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Phil Woods. Philip Wells Woods (November 2, 1931 [1] – September 29, 2015) [2] was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer. Biography. Woods was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. [1] . After inheriting a saxophone at age 12, he began taking lessons at a local music shop.
SIEGEL: But Phil Woods was mostly about jazz. He played with some of the greats - Thelonious Monk, Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie. Woods died yesterday of complications from emphysema. He was...
Sep 30, 2015 · Sept. 29, 2015. Phil Woods, an alto saxophonist revered in jazz circles for his bright, clean sound and his sterling technique — and widely heard on songs by Billy Joel, Paul Simon and others —...
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Sep 30, 2015 · NEW YORK (AP) — Phil Woods, a leading alto saxophonist in mainstream jazz for more than 60 years whose piercing solos could also be heard on hit records by Billy Joel and Paul Simon, has died. He was 83. Woods died Tuesday in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, said Philip Bensing, owner of the Bensing-Thomas Funeral Home.
Sep 29, 2015 · Alto saxophonist Phil Woods, a leading jazz performer since the 1950s, died Tuesday afternoon. The cause was related to emphysema, his longtime agent, Joel Chriss, confirmed. Woods was 83.
Residing in Monroe County, Pennsylvania since 1974, Phil Woods was a founder and advisory board member of the Delaware Water Gap Celebration Of The Arts ("C.O.T.A." founded in 1978), Co-Director of COTA CampJazz (with Richard Chamberlain), a member of the Board of Directors of the Al Cohn Memorial Jazz Collection (at East Stroudsburg University), the East Stroudsburg University Regional Jazz ...
