saxophone
Enrico Pieranunzi, piano
Enzo Pietropaoli, bass
Roberto Gatto, drums

Songs:
1. New Lands (Pieranunzi)
2. Quill (Woods)
3. Chet (Pieranunzi)
4. Hindsight (Pieranunzi)
5. Phil's Mood (Pieranunzi)
6. Song For Sisyphus (Woods)
7. Lover Man (Ramirez)
8. Anthropology (Parker)