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Phil Woods (I) (1931–2015)

Phil Woods was born on November 2, 1931 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA as Philip Wells Woods. He is known for his work on Happy Easter (1984), It's My Turn (1980) and Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988). He was married to Jill Goodwin and Chan Parker. He died on September 29, 2015 in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA. See full bio »

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 1984 Happy Easter (musician: saxophone)
 1980 It's My Turn (musician: saxophone solo)
 1971 Longstreet (TV Series) (musician - 1 episode)
- Elegy in Brass (1971) ... (musician: saxophone - uncredited)
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 1984 Choose Me (writer: "Goodbye Mr. Evans")
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 1996 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV Special documentary)
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 1988 Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (Documentary)
Himself (Thelonious Monk Octet, alto sax)
 1984 Àngel Casas Show (TV Series)
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- Episode #1.27 (1984) ... Himself
 1978 Pori Jazz 77 (TV Series)
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- Phil Woods, vakaan linjan mies (1978) ... Himself - Performer
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 1992 Smoothie (Documentary)
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Played the memorable saxophone solo on Billy Joel's hit, "Just the Way You Are" (1978)

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