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Greek Cooking

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Released
  
1967

Greek Cooking (1967)
  
Alto Summit (1968)

Release date
  
1967

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
34:24

Artist
  
Phil Woods

Label
  
Impulse! Records

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Recorded
  
January 31 and February 1, 1967

Similar
  
Phil Woods albums, Jazz albums

Zorba the greek phil woods 1967


Greek Cooking is an album by American saxophonist Phil Woods featuring performances recorded in 1967 for the Impulse! label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 3 stars stating "Probably one of the more unusual recordings in Phil Woods' considerable discography, Greek Cooking features the alto saxophonist leading a tentet with a distinctly Greek flavor, including four Greek musicians... it should appeal to Woods' fans because of his ability to make the best of the material with his powerful, never dull playing".

Track listing

All compositions by Norman Gold except where noted.

  1. "Zorba the Greek" (Mikis Theodorakis) - 3:08
  2. "A Taste of Honey" (Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow) - 6:00
  3. "Theme from Anthony & Cleopatra" (Alex North) - 4:52
  4. "Got a Feelin'" (Denny Doherty, John Phillips) - 4:30
  5. "Theme from Samson & Delilah" (Victor Young) - 5:15
  6. "Greek Cooking" - 5:00
  7. "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

  • Phil Woods - alto saxophone
  • William Costa - accordion, marimba
  • George Mgrdichian - oud
  • Stuart Scharf - guitar
  • Chet Amsterdam - electric bass
  • Bill LaVorgna - drums
  • Souren Baronian - drums, cymbals
  • Seymour Salzberg - percussion
  • Iordanis Tsomidis - bouzouki
  • John Yalenezian - dumbeg
  • Norman Gold - arranger

    • References

    Greek Cooking Wikipedia
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