Four Altos

1957 studio album by Phil Woods, Gene Quill, Sahib Shihab and Hal Stein

Four Altos

Studio album by

Phil Woods, Gene Quill, Sahib Shihab and Hal Stein

Released

1957

Recorded

February 9, 1957

Studio

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

Genre

Jazz

Length

38:16

Label

Prestige
PRLP 7116

Producer

Bob Weinstock

Phil Woods chronology

The Young Bloods
(1956)

Four Altos
(1957)

Sugan
(1957)

Four Altos is an album by saxophonists Phil Woods Gene Quill, Sahib Shihab and Hal Stein recorded in 1957 and released on the Prestige label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

In his review for Allmusic, Scott Yanow stated "generally hard-swinging and well-played, but the strong influence of Charlie Parker makes all of the altoists sound alike".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Mal Waldron except as indicated

"Pedal Eyes" - 7:34
"Kokochee" (Teddy Charles) - 6:25
"No More Nights" (Charles) - 4:58
"Kinda Kanonic" (Hal Stein) - 5:59
"Don't Blame Me" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 4:57
"Staggers" - 8:23

Personnel

Phil Woods, Gene Quill, Sahib Shihab, Hal Stein - alto saxophone
Mal Waldron - piano
Tommy Potter - bass
Louis Hayes - drums

References

^ Prestige Records discography accessed September 4, 2012
^ ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 4, 2012
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1527. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

Phil Woods

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.

Studio albums

Woodlore (1955)
Pairing Off (1956)
The Young Bloods (1956)
Four Altos (1957)
Sugan (1957)
Rights of Swing (1961)
Greek Cooking (1967)
Alto Summit (1968)
Round Trip (1969)
Musique du Bois (1974)
Images (1975)
Phil Woods/Lew Tabackin (1980)
Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods Quintet (1986)
My Man Benny, My Man Phil (1988)
Cool Woods (1999)
Man with the Hat (2011)

Live albums

Phil Woods and his European Rhythm Machine at the Montreux Jazz Festival (1969)
Phil Woods and his European Rhythm Machine at the Frankfurt Jazz Festival (1970)
Another Time, Another Place (1996)

Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band

v t e Mal Waldron
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Mal-1 (1956) Mal/2 (1957) The Dealers (1957) Mal/3: Sounds (1958) Just Wailin' (1958) Mal/4: Trio (1958) Left Alone (1959) Impressions (1959) The Quest (1961) Sweet Love, Bitter (1967) Ursula (1969) Free at Last (1969) Tokyo Bound (1970) Tokyo Reverie (1970) Blood and Guts (1970) Spanish Bitch (1970 The Opening (1970) Mal: Live 4 to 1 (1970) The Call (1971) First Encounter (1971) Number Nineteen (1971) Black Glory (1971) Mal Waldron Plays the Blues (1971) Signals (1971) Journey Without End (1971) Blues for Lady Day (1972) A Little Bit of Miles (1972) Jazz a Confronto 19 (1972) A Touch of the Blues (1972) Mal Waldron on Steinway (1972) Mal Waldron with the Steve Lacy Quintet (1972) The Whirling Dervish (1972) Meditations (1972) Up Popped the Devil (1973) Hard Talk (1974) Moods (1977) Mingus Lives (1979) Mal 81 (1981) Live at Dreher, Paris 1981 (1981) What It Is (1981) One Entrance, Many Exits (1982) In Retrospect (1982) Breaking New Ground (1983) Mal Waldron Plays Eric Satie (1983) You and the Night and the Music (1983) Encounters (1984) Dedication (1985) Sempre Amore (1986) Left Alone '86 (1986) Update (1986) The Git Go – Live at the Village Vanguard (1986) The Seagulls of Kristiansund (1986) Our Colline's a Treasure (1987) Remembering the Moment (1987) The Super Quartet Live at Sweet Basil (1987) Mal, Dance and Soul (1987) Evidence (1988) Art of the Duo (1988) No More Tears (For Lady Day) (1988) Crowd Scene (1989) Where Are You? (1989) Quadrologue at Utopia (1989) More Git' Go at Utopia (1989) Spring in Prague (1990) Hot House (1990) I Remember Thelonious (1992) My Dear Family (1993) Waldron-Haslam (1994) After Hours (1994) Communiqué (1994) Mal, Verve, Black & Blue (1994) Two New (1995) Silence (with David Murray, 2001)
With Gene Ammons	Jammin' with Gene (1956) Funky (1957) Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons (1957) The Big Sound (1958) Groove Blues (1958) Velvet Soul (1962) Angel Eyes (1962) Sock! (1962)
With Jackie McLean	4, 5 and 6 (1956) Jackie's Pal (1956) Jackie McLean & Co. (1957) Makin' the Changes (1957) A Long Drink of the Blues (1957) Strange Blues (1957) McLean's Scene (1957)
With Charles Mingus	Jazz Composers Workshop (1954) Mingus at the Bohemia (1955) The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach (1955) Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) Blues & Roots (1959)
With the Prestige All Stars	Baritones and French Horns (aka, Dakar, 1957) Four Altos (1957) Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors (1957) The Prestige Jazz Quartet (1957) Wheelin' & Dealin' (1957)
With others	All Night Long (Kenny Burrell, 1956) Earthy (Kenny Burrell, 1957) 2 Guitars (Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney, 1957) Where? (Ron Carter, 1961) The Teddy Charles Tentet (1956) Coolin' (Teddy Charles, 1957) Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette (John Coltrane & Paul Quinichette, 1957) Coltrane (1957) Dakar (John Coltrane, Pepper Adams & Cecil Payne, 1957) At the Five Spot (Eric Dolphy, both volumes, 1961) Tuba Sounds (Ray Draper, 1957) Hornful of Soul (aka, Catwalk, Bennie Green, 1960) Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport (1957) Lady in Satin (Billie Holiday, 1958) So Warm (Etta Jones, 1961) After Hours (Thad Jones, 1957) Olio (Thad Jones, 1957) Reflections: Steve Lacy Plays Thelonious Monk (1958) Straight Ahead (Abbey Lincoln, 1961) Teo (Teo Macero, 1957) On the Sunny Side (Paul Quinichette, 1957) Percussion Bitter Sweet (Max Roach, 1961) It's Time (Max Roach, 1962) Speak, Brother, Speak! (Max Roach, 1962) For Lady (Webster Young, 1957)