Greek Cooking is an album by American saxophonist Phil Woods featuring performances recorded in 1967 for the Impulse! label.Impulse! Records discography accessed April 11, 2011
Reception The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 3 stars stating "Probably one of the more unusual recordings in Phil Woods' considerable discography, Greek Cooking features the alto saxophonist leading a tentet with a distinctly Greek flavor, including four Greek musicians... it should appeal to Woods' fans because of his ability to make the best of the material with his powerful, never dull playing".Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed April 11, 2011
Track listing All compositions by Norman Gold except where noted. "Zorba the Greek" (Mikis Theodorakis) - 3:08 "A Taste of Honey" (Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow) - 6:00 "Theme from Anthony & Cleopatra" (Alex North) - 4:52 "Got a Feelin'" (Denny Doherty, John Phillips) - 4:30 "Theme from Samson & Delilah" (Victor Young) - 5:15 "Greek Cooking" - 5:00 "Nica" - 5:39
Recorded in New York City on January 31 (tracks 2, 4 & 5), and February 1 (tracks 1, 3, 6 & 8), 1967
Personnel Phil Woods - alto saxophone William Costa - accordion, marimba George Mgrdichian - oud Stuart Scharf - guitar Chet Amsterdam - electric bass Bill LaVorgna - drums Souren Baronian - drums, cymbals Seymour Salzberg - percussion Iordanis Tsomidis - bouzouki John Yalenezian - dumbeg Norman Gold - arranger
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