Hi again everyone! Today I'm following up on an old post where I continue to explain the best ways to find Woody's music. In the first post I covered his early Decca years leading up to his years at Capitol, so now we'll look at the rest of his recorded output. In the 60s Woody was recording for Columbia again and also doing albums with his "Swingin' Herd" for the Phillips label. The Phillips recordings as previously mentioned are available on the Mosaic label which can be expensive but for those who just need the songs they can be digitally downloaded as "The Phillips Recordings" which is a Verve release. I know you can also get a lot of Woody's 60s albums for Columbia like "Woody's Winners" and "My Kind of Broadway" on CD now. There are a few other compilations I didn't mention last time like one from Proper in the UK called "The Woody Herman Story" which I have and compiles early 30s Decca material through to the more popular 40s Columbia years.
There is also a digital compilation called "The Ultimate Collection" which I have no idea of the source but takes from 60s albums and has some rare tracks like Woody's vocal version of Lee Morgan's "The Sidewinder".
The Sidewinder
Around 1968 through to the early 70s Woody was recording for Cadet Records and the best of those recordings are easily found on CD here.
After the Cadet years Woody headed to Fantasy Records and that took over most of the 70s recording period for Woody. While there are no compilations from that time all of the Fantasy albums are available on CD except for "The Raven Speaks". For his last years in the 80s Woody joined Concord Jazz and recorded many albums fitting of his final days and there is one compilation that picks some of the best material from that time.
Woody would pass away in 1987 but he left a huge legacy of work that can still be enjoyed today through LPs, CDs, and digital sources. Thanks for reading!
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