Phil Woods Quartet – Woodlore (LP, Analogue Productions)

Although alto saxophonist Phil Woods had previously recorded with Jimmy Raney and his trumpeter Jon Eardley, Woodlore was only his second album as a leader. Even though the recording is almost 70 years old, it doesn’t lose any of its freshness. Woods is bursting with energy and shows that he has mastered the basics of bebop perfectly.