Phil Woods - Sonata For Alto Saxophone And Piano (1962-74) [Score-Video]

[@kisoki2]

I was expecting a sonate and suddenly it went like skity babada bumm pretty quickly

[@19Lqueen17]

Funny how Phil's background as a jazz played influence his sound as a classical composer, amazing piece btw

[@johnwoe1829]

Similar to Kapustin

[@aymanac]

this takes me back to when i was 17 in my school practice rooms with my best friend on piano as we prepared to record these as our final pieces

[@davidbissell3565]

Fyi, the recording is of the new edition, but the score is the original 1980 publication

[@SieHuntPaulx3]

Thanks for the info! I was very confused.

[@karstenwimbush7457]

Correct! There's quite a few tweaks to the latest edition

[@Shooshie128]

Thanks. It deviated from the score quite often, but I was thinking, you know, “good enough for jazz.” 😸 Seriously, I figured there was another edition. The piano part stayed with the alto, so it had to be intentional.

[@natacee566]

Thanks for the heads up! I just started playing after a long break and while I was trying to play along I just kept thinking "damn, I know I'm rusty, but I can't be reading it this wrong" 😂

[@dya033]

Movements:
I 00:00
II 6:40
III 9:50

[@WBradJazz]

Excellent

[@Shooshie128]

Great work, Phil!

[@experimentalis]

excellent. many many thanks.

[@CorbisVids]

3:24

[@thomascarter8833]

So is this the jazz saxophonist Phil woods that wrote this?

[@fangxd9451]

I have the same exact question, man.

[@jonasdanielseneskeland3001]

Yeah

[@j3y445]

yes

[@arturoblancocoto]

Woooooow wonderful, beautiful Sonata and beautiful job!

[@drummonk3699]

pretty...haunting...

[@aschlegel]

Here’s the Saxophonist’s video of his performance, same sound quality: ruclips.net/video/gThSNCVkv4A/видео.html

[@arturoblancocoto]

Thank you!

[@karstenwimbush7457]

Thanks! It's definitely got its flaws, but hopefully folks can find it enjoyable or useful :)

[@aschlegel]

@@karstenwimbush7457 Still an incredible performance nonetheless!

[@sbolandi.c]

Where do I get the score?

[@samrangdale8971]

It's literally in the video..

[@carlorenzi1802]

Well if you want you can always transcribe the “score” to have a more legible one

[@austerity101]

@@samrangdale8971 Not exactly useful--clearly this question is about acquiring an actual printed score.

[@dagoldbl]

It is available in University Libraries in the US and for sale on several websites.

[@SieHuntPaulx3]

Who are the performers?

[@arcellican]

Classical + Chord changes ⁉️

[@jiyujizai]

🌸💙🌱😃

[@jonathanjohn1075]

insane

[@jackjiang4802]

classical to Jazz? wth

[@loganbach7300]

The intonation 🤮

[@jonnobloggs1139]

Oh meow meow...

[@andrews420]

Its called jazz lmao

[@acoustic6865]

no such thing as out of tune or wrong notes in jazz. Its all just tension :)

[@benjaminmiller5649]

all of the bends are clearly intentional.

[@karstenwimbush7457]

Yeah, I had a tendency to over adjust middle and low D... as the performer I still cringe in spots!

[@chajax]

Jazz phrasing and soloing done by a classical player sounds awful. But thanks for the upload