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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.
Jazz saxophonist Phil Woods was a disciple of Charlie Parker, one of the pioneers of bebop. But Woods reached millions of ears through his playing on pop songs by Paul Simon, Billy Joel and...
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.
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So Phil Wood's lifelong journey began--a saga he relates with an irreverent, self-deprecating wit, from his earliest days in Western Massachusetts to recording timeless music and traveling the world with jazz legends.
Sep 30, 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 — died on Tuesday...
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.
Sep 29, 2015 · Woods was one of the leading alto saxophonists in the generation that followed Charlie Parker, who had set an imposing new bar for the instrument while defining the terms of bebop.
