Woody 'n' You
"Woody 'n' You", originally "Woody'n You" (also spelled "Woody 'n You" and on Stan Getz album Jazz Giants '58 it is listed as Woodyn' You), pronounced "Wouldn'[t] you," and occasionally named "Algo bueno", is a 1942 jazz standard written by Dizzy Gillespie as an homage to Woody Herman. It was one of three arrangements Gillespie made for Herman's big band, although it was not used at the time; the other two were "Swing Shift" and "Down Under". It was introduced on record in 1944 by Coleman Hawkins initiated by Budd Johnson, Hawkins' musical director of his 12-man orchestra that included the bebop pioneers Oscar Pettiford, Max Roach and Gillespie.[1][2]
Structure
The 32-bar composition is in AABA form.[3] The A section "consists of three two-measure sequences on ii-V chords, ending on the tonic (D♭)": Gm7(♭5) – C7(♯9) – Fm7(♭5) – B♭7(♯9) – E♭m7(♭5) – A♭7(♯9) – D♭maj9[3]
Covers
- Miles Davis recorded the song three times, Miles Davis Volume 1, Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet, and the rare Amsterdam Concert.
- Hampton Hawes played it in 1956 in his All Night Session! Vol. 2.
- Sonny Rollins played the song on his A Night At The Village Vanguard album in 1958.
- The Three Sounds on their debut Blue Note Records album Introducing the 3 Sounds in 1958
- Eliane Elias included the song in her 2000 album Everything I Love.
- Abraham Mansfarroll included it in his 2021 album Dizzy el Afrocubano
See also
References
- "Woody'n You". Jazzstandards.com. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
- Visser, Joop (2000). The Woody Herman Story liner notes. Kent, England: Proper. pp. 19–21.
- Owens, Thomas (1996). Bebop. Oxford University Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-19-510651-0.
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