Jimmy Woods

 ( 1934 Births ) 

Jimmy Woods (born October 29, 1934, in St. Louis, Missouri; died March 29, 2018, in Anchorage, Alaska) was an American jazz alto saxophonist.

Woods played with the R&B band of Homer Carter in 1951, and served in the Air Force from 1952 to 1956. He played with Roy Milton after his discharge, and was with Horace Tapscott in 1960 and Joe Gordon in 1961. Following this he played with Gerald Wilson (1963) and Chico Hamilton (1964–1965). Allmusic: Jimmy Woods

Woods is remembered primarily for two albums he released on Contemporary Records in the early 1960s. The second of these albums, Conflict, featured Elvin Jones, Harold Land, Carmell Jones, Andrew Hill, and George Tucker. All About Jazz: Jimmy Woods: Conflict review, June 25, 2003

• Awakening!! (Contemporary, 1962)
• Conflict (Contemporary, 1963)

• Back to Avalon (Contemporary, 1960 1995)

• Lookin' Good! (Contemporary, 1961)

• Chic Chic Chico (Impulse, 1965)
• The Dealer (Impulse!, 1966)

• Portraits (Pacific Jazz, 1964)
• The Golden Sword (Pacific Jazz, 1966)