Category Archives: Alto Saxophone
A 2007 DownBeat Article on Phil Woods for his 80th Birthday
For Phil Woods’ 80th birthday, here’s a DownBeat cover story from 2007. * * * Like all his fellow 2007 NEA Jazz Masters, Phil Woods worked hard at the International Association of Jazz Educators Conference in January. On the final … Continue reading
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A 2001 DownBeat Profile of Lee Konitz, Who Turns 84 Today.
Back in June, while Lee Konitz was playing Manhattan’s Blue Note, I posted an uncut Blindfold Test that he did with me in 2004. A few years before, DownBeat gave me the opportunity to write a feature piece on the … Continue reading
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Two WKCR Interviews With Greg Osby, Who Turned 51 Three Days Ago
A heavy workload and some traveling have kept me away from the blog for several days. Hence I missed the shared August 3rd birthday of saxophonists Greg Osby (51) and Roscoe Mitchell (71). One of the pleasures of tracking jazz … Continue reading
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Lou Donaldson: Blindfold Test, 2006, Uncut
In a thread that arose last week in response to a Facebook recounting by Russell Malone of hearing Lou Donaldson play the alto saxophone at Birdland (I didn’t get to go, but, by several accounts, he was in magisterial form), … Continue reading
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Donald Harrison Turns 51 Today
This evening, alto saxophonist Donald Harrison, “Duck” to his friends, observes his 51st birthday with opening night of a three-night run at the Jazz Standard linked to his participation in the acclaimed HBO series Treme, for which his personal biography … Continue reading
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