Woody Herman
American clarinetist and saxophonistWikipedia
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Oct 7, 2026
Keith BishopPANELIST
I always thought that he was not particularly supportive of our efforts.
Keith BishopPANELIST
When I would see Woody Herman's band, he would recognize the guys that had written or had played a solo.
Keith BishopPANELIST
And Buddy never did that, ever.
Keith BishopPANELIST
I think I got recognized for writing a chart once in three years.
Andy AthertonHOST
So, you know, then we got Ginger Baker playing much of the song on the Tom Toms, describing it as sounding African and Native American.
Andy AthertonHOST
He concentrates on the lower Tom sounds and uses articulation and sound reminiscent of the jazz drumming in the Woody Herman or Benny Goodman bands.
Andy AthertonHOST
So this song is kind of like over everything.
Andy AthertonHOST
Like, you know, it did...
Wolfgang DieffenbachGUEST
Yeah, we are very proud that the greatest American big band composers are writing exclusively for this band.
Wolfgang DieffenbachGUEST
The men who wrote for Woody Herman, Count Basie, Stan Kenton, They wrote also for our new CD and even Bob Minzer also.
Wolfgang DieffenbachGUEST
And I think that's unusual for a youth orchestra.
Wolfgang DieffenbachGUEST
They are making arrangements especially for
Kevin LawrenceHOST
This cut was recorded in 1961 in January at the legendary studios of Rudy Van Gelder in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Kevin LawrenceHOST
Now, Gene Ammons was the son of boogie woogie pianist Albert Ammons, and he was a sideman for Woody Herman And before that, you heard music from the first family of jazz, the Marsalis family.
Kevin LawrenceHOST
You heard music by Ellis and Branford, music from a 1996 CD called Loved Ones, and the name of the cut is entitled Laura.
Kevin LawrenceHOST
Ellis Marsalis on piano, Branford Marsalis on tenor sax, and Ellis is the father of Branford, Wynton, Delfayo, and Jason Marsalis.
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Kevin LawrenceHOST
This is music from the 1956 album Blue Serge, and the name of the song is entitled How About You? Serge Chaloff on baritone sax, Sonny Clark, piano, Leroy Vinegar, bass, Philly Joe Jones on drums.
Kevin LawrenceHOST
An all-star lineup indeed, I would say.
Kevin LawrenceHOST
Now also, Serge Chaloff was a member of the Thundering Herd, the saxophone section of Woody Herman's orchestra.
Kevin LawrenceHOST
But unfortunately, Serge Chaloff, he looked up to Charlie Parker, and he started using heroin, and he died as a result of it.
AdrianHOST
She frequently sent back autographed photos of herself.
ClaraHOST
And if we examine the content of the letters the soldiers were sending, we see they went far beyond standard requests for a Woody Herman record.
AdrianHOST
What were they writing about?
ClaraHOST
The men poured their anxieties, their extreme boredom, and their hopes into these letters.
speaker_2HOST
This is one of those tricky songs to cover, because it has such a strong identity and frankly runs along that thin line between ecstatic and cheesy that only Stevie Wonder can ride safely.
speaker_2HOST
And there are tons of jazz renditions, even by jazz giants like Sony Rawlings, Woody Herman or George Coleman, that, at least to my ears, fall rather flat.
speaker_2HOST
But there are also great ones, from the likes of Stéphane Grappelli, Joe Alterman, Aaron Goldberg, Tom Misch, Rhoda Scott or Jackie Tarrison, just to name a few.
speaker_2HOST
They stay truthful to the original without trying to stick too closely to it.
Charlie McMullenHOST
Taking us out of here.
Charlie McMullenHOST
Woody Herman,
Woody HermanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
and Northwest Passage.
Woody HermanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
so so ¦ ¦ ¦ Thank you.
Brian LavigneHOST
And this one came up and I have never heard this one before.
Brian LavigneHOST
There's very limited recordings of it on the Internet, but it's Woody Herman and his orchestra.
Brian LavigneHOST
And the title of the song is Three Ways to Smoke a Pipe.
Brian LavigneHOST
So that's what we get.
Brian LavigneHOST
Three Ways to Smoke a Pipe by Woody Herman and his orchestra.
Brian LavigneHOST
Thank you.
Brian LavigneHOST
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Pete LongGUEST
Playing with you? I was in the saxes, yeah.
Pete LongGUEST
The thing I remember about him, and he's an absolute gentleman, was it was a tribute to Woody Herman.
Pete LongGUEST
It was meant to be with Woody Herman.
Pete LongGUEST
But Woody, unfortunately, had passed in the interim between the gig being booked and the gig.
Pete LongGUEST
And so they made it a benefit for Woody's family because Woody died with not a lot of money.
David HungateGUEST
The Vietnam War was heating up, and a lot of these young guys who had the draft breeding down their neck would enroll in school to get a deferment, you know.
David HungateGUEST
So we had guys from Woody Herman's and Buddy Rich's, you know, San Ken, all these.
David HungateGUEST
They were real pros, as good as any band.
David HungateGUEST
The best band there was as good as any.
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