The All Star Sessions
Artist: Elmo Hope

This single-CD reissues all of the music (except for a second take of "Moe, Jr.") formerly on a two-LP set having the same name and catalog number. Before that, the music originally came out on the Prestige album Informal Jazz and the Riverside release Homecoming. The often-overlooked pianist/composer Elmo Hope is heard in three different... Read More

Altology
Artist: Phil Woods

This two-LP set has all of the music from the two Phil Woods albums Pairing Off and Phil and Quill, plus two songs from the latter date originally released on Bird Feathers. On all of the tracks, Woods is matched with fellow altoist Gene Quill. and they complement and constantly inspire each other. Pairing Off also features trumpeters Donald... Read More

Bird Calls, Vol. 1
Artist: Phil Woods

This enjoyable straight-ahead LP has two separate Savoy sessions featuring altoist Phil Woods. The first four titles (which also have pianist Hall Overton, bassist Teddy Kotick and drummer Nick Stabulas) was from a "Music Minus One" date. Woods takes boppish and consistently inventive solos on four standards (including "Pennies From Heaven" and... Read More

Bird's Night: A Celebration of the Music of Charlie Parker
Artist: Phil Woods

Two years after Charlie Parker's death, alto saxophonist Phil Woods convened a sextet consisting of himself, fellow altoist Frank Sokolow, baritone sax player Cecil Payne, pianist Duke Jordan (an alumnus of Parker's band), bassist Wendell Marshall, and drummer Art Taylor for a set to be broadcast live from New York's famous Five Spot nightclub.... Read More

Pairing Off
Artist: Phil Woods Septet

The title of this excellent CD reissue comes from the fact that the featured septet consists of two altos (Phil Woods and Gene Quill) and two trumpets (Donald Byrd and Kenny Dorham) in addition to a rhythm section (pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Doug Watkins and drummer Philly Joe Jones). Of the pairings, Woods and Dorham were more distinctive... Read More

Phil & Quill with Prestige
Artist: Phil Woods

Altoists Phil Woods and Gene Quill always made for a mutually inspiring team. Both of the similar-sounding musicians were competitive, influenced by (but not imitative of) Charlie Parker, and really knew bebop. This CD reissue (which adds two selections from the same session that were originally part of the sampler Bird Feathers) features the... Read More

New Faces-New Sounds, Vol. 2
Artist: Lou Donaldson
Taylor's Tenors
Artist: Art Taylor

Legendary drummer Art Taylor played on a multitude of classic jazz sessions, but only managed to release a few dates as a leader before he passed away in 1995. His second, Taylor's Tenors, from mid-1959, features two straight-ahead tenor saxophonists, Charlie Rouse and Frank Foster, engaging in an insightful yet swinging hard bop conversation.... Read More

Young Woods
Artist: Phil Woods