The whole concept of Peter MacDonough's album The Woo: A Latin Jazz Suite for Soprano Saxophone, from the cover art to the name of the songs is based on the movie The Wizard of Oz. Reinterpretations of movie songs is not something new in jazz, John Coltrane did it with My Favorite Things, a song from The Sound of Music. But what MacDonough did here is a Latin Jazz version of a complete movie soundtrack. And just as Coltrane did on My Favorite Things [...]
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Latin Jazz Network Radio – Jukebox – December 2010 Playlist
Jukebox - December 2010 Playlist: Bernal-Eckroth-Ennis, Chicago Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble, Chico Pinheiro, Danilo Perez, Darwin Noguera, David Bixler & Arturo O'Farrill, Iguazu Acoustic Trio, Glenda Del E, Jovino Santos Neto, Latineo, Mike Marshall, Mauricio de Souza, Paquito D'Rivera, Phil Hawkins, Tony Succar, Poncho Sanchez, Peter MacDonough, Quarteto Impressons, Yolanda Duke...