Woody 'n' You
"Woody 'n' You", is a 1942 jazz standard written by Dizzy Gillespie as an homage to Woody Herman. It was one of three arrangements Gillespie made for Herman's big band, although it was not used at the time; the other two were "Swing Shift" and "Down Under". It was introduced on record in 1944 by Coleman Hawkins initiated by Budd Johnson, Hawkins' musical director of his 12-man orchestra that included the bebop pioneers Oscar Pettiford, Max Roach and Gillespie.[1][2]
Structure
The 32-bar composition is in AABA form.[3] The A section "consists of three two-measure sequences on ii-V chords, ending on the tonic (D♭)": Gm7(♭5) – C7(♯9) – Fm7(♭5) – B♭7(♯9) – E♭m7(♭5) – A♭7(♯9) – D♭maj9[3]
Covers
- Miles Davis recorded the song three times, Miles Davis Volume 1, Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet, and the rare Amsterdam Concert.
- Hampton Hawes played it in 1956 in his All Night Session! Vol. 2.
- Sonny Rollins played the song on his A Night at the Village Vanguard live album in 1958.
- The Three Sounds on their debut Blue Note Records album Introducing the 3 Sounds in 1958
- Charles Mingus on his 1959 album A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry
- Stan Getz on Getz at the Gate in 1961
- Eliane Elias included the song in her 2000 album Everything I Love.
- Yusef Lateef on his live album for the Argo label Lateef at Cranbrook' in 1958.
- Darryl Hall (bassist) in his album Swingin' Back with saxophonist Baptiste Herbin
- Abraham Mansfarroll included it in his 2021 album Dizzy el Afrocubano
See also
- List of jazz standards
References
- ^ "Woody'n You". Jazzstandards.com. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
- ^ Visser, Joop (2000). The Woody Herman Story liner notes. Kent, England: Proper. pp. 19–21.
- ^ a b Owens, Thomas (1996). Bebop. Oxford University Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-19-510651-0.
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- Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (1967)
- The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band (1968)
- Dizzy Gillespie and the Mitchell Ruff Duo in Concert (1971)
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- The Giants of Jazz (1971)
- The Giant (1973)
- The Source (1973)
- The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (1975)
- The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75 (1975)
- Dizzy Gillespie Jam (1977)
- Digital at Montreux, 1980 (1980)
- Musician, Composer, Raconteur (1981)
- One Night in Washington (1983)
- Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1989)
- Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (1989)
- Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (1992)
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- The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1995)
- The Great Blue Star Sessions 1952–1953 (2004)
- Dizzy Digs Paris (2006)
- The Cool World (1964)
- The Winter in Lisbon (1990)
- "Anthropology"
- "Birks' Works"
- "Blue 'n' Boogie"
- "Con Alma"
- "Dizzy Atmosphere"
- "Groovin' High"
- "Manteca"
- "A Night in Tunisia"
- "Oop Bop Sh'Bam"
- "Salt Peanuts"
- "Woody 'n' You"
- To Be or Not to Bop (1979)
- List of works
- Bird (1988 film)
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