Announcing the Jazzbo Notes “Woody Witt - A Conversation” Giveaway Contest!

Mar

16

Announcing the Jazzbo Notes “Woody Witt - A Conversation” Giveaway Contest!

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≅ Written by: Michael Kydonieus

All Jazzbo Notes members are invited to enter the “Woody Witt - A Conversation” Giveaway Contest.

A Conversation is a collection of eight original compositions featuring the trio of Woody Witt on tenor and soprano saxophone, Fred Hamilton on guitar or bass, and drummer Ed Soph.

Collectively, these gentlemen have played or recorded with Stan Kenton, Bill Watrous, Woody Herman, Clark Terry, Joe Henderson, Marvin Stamm, Dave Liebman, Randy Brecker, Tim Hagans, Kenny Wheeler, Bill Frizell, and Joe Lovano, among others.

Here’s what others have to say about Woody Witt…

…an artist quickly developing a reputation as an up-and-coming blistering modern tenor player in the tradition of Michael Brecker and Chris Potter. Witt’s warm tone and strong upper register have become trademarks in a style that can vary from rooted hard-bop to nuanced free playing. — Andrew Lienhard, Jazz Houston

Woody Witt continues the tradition of great ‘Texas Tenors’ with a big fat sound, fresh ideas and a decidedly modern and original approach to improvisation and composition. A perfect combination of building on the past and searching for the future. — Randy Brecker, Grammy award winning trumpeter/composer

Top line contemporary jazz by Woody and his friends, covering all the bases and done with passion and grace. — David Liebman, saxophonist with Miles Davis, Elvin Jones and others

A Conversation was issued on the Blue Bamboo Music label, founded by guitarist Chris Cortez in 1986, primarily as a vehicle for his own work as a jazz musician and composer. For a period of time, Blue Bamboo was located in Slidell, LA, before hurricane Katrina forced the company’s relocation to Houston, Texas. After about a year of downtime, the label re-emerged in 2007. Happily, Blue Bamboo’s artist roster is expanding, adding some exciting new artists to the label.

To hear some samples of the Woody Witt release A Conversation, click here.

Rules:

1. The “Woody Witt - A Conversation” Giveaway Contest is only open to JazzboNotes.com members residing in the Continental United States. It’s easy to sign up if you haven’t already. Just click on the “Join Us!” button in the right hand column and follow the directions.

2. Participate in the forum, either by answering a question or by asking one. Nonsense entries like “This is an entry” will be disqualified. JazzboNotes.com will be the final judge of what qualifies as a valid forum entry.

3. Send an email naming your favorite saxophonist to contest@JazzboNotes.com. In the subject line, put “Woody Witt - A Conversation Giveaway.”

4. The winner of the contest will be picked at random from the forum entries and will be announced in a posting on the front page of this site. The winner will have one week to email JazzboNotes.com at contest@JazzboNotes.com with the mailing address their prize should be sent to. Otherwise, they will forfeit the prize and another prize winner will be selected by the same process.

5. At least 100 people must enter the contest or no one will be awarded the prize. If you’ve entered the contest, take a look at the forum page. If there aren’t at least 100 posts after the date the contest is announced, that means that not enough people have yet entered the contest for the prize to be awarded. Feel free to tell other people who might be interested about the contest.

Good Luck!