Phil Woods 菲尔·伍兹
- 风格
- #硬波普 #大乐队 #波普 #后波普 #主流爵士
- 地区
- United States of America 美国
艺人介绍
小简介
Phil Woods他把萨克斯风的 金属质感发挥得淋漓尽致，当然Chesky擅长的三度空间感营造还是那么好，定位鲜明，前后 层次历历在目，音色光辉灿烂。
by Scott Yanow
One of the true masters of the bop vocabulary, Phil Woods has had his own sound since the mid-50s and stuck to his musical guns throughout a remarkably productive career. There has never been a doubt that he is one of the top alto saxophonists alive, and he has 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 BGs famous 1962 tour of the Soviet Union), but has mostly headed his own groups since 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 Parkers 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 Carters 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 believes 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 today, after a few personnel changes, still tours the world. After Leahey left in 1978, it was known as the Phil Woods Quartet until trumpeter Tom Harrell (1983-1989) joined; his spot has since been assumed by trombonist Hal Crook (1989-1992) and trumpeter Brian Lynch. Pianist Melillo went out on his own in 1980, and his successors have been Hal Galper (1980-1990), Jim McNeely (1990-1995), and Bill Charlap; Gilmore and Goodwin have been with Woods since the groups start. Not just a bebop repertory band, Woods ensembles have developed their own repertoire, taken plenty of chances, and stretched themselves while sticking to his straight-ahead path.
Woods contributed the famous alto solo to Billy Joels hit recording of Just the Way You Are and has been one of Michel Legrands favorite artists, guesting with Legrand on an occasional basis; he has made dozens of rewarding recordings himself through the years. He debuted as a leader in 1954 and has since 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 has recorded with his Quintet/Quartet for RCA, Gryphon, Adelphi, Clean Cuts, SeaBreeze (two sets adding Chris Swansens inventive synthesizer to the band), Red, Antilles, Palo Alto, BlackHawk, Denon, and quite extensively for Concord. Some key sets include 1960s Rights of Swing on Candid, 1974s Musique Du Bois on 32 Jazz, 1981s Birds of a Feather from Antilles, and 2002s 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 still brilliant altoist. Still going strong well 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.
热门评论
- @馒头 JazzBread：hil Woods 的名盤，未曾擁有，也在網上找來聽聽，聽後的評語，就是"迷人"二字，我相信它差不多是最好聽的Phil Woods，必入三甲，或者只有他和歐洲節奏機器、或與 Tom Harrell 合作的東西，才可瑧此境界。 一曲兒時便開始聽的 "The Summer Knows"，微涼的中音色士風，一進場便掀起情感的風暴，聽 STANDARD 本來最怕的就是濫情，一不小心，便淪為升降機時光，然而 Phil Woods 的吹奏，在輕盈和沉重之間游晃，餘音裊裊。
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