After five years with Ellington, Woode moved to Europe, where he performed with such fellow expatriates as pianist Bud Powell and saxophonist Don Byas. He played with the Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band from 1960 through 1973.
Woode moved back to the United States in 2001.
David Finckel and Wu Han, co-artistic directors of the Chamber Music Society, introduce the organization’s 2026–27 season.
The annual gala concert will be held April 27 at Carnegie Hall.
The quartet will be part of Carnegie Hall's United in Sound: America at 250 celebration.
Find out what’s happening in the opera, concert, and dance scene this week.
The beloved film composer of Star Wars and Indiana Jones dedicates the performance to his late wife Barbara Ruick.
