Videos like this is how KZfaq actually becones a platform of artistic value. Thank you👍

Rest in peace Phil, thanks for the emotions, you always have been my favourite sax player

Thank you, Phil, for your stories, your love for jazz and for all of your music. Say hey to Chan and Charlie for us.

I'll miss ya Phil. Thank you for being a wonderful human being.

Look, I live in the woods and ride bulls, never heard of Phil Woods, sure glad I found this?

Maestro de Maestros.Great sax player.Not many can play a ballad like him.

Phil, just zeroed out the alto saxophone. Sax and man are one when he plays. His music is unique, he is in the hall of great musicians who have passed through this planet. Genius. Virtuoso. Greetings from Brazil.

I had the good luck to have lived my first 21 years in the next town over from Mr. Woods and got to hear him annually at his jazz festival and a bunch of other times at the nearby Deerhead Inn. He's been one of my biggest jazz heroes and inspirations. Most certainly my favorite saxophonist...a distinctive and recognizable voice and a really wonderful guy. So great to hear and see him in this recording. And yes, Eric Doney provides such beautiful accompaniment throughout.

My favourite sax player of all.

You will always remain immortal in our hearts PHIL WOODS. THE OTHER THAT YOU WILL NOT BE BEEN

Incredible sound and feeling. Rest in Peace, your music is still with us

I wish Dan Higgins would put himself out there more :( would kill to see him give a masterclass or interview like this..

Phil Woods was the best, we should be thankful that we were on this planet at the same time, could you imagine not being around to hear this genious? jg

R.I.P., Phil Woods

I just saw Mr Woods Saturday night 3/2.. he sounded amazing.. 81 years young.. His wife was in attendence also... Awesome evening

What a beautiful ballad Goodbye Mr.Evans !

What a guy!Not many real characters left like this cat.luv him

One of the finest Alto Sax plays. Yes he is my hero! Bless the soul of Mr. Phil Woods....RIP!

Amazing musician! Thank u for the post! So good to hear Mr Phil Woods!

Awesome alto player, and some really wise words. Thx for sharing !

Whenever I want to hear one of the Best Alto men ever... I just turn to MR. PHIL WOODS for some smooth groves and a little lov'in. What great tone and phrasing... plus that great sense of humor. He was a wonderful man and is truly missed.

Man ..,... I would love to sit down him, his horn and bottle of fine whiskey, what a amazing player with incredible stories to share! Thanks for sharing this post with us. Peace - TC ~

I don't see how he can have emphysema so bad and it doesn't seem to affect his playing, such a rich and strong sound.

Question: what is jazz? Answer: Phil Woods

thank you! i remember seeing this on tv at like 5am once it was so cool

Such an an amazing player

when I first got into jazz for real I heard the Billy Joel tune and I could tell that it was a jazz guy. when I looked it up and found out it was Phil woods it made me happy

So great. Music at the top.

Wow! One of the best in the world! 🇺🇸

And not to forget his amazing solo on Billy Joel Just The Way You Are. Perhaps the only recording he did on pop music.Just so beautiful

Loved the stories at the end about Charlie Parker's horn.

切れの良い、話しているような！素晴らしい！天才です！

One of the BEST albums I ever heard was" Phil Meets Quill" Phil Woods and Gene Quill MAN, what blowin', ideas, virtuosity, HOT

Such a boss.

Amazing sound!!!!

Phil Woods - Always amazing,

For the record here: Phil was using vandoren ZZ 2.5s by this point. He used ZZ 3s until about 08-09 or so, then his health/lungs just couldn’t push them any longer. Hero

Should also give credit to Eric Doney on piano.

No tone like his. OMGosh. So, so good.

He played on "Just the Way You Are", "Dr. Wu", and Paul Simon's "Have a Good Time".

Phil Woods: (in response to whether he owns Charlie Parker's horn) Nah I have his wife...savage grandmaster

Musical genius period.

great phil.

Your majesty Phill Woods.

What a musician.

thanks for all when we where together in N.Y.

I particularly liked Phil's tone when he play LaVoz reeds (70s-80s), it is interesting that he made the change to Vandoren V16 reeds not for the tone but because a shmuck at a desk insulted him. He told me once about having received the NYUSA Meyer 5 he played as a gift from Oliver Nelson, but he added here that this happened in the late 50s. I believe this date is wrong, as the New York Meyer USA Version 1 was released in 1960. He likely received the piece in 1960.As well as one of the greatest to ever play the alto sax, he was a clever man. His great legacy continues.

He is amazing. Phil woods is one of my favorites to listen to.

we will miss you mr. woods

Yes, you can purchase it on AH Music Media.com. We have it for sale as a DVD in HD.

I didnt know either but here Im ready to learn! ;)

he's really good :)

Father and wonderful son .family woods

R.I.P. Phil Woods 😭😭😭😭

❤❤❤❤

We shouldn't forget also his work with the french composer Michelle LeGrand,as he was called the best interpreter of his music.

Amazing!!! You can hear his lung problems in his voice. Not at all in his playing, Superb! and his humour sense, LOL, Legend

He starts firing on all pistons at 22:34. That's the Phil I know. Still in great form.

Wonderful! Who is on piano? He's also fantastic.

Yes! Great!!! And the nice Girl at 21:34 too :-)

Phil adds tongue slaps!

Prelijepo nice

Is there a way to purchase this content in higher quality? DVD or digital download? I love these master classes, but hate that the video and audio are in such low quality...

Did anyone hear the Ibert Concerto at 9:04 ?

However JazzAnswer99; you will constantly hear Bird 'compared' to Trane. TBH. I like these remarks, 'cause it makes us listen to music MORE :)

Who is this marvelous pianist?

Wow Marcel Mule is the father of classical saxophone!!

OMG!!!!! did you hear that slide at 2:57?!?

when was this?

wrong---he played with steely dan==I believe the cut is Dr. Woo

concertino da camera at 9:03?

what are the notes to this song

16:00

And he played with Bird

Does anyone know his setup?

18:00

I know some of those words from your comment. :) My comment was playful. My racist preconceptions: Jazz was predominantly a black art. A majority of the big names from throughout jazz history were African American or Creole. Listening to this guy, I can hear the influence of saxophonists that got me into jazz; Bird, Cannonball, etc. It wasn't until recently that I discovered more of the white musicians in jazz. Sorry if my comment seemed racist.

I wasn't sure if the the sound in the video was the spit sizzling in Woods' mouthpiece, or the audio itself crackling.

The fingering is great, but that tone tho 😮 incredible

Teach me to play like you

26:33 What song is it?

Eric Doney on piano?

Who is the pianist?

in my opinion phil is better than bird

That tone😂

I couldn't hear it

YAMAHA？

Oscar Pettiford, the father of modern bass playing, was at least partly Native American. That is true of Charlie Parker and Max Roach also. Kinda opens things up for discussion doesn't it? Louis Armstrong was playing tunes by white composers. Lester Young claimed Frankie Trumbauer, partly Cherokee, as his main influence. Without Lester, there would have been no Bird as we knew him. Bix Beiderbecke was white and inspired many. Roy Eldridge claimed Red Nichols, a white man, as his inspiration.

Explain to me how Woods is be better than Bird, when Bird played a Major part in the development of Bebop? Phill Woods never, he came after this language was developed, i am not taking away any credit from him, he is a great musician in his own right.

Well ya considering bird died so young,he didn't get a change to improve or experience the modal era

Shepp

plays a yamaha, less resistance for him than his mk 6. old lungs

Who knows, maybe he's just joking around

This Yamaha sounds sort of "kazzoy" compared to his mk 6s.

Let's just say you prefer Phil to Bird. That is your right. But comparing anyone to Bird, in my opinion, is pointless.

He isn't.

About the music : great players, technically perfect, faultless, easy to listen to but... but we're waiting for a spark that never seems to come...

A room fulla jazz musician wanna-bee's, and they have only a few reluctant questions. The question I have for Them is: What is it you think jazz is, and why do you wanna live your life for it, when you Don't even Have any Burning, aching, desires to get to the mysteries of it and the Life, with a Master sitting right in front of you, asking for your questions? Even about the music itself. Come on, Gang, you have No Chance of making it when you can't even try to find out what it is you are truly in pursuit of... yikes. MBB

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