Who recognizes that very last melody quote from Phil Woods? A classic! Also, incredible how they play and also how much joy the band has while playing. Michel Legrand looks in love with Phil's playing at 2:16, such a great expression. This was a solo I transcribed together with Cy Schmidt, who pointed me towards this one.I addes some articulations as we were studying the bebop phrasing with this one. Cy is really one of the mos dedicated students of the instrument and supporter of this channel by the way. Thanks again Cy! Let me know what you think, are you going to play this gem? /Jorre

@mirkoguerrini

3 ай бұрын

Hi guys, great transcription! Also, the opening line is a quote from the great Sonny Rollins!!

@SharpElevenMusic

3 ай бұрын

Ooh, didn't catch that one, thanks Mirko! Which Sonny Rollins?

@blendedblindblue

3 ай бұрын

On green dolphin street? Really, an amazing solo!

@TheSlayerswe

3 ай бұрын

Catalonian Nights by Dexter Gordon

@luke125

3 ай бұрын

While My Lady Sleeps?

Saw him in a masterclass a short time before he died. his son had to help him on stage and he had a machine helping him breath which he had to take off to play. but my god the second he started playing it's like he shed 30 years and sounded amazing. told us with age he could play less and less notes so he had to pick them more carefully

@EricGronneberg

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing ❤ 🎶

Apart from everything else: how to sound great on alto by making sure there's plenty of air going through the horn. Amazing!

THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT! THATS WHY HES THE MVP!!! THATS WHY HES THE GOAAAAT! THA GOAAAAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Phil Woods has always been in my top five top alto sax players of all times!

What a gift that we have Phil Woods videos on KZread and amazing artists like yourself to transcribe his solos! Thank you for this🎷🔥

Thank you for this beautiful memory, how I miss Michel Legrand and Phil Woods

One of the greatest ever

One of the most underrated of all time, sad to say. Not by those in the know, but by the public at large. A monster in the league of the known legendary alto players like Bird, Cannonball, even Desmond was known more than Phil. Genius. So long gone and even more missed.

Comping pianist musically didnt get in his Alto zsax solo's way. What a great musical team, elevating one another!

Aarggh - I’m SO close to remembering that final quote…doh! Thanks for showing this, it’s such classic Phil Woods with that huge, burnished, perfect tone , deep driving swing and endless, cascades of melodic ideas! For more classic Woods definitely check out ‘Live From the Steamboat’. I love Phil’s good-natured poke at classical saxophone in this awesome intro to a burning rendition of Cheek to Cheek!

@SharpElevenMusic

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the suggestions Bryan. I'll let you suffer just a bit more, as it took me pretty long to figure out myself haha 😂 I'll give you a hint: Coltrane

@lyntedrockley7295

3 ай бұрын

Showboat.

@bryandickerson5365

3 ай бұрын

@@SharpElevenMusic Are you thinking ‘Resolution’ from ‘A Love Supreme’? I considered that, but thought there was something closer that I couldn’t quite pin-point.

@bryandickerson5365

3 ай бұрын

@@lyntedrockley7295 Thanks, I don’t know why I said “Steamboat”.

@jamieforjazz

3 ай бұрын

While my lady sleeps

Legendary

My favorite solo by Phil ❤

I'm wondering why the footage is from Polish television? Like you'd have to dig deep to look somewhere so obscure

Damn !!!!!!!!!

I had a leaking high C pad. That would mess me up on this solo and so much more. My sax teacher was mystified. Repair guy just screwed it up worse. I quit sax because of a bad pad. Now I am a piano player!

TVP kultura, no way ;D

Oh wow, I need a shower and a cigarette after that. Thanks for sharing. Embarrassingly I know Phil better for his contributions to pop and rock songs more than his real calling. Another example of missing the best when they were in their prime. Rats.