Musique du Bois

1974 studio album by Phil Woods

Musique du Bois

Studio album by

Phil Woods

Released| 1974
Recorded| January 14, 1974 (1974-01-14)
Studio| New York City
Genre| Jazz
Length| 54:34
Label| Muse
Producer| Joel Dorn, Don Schlitten
Phil Woods chronology
| New Phil Woods Quartet
(1973)  | Musique du Bois
(1974)  | Images
(1975)

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Musique du Bois is a 1974 studio album by jazz musician Phil Woods. It was released by Muse Records and reissued by 32 Jazz and Pony Canyon.

## Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [2]

Musique du Bois has been critically well received, and it is regarded as among the best of Woods' releases. In Profiles in Jazz, Raymond Horricks says of the album and Woods that "from first to last it provides a continuous example of the fertility of his imagination".[3] The book Jazz Matters, naming Woods as "one of the most impressive" of Charlie Parker's "disciples", says "[n]owhere is he more impressive" than on this album, where he "soars over the perfect rhythm section...with a freedom that makes one wonder if this is what Parker would sound like today".[4] Allmusic indicates that the album is "a widely acknowledged modern jazz masterpiece, a classic in the discography of Woods, easily amongst the best five recordings of his long and storied career".[5]

## Music[edit]

Horricks mentions that "[i]t doesn't matter how randomly one chooses an individual track... the fact remains that the buckets brought up from his private artesian well of the mind are in an inexhaustible chain".[3] Nevertheless, Horricks focuses on the track "The Last Page", which he describes as "an unfolding tour de force of smooth wonder".[6] National Public Radio singled out the "haunting" song "The Summer Knows", indicating that "Woods explores all of its melodic possibilities" with the help of Jaki Byard, "one of the most compelling and versatile pianists in jazz".[7] The Byard-Davis-Dawson rhythm section (compared to Herbie Hancock-Ron Carter-Tony Williams) was also employed by a tenor saxophonist who had his own style, Booker Ervin, for a few albums.

## Track listing[edit]

1. "Samba du Bois" (Woods) – 6:58
2. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 10:07
3. "Nefertiti" (Wayne Shorter) – 8:23
4. "The Last Page" (Woods) – 9:06
5. "The Summer Knows" (Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 7:15
6. "Airegin" (Sonny Rollins) – 5:57
7. "Samba du Bois" (Woods) – 6:14 (CD bonus track not on original vinyl edition)

## Personnel[edit]

* Phil Woods – clarinet, alto saxophone
* Jaki Byard – piano
* Richard Davis – double bass
* Alan Dawson – drums

Production

* Joel Dorn – producer
* Nancy Dwyer – graphic design
* Paul Goodman – engineer
* Gene Paul – mastering
* Doug Ramsey – liner notes
* Don Schlitten – producer
* Page Simon – graphic design
* Oliver Wasow – illustrations
* Michael Weiner – production coordination

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 210. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. ^ a b Horricks, 192
4. ^ Ramsey, Douglas K.; Gene Lees (1989). Jazz Matters: Reflections on the Music & Some of Its Makers. University of Arkansas Press. p. 79\. ISBN 1-55728-061-4.
5. ^ Musique du Bois at AllMusic
6. ^ Horricks, 193.
7. ^ Morrison, Nick; Abe Beeson (2008-08-11). "Jazz for the front porch". NPR. Retrieved 2008-09-22.

## References[edit]

* Horricks, Raymond (1991). Profiles in Jazz: From Sidney Bechet to John Coltrane. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 0-88738-432-3.

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Phil Woods

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.

Studio albums|

* Woodlore (1955)
* Pairing Off (1956)
* The Young Bloods (1956)
* Four Altos (1957)
* Sugan (1957)
* Rights of Swing (1961)
* Greek Cooking (1967)
* Alto Summit (1968)
* Round Trip (1969)
* Musique du Bois (1974)
* Images (1975)
* Phil Woods/Lew Tabackin (1980)
* Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods Quintet (1986)
* My Man Benny, My Man Phil (1988)
* Cool Woods (1999)
* Man with the Hat (2011)

Live albums|

* Phil Woods and his European Rhythm Machine at the Montreux Jazz Festival (1969)
* Phil Woods and his European Rhythm Machine at the Frankfurt Jazz Festival (1970)
* Another Time, Another Place (1996)

Related articles|

* Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band

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Jaki Byard

Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release, except in most cases where this was long delayed

As leader

co-leader|

* Here's Jaki (1961)
* Hi-Fly (1962)
* Out Front! (1964)
* Jaki Byard Quartet Live! (1965)
* The Last from Lennie's (1965 [2003])
* Freedom Together! (1966)
* On the Spot! (1967)
* Sunshine of My Soul (1967)
* Jaki Byard with Strings! (1968)
* The Jaki Byard Experience (1968)
* Live at the Jazz'Inn (1971)
* Duet! (1972)
* Family Man (1978)
* Improvisations (1981)
* The Magic of 2 (1982 [2013])
* Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1984)
* Phantasies (1984)
* Phantasies II (1988)
* Foolin' Myself (1988)
* The Changes of Life (1996)
* This Happening (1997)
* Night Leaves (1997)
* July in Paris (1998)

Solo
piano|

* Blues for Smoke (1960 [1988])
* Solo Piano (1969)
* Parisian Solos (1971)
* The Entertainer (1972)
* There'll Be Some Changes Made (1972)
* Flight of the Fly (1976)
* Sunshine of My Soul: Live at the Keystone Korner (1978 [2007])
* A Matter of Black and White (1978–79 [2011])
* The Late Show: An Evening with Jaki Byard (1979 [2014])
* To Them – To Us (1982)
* Jaki Byard at Maybeck (1991)

With
Charles
Mingus|

* The Complete Town Hall Concert (1962)
* The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963)
* Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963)
* Town Hall Concert (1964)
* The Great Concert of Charles Mingus (1964)
* Mingus in Europe Volume I (1964)
* Mingus in Europe Volume II (1964)
* Mingus at Monterey (1964)
* Astral Weeks (1964)
* Cornell 1964 (1964)
* Revenge! (1964)
* Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Session (1970)
* Charles Mingus Sextet In Berlin (1970)

With
others|

* Live in '65 (Art Blakey DVD, 1965)
* Body and Soul (Al Cohn & Zoot Sims, 1973)
* Double Exposure (Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson), 196061)
* Far Cry (Eric Dolphy, 1961)
* Outward Bound (Eric Dolphy, 1961)
* How Time Passes (Don Ellis, 1960)
* New Ideas (Don Ellis, 1961)
* The Freedom Book (Booker Ervin, 1963)
* The Space Book (Booker Ervin, 1964)
* Groovin' High (Booker Ervin, 1963–64)
* The Trance (Booker Ervin, 1965)
* Setting the Pace (Dexter Gordon & Booker Ervin, 1965)
* Heavy!!! (Booker Ervin, 1966)
* Newport Suite (Maynard Ferguson, 1960)
* Let's Face the Music and Dance (Maynard Ferguson, 1960)
* Maynard '61 (Maynard Ferguson, 1960–61)
* Two's Company (Maynard Ferguson and Chris Connor, 1960–61)
* "Straightaway" Jazz Themes (Maynard Ferguson, 1961)
* Maynard '64 (Maynard Ferguson, 1961)
* Manhattan Plaza (Ricky Ford, 1978)
* Manhattan Blues (Ricky Ford, 1989)
* Ebony Rhapsody (Ricky Ford, 1990)
* American-African Blues (Ricky Ford, 1991)
* Honi Gordon Sings (Honi Gordon, 1962)
* Smackwater Jack (Quincy Jones, 1971)
* Five on Eight (Rufus "Speedy" Jones, 1964)
* Dr. Chicago (Clifford Jordan, 1984)
* Rip, Rig and Panic (Roland Kirk, 1965)
* Here Comes the Whistleman (Roland Kirk, 1966)
* Grits & Gravy (Eric Kloss, 1966)
* Sky Shadows (Eric Kloss, 1968)
* In the Land of the Giants (Eric Kloss, 1969)
* Involution (Michael Marcus, 1998)
* Charlie Mariano with His Jazz Group (Charlie Mariano, 1950)
* Modern Saxophone Stylings of Charlie Mariano (Charlie Mariano, 1951)
* Year of the Iron Sheep (Ken McIntyre, 1962)
* Home (Ken McIntyre, 1975)
* Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1 (Mingus Dynasty, 1988)
* Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 2, 1988)
* Body and Soul (Ray Nance, 1969)
* Life Is a Many Splendored Gig (Herb Pomeroy, 1957)
* "In" Jazz for the Culture Set (Dannie Richmond, 1965)
* Fuchsia Swing Song (Sam Rivers, 1964)
* Rhythm Is Our Business (Jordan Sandke, 1985)
* Lady Bird (Archie Shepp, 1978)
* Amarcord Nino Rota (Hal Willner, 1981)
* Musique du Bois (Phil Woods, 1974)

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