Phillip Wells Woods is still to this day one of the foremost exponents of the alto saxophone and a Jazz Master. Woods was born in Springfield Mass. on November 2,1931 and moved to New York to attend The Julliard School of Music in 1948. By 1954 he had began recording for Prestige/New Jazz under his own name and he also made sideman appearances but tonight's Jazz Feature recording made in November of 1955 put Phil Woods in the front rank of alto saxophonists. The album is a quartet date with Woods as the only horn. He is accompanied by the unsung John Williams on piano who had just left the Stan Getz group. Teddy Kotick is a tower of strength on bass and Phil's long standing running buddy Nick Stablulas on drums. The program is a mix of lesser known standards (4) and Woods' originals (2). Woods has recorded literally hundreds of dates since then as a leader and sideman but tonight's Jazz Feature is a true classic and one that Woods' is still proud of......and rightly so!

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