Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass

Rob McConnell, valve trombone, arranger and leader
Phil Woods, special guest
Moe Koffman, alto and soprano saxophones, flute and piccolo
Jerry Toth, alto saxophone, flute and clarinet
Eugene Amaro, tenor saxophone and flute
Rick Wilkins, tenor saxophone, flute and clarinet
Bob Leonard, baritone saxophone and bass clarinet
Arnie Chycoski, trumpet and flugelhorn
Erich Traugott, trumpet and flugelhorn
Guido Basso, trumpet and flugelhorn
Dave Woods, trumpet and flugelhorn
John MacLeod, trumpet and flugelhorn
Ian McDougall, trombone
Bob Livingston, trombone
Dave McMurdo, trombone
Ron Hughes, bass trombone
George Stimpson, French horn
James MacDonald, French horn
Jimmy Dale, piano
Ed Bickert, guitar
Steve Wallace, bass
Terry Clarke, drums
Brian Leonard, percussion

Tracks:
1. Out Of Nowhere (Heyman/Green)
2. Greenhouse (Wilkins)
3. Quintessence (Jones)
4. If Dreams Come True (Sampson/Goodman/Mills)
5. Stereo Blue (McConnell)
6. Just One Of Those Things (Porter)
7. Traditional Piece (McConnell)
8. Jive At Five (Edison/Basie)

Steve Miller

Steve Miller, guitar and vocals
Ben Sidran, keyboards
Billy Peterson, bass
Gordy Knudtson, drums
Special Guests:
Milt Jackson, vibraphone ("Born To Be Blue")
Phil Woods, alto saxophone ("When Sunny Gets Blue" and "Red Top")
Bobby Malach, tenor saxophone ("Mary Ann," "God Bless The Child," "Filthy McNasty" and "Just A Little Bit")
Ricky Peterson, programming and synthesizers ("Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah," "Ya Ya' and "Just A little Bit")

Songs:
1. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (Gilbert/Wrubel)
2. Ya Ya (Levy/Lewis)
3. God Bless The Child (Holiday/Herzog)
4. Filthy McNasty (Silver)
5. Born To Be Blue (Torme/Wells)
6. Mary Ann (Charles)
7. Just A Little Bit (Thornton/Brown/Bass/Washington)
8. When Sunny Gets Blue (Fisher/Segal)
9. Willow Weep For Me (Ronnell)
10. Red Top (Kynard/Hampton)


Recorded at Kaye Smith Studios, Seattle, WA and Creation Recording, Minneapolis, MN
Additional Recording at Capitol Records, Los Angeles, CA, Take One, Los Angeles, CA and M&I Recorders, New York City

The Phil Woods Quintet

Phil Woods, alto saxophone and clarinet
Tom Harrell, trumpet and flugelhorn
Hal Galper, piano
Steve Gilmore, bass
Bill Goodwin, drums

Tracks:
1. HUK2E (Woods)
2. Dreamsville (Mancini/Livingston/Evans)
3. Bop Stew (Galper)
4. Poor Butterfly (Golden/Hubbell)
5. Yes, There Is A C.O.T.A. (Woods)
6. How's Your Mama? (Woods)

** reissue of Concord Jazz CJ-345 + 1 bonus track.

Ben Sidran

Ben Sidran, piano and vocals
Mike Maineri, vibraphone
Phil Woods, alto saxophone
Steve Kahn, guitar
Eddie Gomez, bass
Peter Erskine, drums

Tracks:
1. Solar (David)
2. Big Nick (Coltrane)
3. It Didn't All Come True (Sidran)
4. City Home (Allison)
5. Bop City/Theme From "Jazz Alive!" (Sidran)
6. Little Sherry (Rouse)
7. Nardis (Davis)
8. Up Jumped Spring (Hubbard)
9. Monk's Mood (Monk)
All lyrics by Ben Sidran, except City Home, by Mose Allison

Phil Woods Quartet
BIRDS OF A FEATHER

Phil Woods, alto saxophone
Hal Galper, piano
Steve Gilmore, bass
Bill Goodwin, drums

Songs:
1. Star Eyes (Ray/DePaul)
2. Goodbye Mr. Evans (Woods)
3. Petite Chanson (Woods)
4. Summer Night (Warren/Dubin)
5. My Old Flame (Johnston/Coslow)
6. Nica's Dream (Silver)

Engineered by Chris Fichera

Tracks 1 through 5
Charlie Parker, alto saxophone
Unknown band and interviewer

Tracks 6 through 13
Phil Woods, alto saxophone
Joe Morello, drums
Rest of band unknown
Recorded somewhere in Springfield, Massachusetts
1947

Tracks:
1. Wee
2. Cool Blues
3. Interview
4. Stuffy
5. Conception/Deception
6. Just You, Just Me (Greer/Klages)
7. I've Found A New Baby (Palmer/Williams)
8. Robbin's Nest (Woods)
9. That's A Plenty
10. Just You, Just Me
11. Nice Work If You Can Get It (Gershwin/Gershwin)
12. Yesterdays (Kern/Harbach)/Embraceable You (Gershwin/Gershwin)
13. Oh Lady, Be Good (Gershwin/Gershwin)

Available at http://www.philologyjazz.it

Al Cohn

Al Cohn, tenor saxophone, leader
Phil Woods, alto saxophone
Conte Candoli, trumpet
Kenny Dorham, trumpet
Hank Jones, piano
John Simmons, bass
Kenny Clarke, drums

Songs:
Volume 1
1. A Bit Of The Blues (Albam)
2. Two Pairs of Aces (Albam)
3. Minorin' The Blues (Wilkins)
4. Phil 'Er Up (Albam)
5. Roulette (Wilkins)
6. Last Lap (Albam)

Volume 2
7. Hip Boots! (Wilkins)
8. For Kicks Only (Wilkins)
9. Ah Funky New Baby (Albam)
10. Birdland Fantasy (Wilkins)
11. Playboy (Wilkins)
12. Conte's Condolences (Albam)

No production credits or dates on CD.
Original sessions released 2/1956 and 10/1956

Various Artists

Phil Woods, alto saxophone
Gene Quill, alto saxophone
George Syran, piano
Teddy Kotick, bass
Nick Stabulas, drums

Songs:
1. Solar (Davis)
4. Airegin (Rollins)

Recorded March 29, 1957

Jackie McLean, alto saxophone
John Jenkins, alto saxophone
Wade Legge, piano
Doug Watkins, bass
Art Taylor, drums

Song:
2. Bird Feathers (Parker)

Recorded May 3, 1957

Hal McKusick, also saxophone
Billy Byers, trombone
Eddie Costa, piano
Paul Chambers, bass
Charlie Persip, drums

Songs:
3. Interim (McKusick)
5. Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Bloom/Koehler)
6. Con Alma (Gillespie)

Recorded December 27, 1957

Supervision by bob Weinstock
Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder

** also issued on Original Jazz Classics OJC 1735, OJCCD 1735-2.

Quincy Jones and his Orchestra

Personnel include:
Quincy Jones, arranger and conductor
Phil Woods, alto saxophone
Jerome Richardson, flute and other woodwinds
Rahsaan Roland Kirk, flute
Paul Gonsalves (tenor saxophone)
Clark Terry, trumpet and flugelhorn
Jim Hall, guitar
Lalo Schifrin, piano
Chris White, bass
Rudy Collins, drums
Jack Del Rio, percussion
Carlos Gomez, percussion
Jose Paula, percussion
many unidentified trumpet, trombone and woodwind players

Songs:
1. Soul Bossa Nova (Jones)
2. Boogie Stop Shuffle (Mingus)
3. Desafinado (Jobin/Mendonca)
4. Manha de Carnaval (Bonfa)
5. Se E Tarde Me Pardoa (Lyra/Boscoli)
6. On The Street Where You Live (Lerner/Loewe)
7. Samba de Una Nota So (Jobim)
8. Lalo Bossa Nova (Schifrin)
9. Serenata (Anderson)
10. Chega de Saudade (Jobim/Moraes)
11. A Taste Of Honey (Scott/Marlow)


Engineered by Phil Ramone?

FEATURING:
Phil Woods, Alto Sax/Clarinet
Herbie Mann, Flute/Alto Flute 
Jay Ashby, Trombone
Gil Goldstein, Accordion
Alain Mallet, Piano
Marty Ashby, Guitar
Dwayne Dolphin, Bass
Paul Socolow, Bass 
Roger Humphries, Drums
Ricky Sebastian, Drums

1. We Will Meet Again
2. Alvin G. 
3. Azure 
4. Bohemia After Dark 
5. Caminhos Cruzados 
6. Privave 
7. Another Shade of Blues 
8. Sir Charles Duke 
9. Jelek 
10. Blood Count 
11. Little Niles 
12. Time After Time 

This beautiful MCG/Telarc records release is dedicated to the spirit and music of Herbie Mann. The Manchester Craftsmen's Guild is an arts and mentoring school for inner city youth in Pittsburgh, PA.

“Beyond Brooklyn , a tour de force of musicianship, creativity and heart, is a fitting memorial to Herbie Mann, the jazz flute master who passed away last year. The first collaboration in nearly half a century between Mann and saxophonist Woods, it unites their eclectic tastes, their versatility and their combination of joy and nothing-to-prove confidence.” ****   Newark Star-Ledger

“Herbie Mann's arrangement of Bill Evan's ‘We Will Meet Again' sets the tone for Mann's final recording. It is cool and sophisticated, carefree as a European vacation yet full of blue yearning. The echoes of bop in Phil Wood's arrangement of Oscar Pettiford's ‘Bohemia After Dark' add just the right amount of swing.”  A- Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“The results are delightful, with some bop standards, a few Latin tunes, and some basic originals comprising the program. The instrumentation changes from track to track, with two different rhythm sections being used and guest appearances from Gil Goldstein on accordion and trombonist Jay Ashby. Mann, who spontaneously recorded the closing ‘Time After Time' at a slightly later date when he was already seriously ill, sounds in prime form throughout this happy set. His final musical chapter is well worth savoring.”  All Music Guide

“Dedicated to the spirit and music of flutist Herbie Mann, who died in 2003, Beyond Brooklyn documents a meeting of Mann and alto saxophonist Phil Woods more than 50 years after they first played together. Both mellowed through the years, with Mann's flute growing more lyrical and less piping and Woods's alto becoming warmer. The results are consistently engaging, a deeply involving dialogue on a half-century of jazz experience. It's a CD of exalted moments: Mann is wonderfully airy on Randy Weston's ‘Little Niles,' Woods sweetly liquid on clarinet on Duke Ellington's ‘Azure' and lush yet keening on Billy Strayhorn's ‘Blood Count.'” Amazon.com

“Beyond Brooklyn is a classic of its kind. Highly recommended.”  JazzReview.com

“An album of class and style from two of jazz's greatest musicians who represent more than 100 years of collective performing experience.”  EuroClubdeJazz.com

“From Strayhorn/Ellington to Jobim to pop standards, these two old pros with an association going back 50 years serve it all up in fine style. Tasty work, a backing crew right in synch and a vibe that just won't quit, that's what you get here. A fine, straight ahead work that honors both key players in grand style.”  Midwest Record Recap

“This set, with these two masters, is classic, every tune a highlight. Absolutely gorgeous!”  Turbula.net

Recording Engineers Jay Ashby and Jay Dudt
Cover Art by Jeff O'Brien Myers

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