ZUM TOD DES US-AMERIKANISCHEN SAXOFONISTEN PHIL WOODS

30.09.2015 Der am 2. November 1931 in Springfield (Massachusetts) geborene US-amerikanische Jazz-Saxofonist Phil Woods (Bild) ist am 29. September 2015 in Stroudsburg (Pennsylvania) gestorben. Er war via George Gruntz und Daniel Humair auch eng mit der Schweiz verbunden.

Bild: Phil Woods, Oslo 2007 - Foto: Bjørn Erik Pedersen - CC-Lizenz: "Namensnennung - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 3.0 nicht portiert" - Zur Datei: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phil_woods_oslo_2007_2.jpg?uselang=de

Phil Woods gilt schon früh als Nachfolger der Bebop-Grösse Charlie Parker. Seine eigene Sprache findet er in Paris mit George Gruntz, und zur Jazz-Legende wird er dank seines Solos für Billy Joel in «Just the Way You Are». Nun ist der 83-jährige Saxophonist seiner Lungenkrankheit erlegen.

Jodok Hess

http://www.srf.ch/kultur/musik/ein-sound-der-ueber-den-jazz-hinausstrahlte-phil-woods-ist-tot

Phil Woods, an alto saxophonist revered in jazz circles for his bright, clean sound and his sterling technique - and widely heard on songs by Billy Joel, Paul Simon and others - died on Tuesday in East Stroudsburg, Pa. He was 83.

Nate Chinen

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/30/arts/music/phil-woods-saxophonist-revered-in-jazz-dies-at-83.html?_r=0

Alto saxophone giant and NEA Jazz Master Phil Woods, an unrepentant bebopper who parlayed a love for the music of Charlie Parker into a six-decade career as a highly respected leader and first-call sideman, died today, Sept. 29, in East Stroudsburg, Pa., at age 83.

Jeff Tamarkin

http://jazztimes.com/sections/news/articles/168286-phil-woods-dies-at-83

Fluent and creative saxophonist regarded as one of the world's leading jazz soloists

Woods also took his role as a teacher very seriously, helping to found an annual arts festival in Delaware, and regularly taking masterclasses and musician-in-residence roles with student jazz bands around the world, including the National Youth Jazz Orchestra in Britain, and the Catania City Brass Orkestra in Italy. Woods would frequently take the featured-soloist role in these enterprises, performing as if there were nothing in the world he would rather be doing.

John Fordham

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/30/phil-woods

Upon receiving the nation's highest jazz honor, Woods said, "Jazz will never perish, it's forever music, and I like to think that my music is somewhere in there and will last, maybe not forever, but may influence others."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3254782/Jazz-saxophonist-Phil-Woods-dies-age-83-Stroudsburg.html

Audios:

Phil Woods (Jazz Collection, 31.10.06)

http://www.srf.ch/play/radio/popupaudioplayer?id=3f5d30d4-2ae6-4816-bb8c-f505cda9a227

SRF-Musikredaktor Peter Bürli über Phil Woods

http://www.srf.ch/play/radio/popupaudioplayer?id=5a0d8f38-6f9b-42da-9562-958de4f2b13a

Videos:

Phil Woods - Freedom Jazz Dance + Ballad - 1969 Paris (Live Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrhRhuKQXlw

Master Class with Phil Woods: Performance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SJxmCzYpoo

Legends of Jazz: David Sanborn & Phil Woods - Senor Blues