Phil Woods
alto saxophone
Bebop alto saxophonist; Barry loved a recording, made in 1957 by his account and issued only decades later, on which Woods plays with Bud Powell, Donald Byrd, Paul Chambers and Art Taylor.
- mentions
- 5
- recordings
- 3
- Barry speaking
- 5
What Barry says
Barry says he digs Phil Woods and Donald Byrd, and especially loves their band with Bud Powell, Art Taylor on drums and Paul Chambers on bass, a recording the interview’s editors identify as Live at Birdland 1957.
Speaking of the 1957 recording after it was issued, he urged his interviewer to hear it, called it one of the best things he had heard that year, and said he sits at the piano and plays right along with it.
In his Almeria talk he tells listeners to hear the same record, naming Woods with Chambers, Byrd and Art Taylor, mainly to point out how well Chambers solos on it.
Believe: a talk to musicians46:50
In his own words
I also dig Donald Byrd and Phil Woods. I especially love their band from 1954-1958, the one with Bud Powell, Phil Woods, and Donald Byrd, with Arthur Taylor on drums and Paul Chambers on bass.
That’s one of the best things I’ve heard this year. I sit at the piano and I just sit down and put that on and I just play right along with it.
they just brought out a new thing. Not new, it was made in 1957. You should hear Donald Byrd, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor, Bud Powell and Phil Woods.
This is from 1958 or something. Phil Wood[s]. I never heard him play like that.
Every mention
5 moments in the recordings, 5 of them Barry speaking. Each says who is talking.
The last train to Monk: an interview
- 11:36
Recommends the newly issued 1957 recording of Bud Powell with Woods, Byrd, Chambers and Art Taylor.
The 2016 workshop, part 3: Monk’s tunes, not his style
Believe: a talk to musicians
- 46:50
Names Woods (caption ‘Phil Wood’) on the record with Bud Powell, Chambers, Byrd and Art Taylor.
In the interviews and notes
Asked for favourite recordings, Barry names Bird, Bud and Monk first, then says he digs Donald Byrd and Phil Woods and especially loves their band with Bud Powell, Art Taylor and Paul Chambers.
Victor L. Schermer (interviewer); Barry Harris, Barry Harris: Iconic Jazz Pianist and Keeper of the Flame ¶6Victor L. Schermer (interviewer); Barry Harris, Barry Harris: Iconic Jazz Pianist and Keeper of the Flame ¶7
Method ideas nearby
Ideas of the method taught in the classes where they come up, with how many mentions fall in each.
- 11.1Two hands together4
- 11.3Mirror image and contrary motion between the hands3
- 13.4Monk’s and Bud’s tunes; learning from records3
- 1.4Triplets and thinking in six1
- 11.2Keep the left hand low and make it interesting1
- 12.1Everybody sings1
- 12.2Know the song; learn many songs; find your key1
- 14.3Learn from the masters by ear; study the small things1