{"id":4195,"date":"2012-11-02T14:16:15","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T21:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=4195"},"modified":"2012-11-02T16:04:52","modified_gmt":"2012-11-02T23:04:52","slug":"woods-and-geller-in-the-altosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2012\/11\/woods-and-geller-in-the-altosphere\/","title":{"rendered":"Woods And Geller: In The Altosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/alto-sax.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/alto-sax.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"alto sax\" width=\"100\" height=\"74\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4196\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThis is a busy week for birthdays of major jazz artists: On Tuesday it was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2012\/10\/clifford-brown-1930-1956.html\"target=\"_blank\">Clifford Brown\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s<\/a>. Today belongs to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Phil-Woods-81.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Phil-Woods-81.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Phil Woods, 81\" width=\"136\" height=\"136\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Phil-Woods-81.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Phil-Woods-81-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Phil-Woods-81-110x110.jpg 110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 136px) 100vw, 136px\" \/><\/a>two<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Herb-Geller-84.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Herb-Geller-84.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Herb Geller, 84\" width=\"136\" height=\"136\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Herb-Geller-84.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Herb-Geller-84-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Herb-Geller-84-110x110.jpg 110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 136px) 100vw, 136px\" \/><\/a> musicians who have been in the vanguard of the legion of alto saxophonists&#151;often called Bird\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s children&#151;who were inspired in the 1940s by Charlie Parker. One of the children, Herb Geller (pictured right) turns 84. The other, Phil Woods (pictured left), is 81 today. Both are traveling the world and performing regularly. Mr. Geller plays tomorrow night at Birdland in Hamburg, Germany, where he lives. Here he is about a year ago with pianist Pedro Guedes at the Centro Cultural de Bel\u00c3\u00a9m in Lisbon as part of the <em>Dose Dupla<\/em> concerts. <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"440\" height=\"355\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MJlnA8fghWY?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><p>Three months ago, Phil Woods appeared with his quintet at Dizzy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Club Coca Cola in New York City. His colleagues are Bill Mays, piano; Bryan Lynch, trumpet; Steve Gilmore, bass; Bill Goodwin, drums. The piece is a beautifully crafted Mays arrangement of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Very Thought of You.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"440\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y3C0ltdPPEg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Happy birthday, Herb. Happy birthday, Phil.<\/strong> <\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Avanti<\/strong><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a busy week for birthdays of major jazz artists: On Tuesday it was Clifford Brown\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s. Today belongs to two musicians who have been in the vanguard of the legion of alto saxophonists&#151;often called Bird\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s children&#151;who were inspired in the 1940s by Charlie Parker. One of the children, Herb Geller (pictured right) turns 84. 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