Phil Woods and Eric Doney - Bohemia After Dark - 10/8/2005

Phil Woods is playing a duet here with pianist Eric Doney. Woods is playing with immense authority here. His alto sound is a wonder. If you don't know Woods, his most recognizable moment in popular music is the alto saxophone solo he blew towards the end of the Billy Joel song "I Love You Just The Way You Are".Woods does like to quote other songs as he solos on this blues that fellow altoist Cannonball Adderley liked to play. During his first solo I noticed him doing a bit of "Lulu's Back In Town" and a lick from Charlie Parker's famous "Donna Lee" solo.He begins his second solo with the melody of Sonny Rollins' "Alfie's Theme". He later quotes from "Nature Boy" and Charlie Parker's "Scrapple From The Apple" as he trades eights and fours with Doney.