Ted Panken, author and Jazz historian, and Bill Goodwin, drummer and producer, join Bret for a discussion about Phil Woods, in celebration of his autobiography, Life in E Flat.

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Phil Woods, born Nov. 2, 1931, Springfield, Mass.—died Sept. 29, 2015, East Stroudsburg, Pa. played bright-sounding, rhythmically complex, and technically sophisticated bebop on his alto saxophone throughout a six-decade-long career. At the age of 12, he inherited an instrument and began playing it. Woods attended the Juilliard School of Music (B. Music, 1952), and by the time he joined (1956) the Dizzy Gillespie band for a U.S. State Department tour, he was already a noted New York City jazz artist. With fellow altoist Gene Quill, he led the Phil and Quill Quintet in 1957; then he played in the Buddy Rich (1958–59) and Quincy Jones (1959–61) big bands. Woods joined Benny Goodman’s group for its historic 1962 tour of the U.S.S.R. He recorded and performed with many bands, notably those of Thelonious Monk (1959 and 1963) and Benny Carter (1961), and his own groups, including the octet with which he recorded his suite The Rights of Swing (1961). While living in Paris (1968–73), he led his European Rhythm Machine. After Woods returned to the U.S. in 1973, he recorded the album Musique du bois (1974) and formed a combo that performed into the 21st century. Altogether he led more than 50 albums, from Pot Pie (1954) to Man with the Hat (2011), which he led with saxophonist Grace Kelly. He also recorded with pop musicians, including Paul Simon and Billy Joel. Woods won four Grammy Awards, and in 2007 the National Endowment for the Arts named him a Jazz Master. He was the subject of the documentary film Phil Woods: A Life in E Flat: Portrait of a Jazz Legend (2005) . On Sept. 4, 2015, after Woods had to rely on an oxygen tank to perform at a concert in Pittsburgh, he announced his retirement.

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