Early Morning Jazz for Lovers (1999)

About this title: A bargain-priced CD, Early Morning Jazz for Lovers provides a soft, but not saccharine, 40 minutes of music for first thing in the morning romance. There's an interesting conglomeration of musicians represented on this disk, to say the least. From the Charlie Parker-influenced Phil Woods to the enigmatic, sometimes quirky clarinet player Pee Wee Russell. However, it is Woods who is the feature player here, with six of the ten tracks belonging to him (although on one of the tunes credited to him, "When Dreams Come True," there's just piano and no sax on the track). Woods' alto takes on a ... read more

Tracks:

1. Summer Morning
2. And I Love Her [McCartney/Lennon]
3. Nuages [Reinhardt]
4. That Old Feeling [Brown/Fain]
5. Last Night When We Were Young [Harburg/Arlen]
6. Paula [Woods]
7. Gary [Woods]
8. Song of Injured Love [Szabo]
9. When Dreams Come True [Woods]
10. Windmills of Your Mind [Bergman/Bergman/Leg]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.