PHIL WOODS, ROB MCCONNELL & THE BOSS BRASS, PHIL WOODS & THE BOSS BRASS

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Moe Koffmann (alto sax, soprano sax, flute, piccolo)
Jerry Toth (alto sax, flute, clarinet)
Eugene Amaro (tenor sax, flute)
Rick Wilkins (tenor sax, flute, clarinet)
Bob Leonard (baritone sax, bass clarinet)
Arnie Chycoski (lead trumpet, flugelhorn)
Erich Traugott (associate lead trumpet, flugelhorn)
Guido Basso (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Dave Woods (trumpet, flugelhorn)
John MacLeod (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Rob McConnell (valve trombone)
Ian McDougall (lead trombone)
Bob Livingston (trombone)
Dave McMurdo (trombone)
Ron Hughes (bass trombone)
George Stimpson (French horn)
James MacDonald (French horn)
Jimmy Dale (acoustic and electric piano)
Ed Bickert (guitar)
Steve Wallace (bass)
Terry Clarke (drums)
Brian Leonard (percussion)
Phil Woods (alto sax)

Produced by Fernando Gelbard
Recording Engineer: Phil Sheridan
Mixed by Rob McConnell, Fernando Gelbard and Phil Sheridan
Assistant: Steven Ibelshauser
Mastering: Peter Norman, McClear Place (1985) & Fernando Gelbard (2015)
Cover Design: Maria Puga Lareo
Cover photo: K. Abe courtesy Abby Hoffer Enterprises
Digital Release produced by Fernando Gelbard for Liquidjazz™
Recorded March 11-12; Mixed March 13-14, 1985 At McClear Place, Toronto, Canada
Ed Bickert appearing courtesy of Concord Records
Recorded on a 24-track Sony Digital Recorder and mixed on a digital U-Matic

I always loved Phil Woods playing, and this combination of Phil Woods With Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass, a group of outstanding Canadian musicians that reinvented big band is a dream come true. This release is a tribute to Phil Woods (1931- 2015).

Fernando Gelbard