{{Short description|American saxophonist}} {{for|the American football player|Jimmy Woods (American football)}} '''Jimmy Woods''' (born October 29, 1934, in St. Louis, Missouri; died March 29, 2018, in Anchorage, Alaska<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/adn/obituary.aspx?n=james-hervel-woods-jimmy&pid=188735446&fhid=16963| title = James Woods Obituary (1934 - 2018) - Anchorage, AK - Anchorage Daily News| website = Legacy.com}}</ref>) was an American jazz alto saxophonist.
Woods played with the R&B band of Homer Carter in 1951, and served in the Air Force from 1952 to 1956. He played with Roy Milton after his discharge, and was with Horace Tapscott in 1960 and Joe Gordon in 1961. Following this he played with Gerald Wilson (1963) and Chico Hamilton (1964–1965).<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p12017/biography Allmusic: Jimmy Woods]</ref>
Woods is remembered primarily for two albums he released on Contemporary Records in the early 1960s. The second of these albums, ''Conflict'', featured Elvin Jones, Harold Land, Carmell Jones, Andrew Hill, and George Tucker.<ref>[https://www.allaboutjazz.com/conflict-jimmy-woods-fantasy-jazz-review-by-david-rickert All About Jazz: Jimmy Woods: Conflict review, June 25, 2003]</ref>
==Discography== ===As a leader=== *''Awakening!!'' (Contemporary, 1962) *''Conflict'' (Contemporary, 1963)
===As a sideman=== '''With Teddy Edwards''' *''Back to Avalon'' (Contemporary, 1960 [1995]) '''With Joe Gordon''' *''Lookin' Good!'' (Contemporary, 1961) '''With Chico Hamilton''' *''Chic Chic Chico'' (Impulse, 1965) *''The Dealer'' (Impulse!, 1966) '''With Gerald Wilson''' *''Portraits'' (Pacific Jazz, 1964) *''The Golden Sword'' (Pacific Jazz, 1966)
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