Playing "Rain Danse" composed by guitarist Harry Leahey, and featuring Phil on soprano, arranged by pianist Mike Melillo.

Heideberger Jazztage, Heidelberg, Germany; June 6, 1971. FM broadcast.



Track 01. Nefertiti (Wayne Shorter)/It Does Not Really Matter Who You Are (Gorden Beck) - Part A 11:23

Track 02. Nefertiti/It Does Not Really Matter Who You Are - Part B 8:12

Phil Woods, alto sax; Cedar Walton, piano; Ray Brown, bass; & Mickey Roker, drums

The purpose of the Phil Woods Scholarship Fund is to provide a yearly scholarship to a deserving alto saxophonist for educational opportunities including jazz camp, college, or university. To that end we will hold at least one fundraiser per year on the first Monday in November to honor Phil Woods and his legacy. Other fundraisers are being discussed for the future.

Born November 2, 1931, Philip Wells Woods was a consistent poll winner, the recipient of an Honorary Doctor of Letters Degree from East Stroudsburg University and a 1994 inductee into The American Jazz Hall of Fame. The New School University presented him with the Beacons in Jazz Award in 2001, and he is a 2007 NEA Jazz Master. He also won 5 Grammy Awards, the Grammy Foundation President’s Merit Award 2007 and the Kennedy Center Living Legends in Jazz Award, also in 2007. In 2009 DePaul University presented Phil with an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree.

Former Recipients of the Phil Woods Scholarship

2019: Marissa Kane of Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania 

2018: Dylan Real of Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania

2017: Rowan Lynch of Ithaca, New York

The closing"jam"@ the end of the Harry Leahey Trio's set at the "Celebration of the Arts Festival" Delaware Water Gap PA 1985. All players and approx. time and solo order listed in the comment section below..Harry's Trio, featuring Roy Cumming on bass and Glenn Davis on drums played a fabulous set prior hosting this jam to close out the festivities that Sunday night.
The Harry Leahey Trio: Harry Leahey : guitar, Roy Cumming :bass, Glenn Davis : drums

order of soloists:
1:09 Phil Woods ; alto sax
2:30 Mo Rolland : soprano sax
3:45 Rick Chamberlain : trombone
5:02 Mac Goldsbury : tenor sax
7:02 Spencer Reed : guitar
8:12 Vic Juris : guitar
10:08 Harry Leahey :guitar
11:38 the ensemble
12:25 Phil Woods takes the coda out....

In 1959 under the leadership of Quincy Jones a musical show was cris crossing Europe with an all star Cast. The dancers and singers were backed up by a fine team of jazz musicians. The show went eventually bankrupt but the musicians travelled for further arrangements and went through the Netherlands as well. Under the name Fancy Free they were recorded for one of the Dutch broadcasting companies. The band plays Ornithology. You see and hear Clark Terry on trumpet and fluegelhorn, Phil Woods on alto sax, Sahib Shihab tenor sax, Quentin Jackson trombone, Patty Bown piano, Buddy Catlett bass, Joe Morris drums

In 1959 under the leadership of Quincy Jones a musical show was cris crossing Europe with an all star Cast. The dancers and singers were backed up by a fine team of jazz musicians. The show went eventually bankrupt but the musicians travelled for further arrangements and went through the Netherlands as well. Under the name Fancy Free they were recorded for one of the Dutch broadcasting companies. The band plays Ornithology. You see and hear Clark Terry on trumpet and fluegelhorn, Phil Woods on alto sax, Sahib Shihab tenor sax, Quentin Jackson trombone, Patty Bown piano, Buddy Catlett bass, Joe Morris drums

In 1959 under the leadership of Quincy Jones a musical show was cris crossing Europe with an all star Cast. The dancers and singers were backed up by a fine team of jazz musicians. The show went eventually bankrupt but the musicians travelled for further arrangements and went through the Netherlands as well. Under the name Fancy Free they were recorded for one of the Dutch broadcasting companies. The band plays Ornithology. You see and hear Clark Terry on trumpet and fluegelhorn, Phil Woods on alto sax, Sahib Shihab tenor sax, Quentin Jackson trombone, Patty Bown piano, Buddy Catlett bass, Joe Morris drums

Adam Brenner sits in on alto sax with Phil Woods at the Deerhead Inn in Delaware Water Gap, PA. on May 23, 2011