Tag 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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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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