Phil Woods - European Tour Live (1980)

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Title: European Tour Live
Year Of Release: 1995
Label: Red Record [RR 123163.2]
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Hard Bop
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log)
Total Time: 01:35:26
Total Size: 538 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

CD1:

01. Long Ago and Far Away (Gershwin-Kern) - 10:36
02. Silhouette (Gullin) - 14:36
03. Summer Nite (Warren) - 12:54
04. Rain and Go Away (Woods) - 11:00

CD2:

01. You Leave Me Breathless (Freed-Hollander) - 14:37
02. Who Cares (Gershwin) - 8:53
03. Isotope (Henderson) - 11:47
04. Phil's Theme (Woods) - 2:20
05. Trouble Is a Man (Wilder) - 8:43

personnel :

Phil Woods - alto saxophone
Mike Melillo - piano
Steve Gilmore - bass
Bill Goodwin - drums

In one of the last performances by the Phil Woods Quartet before the departure of pianist Mike Melillo, this 1½-hour-plus concert finds the group at a creative peak. Woods isn't shy about stretching tunes out to explore every possibility with several long tracks; Lars Gullin's "Silhouette," a piece not likely familiar to many jazz fans, is a brilliant melancholy piece, with Woods' alto sax occasionally mimicking an accordion. "Rain Go Away" is a cheerful uptempo original by the leader, while his version of Joe Henderson's "Isotope" features a long introduction by drummer Bill Goodwin that sets the band afire. The only predictable part of the program is the almost obligatory beg-off performance of "Phil's Theme" (aka "How's Your Mama?"); listeners are then rewarded with an encore of Alec Wilder's delightful (but not often heard) "Trouble Is a Man." An enjoyable evening of hard bop by one of its true masters.~Ken Dryden