Jimmy Woods

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Jimmy Woods (b. October 29, 1934, St. Louis, Missouri) is 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).

Woods is remembered primarily for two albums he released on Contemporary Records in the early 1960s. Little has been heard from him since the end of that decade.

[edit] Discography

• Awakening (Contemporary Records, 1961)
• Conflict (Contemporary, 1963)

[edit] References

• Scott Yanow, Jimmy Woods at All Music Guide