Portrait of Sam Woodyard (Podcast #20-004)

Ellington Reflections · Apr 5, 2020

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“Sometimes we would write something that seemed or was expected to be below bland, but when Sam added his thing to it, immediately it took on a new dimension, exotic, zesty, or maybe lecherous soul. Sam the Man, who began with his hand on the plan for the stand of his drums – exotic as the tabla, lecherous as the cuica, his elbow on the snare drum.”

Duke Ellington, Music Is My Mistress

The recordings heard on this podcast episode:

Limbo Jazz (CD: “Duke Ellington meets Coleman Hawkins”…