For the past twenty-five years with five albums as a leader, several studio projects as a side man, and countless worldwide performances, saxophonist, vocalist and composer Juli Wood has established herself as a solid, swinging, lyrical and entertaining performer on Chicago’s music scene. Juli has played many jazz clubs and festivals nationally and internationally; Chicago Jazz Fest, Hyde Park Jazz Fest, Milwaukee’s Summerfest, Chicago’s main jazz clubs – Jazz Showcase, Green Mill, Andy’s and Katerina’s. Skansen Jazz and Blues (Stockholm , Sweden), Pori Jazz Fest (Finland), Bent J’s club (Aarhus, Denmark), Storyville (Helsinki Finland), Arlandia Jazz Fest (Aaland Islands, Finland) and the ” Made in Chicago ” jazz festival in Poznan Poland to name a few. Juli is in the tradition of saxophonists who were also great vocalists; Cleanhead Vincent, Eddie Harris, and Louis Jordan.
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Jazz Tuesdays At Moriarty’s – Juli Wood, Jim Alfredson, Jeff Shoup
May is Women in Jazz Month at Jazz Tuesdays! This week we feature saxophonist Juli Wood, from Chicago. Juli is in the tradition of saxophonists who are also great vocalists; Cleanhead Vincent, Eddie Harris, and Louis Jordan. Juli studied at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music with David Hazeltine and Berkley Fudge, and cut her teeth playing in Milwaukee and Chicago with the great bebop organist Melvin Rhyne.
Big Bari Band – Two Tones
The Big Bari Band is big fun ! Where else do you get two bari saxes in one band ?
The group features arrangements of jazz classics by McCoy Tyner, Grant Green, Horace Silver, George Benson, Wayne Shorter and Sun Ra. The Big Bari Band has been featured twice at the Chicago Jazz Fest and played at Andy’s Jazz Club and the Jazz Showcase.
Reviews
Saxophonists celebrate Dexter Gordon and Jackie McLean
Wood, after all, owns a big and burly tone on tenor, her husky sound, deep rhythmic accents and prolific phrasemaking consistently commanding attention.
– Howard Reich, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Interview with Barry Winograd at WDCB FM
WDCB’s midday jazz host Barry Winograd interviewed Juli Wood and Caroline Davis on ‘DCB Jazz.