Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Phil Woods - Greek Cooking (1967)



Phil Woods in a very unusual setting. This is a sort of a cult LP lovingly transferred to digital with top notch equipment.

Tracklisting:

"Zorba the Greek" (Mikis Theodorakis) - 3:08
"A Taste of Honey" (Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow) - 6:00
"Theme from Anthony & Cleopatra" (Alex North) - 4:52
"Got A Feelin'" (Denny Doherty, John Phillips) - 4:30
"Theme from Samson & Delilah" (Victor Young) - 5:15
"Greek Cooking" - 5:00
"Nica" - 5:39

Recorded in New York City on January 31 (tracks 2, 4 & 5), and February 1 (tracks 1, 3, 6 & 8), 1967

Personnel:

Accordion [Accordian] – William Costa
Arranged By – Norman Gold
Bass [Fender] – Chet Amsterdam
Clarinet – Souren Baronian
Drums – Bill Lavorgna
Drums [Dumbeg] – John Yalenezian
Guitar – Stuart Scharf
Lute [Buzukie] – Iordanis Tsomidis*
Marimba – William Costa
Oud – George Mgrdichian
Percussion – Seymour Salzberg
Percussion [Cymbals] – Souren Baronian
Producer – Bob Thiele
Saxophone – Phil Woods