Phil Woods Quintet to Reassemble for Memorial Concert

Berkshires Jazz, Inc., has announced a memorial concert in honor of the late alto saxophonist Phil Woods, to take place in Pittsfield, Mass., on May 14. The tribute will be performed by members of the NEA Jazz Master’s quintet, with Brian Lynch (trumpet), Bill Mays (piano), Steve Gilmore (bass) and Bill Goodwin (drums), along with Woods’ protégé Grace Kelly on alto saxophone. 

The gathering in Pittsfield will be the first reassembly of Woods’ quintet with Kelly in the alto chair. The concert will take place at the Boyd-Quinson main stage at Barrington Stage Co., and is sponsored in part by a grant from North Coast Brewing Co.

Tickets will go on sale in early April; more information will be available at http://www.BerkshiresJazz.org" rel="nofollow - Berkshires Jazz .