John Jenkins / Hal McKusick / Jackie McLean / Gene Quill / Phil Woods Bird Feathers

Review by Ron Wynn

Bird Feathers features Woods with the McLean/Jenkins/McKusick lineup in a high-flying blowing/jam session from the '50s.

John Jenkins / Hal McKusick / Jackie McLean / Gene Quill / Phil Woods

Bird Feathers

A1 Solar 00:00 A2 Bird Feathers 05:52 A3 Interim 16:18 B1 Airegin 22:06 B2 Don't Worry 'Bout Me 28:33 B3 Con Alma 36:42 Alto Saxophone – Gene Quill (tracks: A1, B1), Hal McKusick (tracks: A3, B2, B3), Jackie McLean (tracks: A2), John Jenkins (2) (tracks: A2), Phil Woods (tracks: A1, B1) Bass – Doug Watkins (tracks: A2), Paul Chambers (3) (tracks: A3, B2, B3), Teddy Kotick (tracks: A1, B1) Drums – Arthur Taylor (tracks: A2), Charlie Persip (tracks: A3, B2, B3), Nick Stabulas (tracks: A1, B1) Piano – Eddie Costa (tracks: A3, B2, B3), George Syran (tracks: A1, B1), Wade Legge (tracks: A2) Trombone – Billy Byers (tracks: A3, B2, B3) Written-By – Koehler (tracks: B2), Charlie Parker (tracks: A2), Dizzy Gillespie (tracks: B3), Hal McKusick (tracks: A3), Miles Davis (tracks: A1), Bloom (tracks: B2), Sonny Rollins (tracks: B1)

Recorded in Hackensack, NJ, March 29, 1957 ("Solar", "Airegin"); May 3, 1957 ("Bird Feathers"). All other selections recorded on December 27, 1957.