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░ ▓████▓▌ ░ Artist.......: Phil Woods ▐▓▀▀
▓ ▐█████▓█ Album........: Americans Swinging in Paris ▀ ░
▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ Genre........: Jazz ░▓ ▌
▄▀██▓██▓▓▀ Language.....: English ░▓░▐▓
▓▓▄▀█▓▓▓▀ Label........: EMI ░▓░ █▓▌
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░▓▓░ ▐█▓▓ ░ ░▓▓░ playtime....: 36:18 min ░▓▓ ▐███████▓▓▌ ░
░░ ███▓▓ ▓▓░▓░ rip.date....: 14-01-2004 ░▓▓░ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ░
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░ ▐███████▓▓▌░▓▓▓░ size........: 63,7 MB ░▓▓▓▓▓ ▓░▓▓░░ ░
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▓████▓▌ 01. Stolen Moments 09:37 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 02. And When You Are Young 13:57 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 03. Alive and Well 03:37 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 04. Doxy 01:31 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 05. Freedom Jazz Dance 07:36 ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ [ A B O U T . T H i S . R E L E A S E ] ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Part of a French series, Americans Swinging in ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Paris is an outstanding document and a welcome ▓▌
▓████▓▌ reissue featuring the European Rhythm Machine at ▓▌
▓████▓▌ its very best with French bassist Henri Texier and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ a couple of Swiss musicians, pianist George Gruntz, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ and drummer Daniel Humair, who is often mistaken ▓▌
▓████▓▌ for a Frenchman as is the case in the CD's liner ▓▌
▓████▓▌ notes. The program is comprised of two originals by ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Phil Woods as well as compositions by Oliver ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Nelson, Sonny Rollins, and Eddie Harris. The epic ▓▌
▓████▓▌ "And When You Are Young," which Woods penned and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ dedicated to the memory of Robert Kennedy, is alone ▓▌
▓████▓▌ worth acquiring this CD. The piece almost starts as ▓▌
▓████▓▌ a ballad before evolving into an emotionally ▓▌
▓████▓▌ charged scorcher. The saxophonist takes a long ▓▌
▓████▓▌ breathtaking solo and never lets the intensity drop ▓▌
▓████▓▌ a notch. Rarely has Woods ever sounded so ▓▌
▓████▓▌ adventurous. With Gruntz strumming his piano ▓▌
▓████▓▌ strings in the background, Texier gets the other ▓▌
▓████▓▌ feature and delivers a terrific solo that reveals a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ magnificent tone similar in grain to that of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Charlie Haden. Then, the band lets it all loose ▓▌
▓████▓▌ before returning to the theme and bringing this ▓▌
▓████▓▌ real tour de force to a close. Ironically, the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ other masterpiece is a one-and-a-half-minute ▓▌
▓████▓▌ splendid version of Rollins' "Doxy" incredibly ▓▌
▓████▓▌ packed with ideas and substance. Woods and company ▓▌
▓████▓▌ say more in those 90 seconds than some artists do ▓▌
▓████▓▌ over the course of an album. As for the rest of the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ program, if it does not reach such heights, it ▓▌
▓████▓▌ remains first-class material performed by an ▓▌
▓████▓▌ inspired and wonderful band. A gem that belongs to ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the collection of any serious jazz fan. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ One of the true masters of the bop vocabulary, Phil ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Woods has had his own sound since the mid-1950s 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 (1958-59), Quincy Jones (1959-61) and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Benny Goodman (for BG's 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 Parker's 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. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Phil Woods popped up in a variety of settings in ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the 1960s ù on Benny Carter's 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 1964-67. 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 towards ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 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. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ 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 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ (1983-89) joined; his spot has since been assumed ▓▌
▓████▓▌ by trombonist Hal Crook (1989-92) and trumpeter ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Brian Lynch. Pianist Melillo went out on his own in ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 1980, and his successors have been Hal Galper ▓▌
▓████▓▌ (1980-90), Jim McNeely (1990-95) and Bill Charlap; ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Gilmore and Goodwin have been with Woods since the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ group's start. Not just a bebop reportory band, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Woods' ensembles have developed their own ▓▌
▓████▓▌ repertoire, taken plenty of chances, and stretched ▓▌
▓████▓▌ themselves while sticking to his straight-ahead ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Woods contributed the famous alto solo to Billy ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Joel's hit recording of "Just the Way You Are" and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ has been one of Michel Legrand's 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, Chesky and with ▓▌
▓████▓▌ his Quintet/Quartet for RCA, Gryphon, Adelphi, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Clean Cuts, SeaBreeze (two sets adding Chris ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Swansen's inventive synthesizer to the band), Red, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Antilles, Palo Alto, BlackHawk, Denon and quite ▓▌
▓████▓▌ extensively for Concord. An Italian label, Philogy ▓▌
▓████▓▌ (which has some broadcasts and live performances ▓▌
▓████▓▌ from Woods' bands), is named after the popular and ▓▌
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