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'''Juli Wood''' is a Finnish-American saxophonist, vocalist, composer, and band-leader from Chicago, who appears regularly in Chicago and [[Milwaukee]] area [[jazz]] clubs, on tours through the [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]] with the Juli Wood Quartet, and other groups she leads or is a part of.<ref name=":12">{{Cite news|url=https://finlandiafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/FFN-POY-Juli-Wood-Brochure-2018-FINAL-Sml-No-Crops-6.20.18.pdf|title=2018 Performer of the Year: Juli Wood|date=June 2018|work=Finlandia Foundation National|access-date=January 24, 2020}}</ref><ref name=":13" /> She plays soprano, tenor and baritone saxophone.<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":14">{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/howard-reich/ct-ott-jazz-scene-0202-story.html|title=Juli Wood launches her Big Bari Band|last=Reich|first=Howard|date=February 1, 2018|website=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=January 25, 2020}}</ref> Wood makes frequent appearances at Scandinavian jazz and blues festivals including Finland's [[Pori Jazz|Pori Jazz festival]].<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":13" /> Wood got her start in Milwaukee with the [[R&B Cadets]], and gained further exposure with [[Paul Cebar & the Milwaukeeans]]—which also featured vocalists Robyn Pluer, and [[Paul Cebar]]—who toured between Milwaukee, Chicago, and [[Minneapolis]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/get-ready-to-dance-milwaukee-s-r-b-cadets-return-to-duty-after-three-decades/370986921/|title=Get ready to dance: Milwaukee's R&B Cadets return to duty, after three decades|last=Mason|first=Rick|date=March 10, 2016|website=[[Star Tribune]]|language=en|access-date=January 25, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/musicandnightlife/dance-floor-dominating-rb-cadets-reunite-perform-unreleased-tracks-b99608691z1-340518131.html|title=Dance-floor dominating R&B Cadets reunite, perform unreleased tracks|last=Levy|first=Piet|date=November 4, 2015|website=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|language=en|access-date=January 25, 2020}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite book|title=Wisconsin riffs : jazz portraits from the heartland|last=Dietrich|first=Kurt|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|year=2018|isbn=978-0-87020-854-6|location=Madison|oclc=1003268124}}</ref> |
'''Juli Wood''' is a Finnish-American saxophonist, vocalist, composer, and band-leader from Chicago, who appears regularly in Chicago and [[Milwaukee]] area [[jazz]] clubs, on tours through the [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]] with the Juli Wood Quartet, and other groups she leads or is a part of.<ref name=":12">{{Cite news|url=https://finlandiafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/FFN-POY-Juli-Wood-Brochure-2018-FINAL-Sml-No-Crops-6.20.18.pdf|title=2018 Performer of the Year: Juli Wood|date=June 2018|work=Finlandia Foundation National|access-date=January 24, 2020}}</ref><ref name=":13" /> She plays soprano, tenor and baritone saxophone.<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":14">{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/howard-reich/ct-ott-jazz-scene-0202-story.html|title=Juli Wood launches her Big Bari Band|last=Reich|first=Howard|date=February 1, 2018|website=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=January 25, 2020}}</ref> Wood makes frequent appearances at Scandinavian jazz and blues festivals including Finland's [[Pori Jazz|Pori Jazz festival]].<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":13" /> Wood got her start in Milwaukee with the [[R&B Cadets]], and gained further exposure with [[Paul Cebar & the Milwaukeeans]]—which also featured vocalists Robyn Pluer, and [[Paul Cebar]]—who toured between Milwaukee, Chicago, and [[Minneapolis]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/get-ready-to-dance-milwaukee-s-r-b-cadets-return-to-duty-after-three-decades/370986921/|title=Get ready to dance: Milwaukee's R&B Cadets return to duty, after three decades|last=Mason|first=Rick|date=March 10, 2016|website=[[Star Tribune]]|language=en|access-date=January 25, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/musicandnightlife/dance-floor-dominating-rb-cadets-reunite-perform-unreleased-tracks-b99608691z1-340518131.html|title=Dance-floor dominating R&B Cadets reunite, perform unreleased tracks|last=Levy|first=Piet|date=November 4, 2015|website=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|language=en|access-date=January 25, 2020}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite book|title=Wisconsin riffs : jazz portraits from the heartland|last=Dietrich|first=Kurt|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|year=2018|isbn=978-0-87020-854-6|location=Madison|oclc=1003268124}}</ref> |
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Wood plays baritone with organist [[Melvin Rhyne]] as a quintet on a self-published CD, ''Movin' and Groovin′''.<ref name=":14" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oJUJAQAAMAAJ&q |
Wood plays baritone with organist [[Melvin Rhyne]] as a quintet on a self-published CD, ''Movin' and Groovin′''.<ref name=":14" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oJUJAQAAMAAJ&q=Juli+wood|title=Saxophone Journal|date=1998|publisher=Dorn Publications|language=en}}</ref> Her CD ''Blues for Earma Jean'' was released in November 2004 featuring Chicago pianist Earma Thompson.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.juliwoodsax.com/blues-for-earma-jean/|title=Blues for Earma Jean|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref> She plays with Milwaukee area jazz duo [[Mrs. Fun]], and several of her contributions can be heard on ''The Best of Mrs. Fun'' ([[Daemon Records]]).<ref name=":15" /> Wood is a member of Valley of the Dolls, with Janet Planet, Connie Grauer and Kim Zick, who have released an album entitled ''High''.<ref name=":15" /> |
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Her 2015 recording ''Synkkä Metsä'' (''Dark Forest'') draws on material from her Finnish heritage.<ref>Dan McClenaghan, [https://www.allaboutjazz.com/synkka-metsa-dark-forest-juli-wood-oa2-records-review-by-dan-mcclenaghan.php "Juli Wood Quartet: Synkka Metsa (Dark Forest)"], AllAboutJazz, August 6, 2015.</ref><ref name=":12" /> On one of her near-yearly trips to Finland she was listening to jazz trumpeter [[Art Farmer]]'s recording of Swedish folk songs, ''[[To Sweden with Love]]'' (1964), and decided to record "simple and hauntingly beautiful Finnish folk songs, instrumentally and in a jazz style."<ref name=":13">{{Cite web|url=http://originarts.com/oa2/artists/artist.php?Artist_ID=139|title=OA2 Records Artist Juli Wood - Saxophone |last=Records | first=Origin| website=originarts.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref> She was named the Finlandia Foundation Performer of the Year for 2018.<ref name=":12" /> The foundation awarded her two grants: the first to research and produce a follow |
Her 2015 recording ''Synkkä Metsä'' (''Dark Forest'') draws on material from her Finnish heritage.<ref>Dan McClenaghan, [https://www.allaboutjazz.com/synkka-metsa-dark-forest-juli-wood-oa2-records-review-by-dan-mcclenaghan.php "Juli Wood Quartet: Synkka Metsa (Dark Forest)"], AllAboutJazz, August 6, 2015.</ref><ref name=":12" /> On one of her near-yearly trips to Finland she was listening to jazz trumpeter [[Art Farmer]]'s recording of Swedish folk songs, ''[[To Sweden with Love]]'' (1964), and decided to record "simple and hauntingly beautiful Finnish folk songs, instrumentally and in a jazz style."<ref name=":13">{{Cite web|url=http://originarts.com/oa2/artists/artist.php?Artist_ID=139|title=OA2 Records Artist Juli Wood - Saxophone |last=Records | first=Origin| website=originarts.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref> She was named the Finlandia Foundation Performer of the Year for 2018.<ref name=":12" /> The foundation awarded her two grants: the first to research and produce a follow-up to ''Synkkä Metsä''; the other for traveling the USA performing the Finnish folk songs in jazz styles.<ref name=":15" /> |
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She has "played many jazz clubs and festivals nationally and internationally; [[Chicago Jazz Festival|Chicago Jazz Fest]], [[Hyde Park, Chicago|Hyde Park]] Jazz Fest, Milwaukee's [[Summerfest]], Chicago's main jazz clubs - [[The Jazz Showcase]], [[Green Mill Cocktail Lounge]], 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 ([[Åland]]) to name a few".<ref name=":13" /> In 2018 she debuted Big Bari Band, with both her and fellow saxophonist Rajiv Halim On baritone saxophones.<ref name=":14" /> |
She has "played many jazz clubs and festivals nationally and internationally; [[Chicago Jazz Festival|Chicago Jazz Fest]], [[Hyde Park, Chicago|Hyde Park]] Jazz Fest, Milwaukee's [[Summerfest]], Chicago's main jazz clubs - [[The Jazz Showcase]], [[Green Mill Cocktail Lounge]], 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 ([[Åland]]) to name a few".<ref name=":13" /> In 2018 she debuted Big Bari Band, with both her and fellow saxophonist Rajiv Halim On baritone saxophones.<ref name=":14" /> |
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Juli Wood's four grandparents immigrated from the [[Ostrobothnia (historical province)|Ostrobothnia]] region in Finland in the early 1900s to [[Minnesota|Minnesota’s]] [[Iron Range]], and [[Duluth, Minnesota|Duluth]].<ref name=":12" /> She grew up in the [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]] area, her parents instilling Finnish heritage.<ref name=":12" /> She became enamored by the saxophone while in grade school, "I remember watching ''[[Soul Train]]'' as a kid on T.V. in the 70’s and seeing [[Maceo Parker]] playing alto sax with [[James Brown]]. I thought that was the coolest looking and sounding instrument in the world! So the love affair with the saxophone started in the sixth grade and has been going strong ever since."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.juliwoodsax.com/bio/|title=Bio {{!}} Juli Wood Sax|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref> |
Juli Wood's four grandparents immigrated from the [[Ostrobothnia (historical province)|Ostrobothnia]] region in Finland in the early 1900s to [[Minnesota|Minnesota’s]] [[Iron Range]], and [[Duluth, Minnesota|Duluth]].<ref name=":12" /> She grew up in the [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]] area, her parents instilling Finnish heritage.<ref name=":12" /> She became enamored by the saxophone while in grade school, "I remember watching ''[[Soul Train]]'' as a kid on T.V. in the 70’s and seeing [[Maceo Parker]] playing alto sax with [[James Brown]]. I thought that was the coolest looking and sounding instrument in the world! So the love affair with the saxophone started in the sixth grade and has been going strong ever since."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.juliwoodsax.com/bio/|title=Bio {{!}} Juli Wood Sax|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref> |
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In high school she played in the schools concert orchestra, and marching, and jazz bands.<ref name=":15" /> After graduating high school in 1977, she visited Finland, and made return visits nearly every summer.<ref name=":12" /> She briefly attended [[University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee]] (UWM) but dropped out to focus on the city's music scene.<ref name=":15" /> She soon joined the [[R&B Cadets]], with singer Robyn Pluer, and John and Mike Sieger who later broke off to form Semi-Twang; a later version of the Cadets would include [[Paul Cebar]] who had a knack for unearthing obscure jazz songs that made for great cover songs.<ref name=":15" /> In 1983 she returned to UWM majoring in classical saxophone, she found training in the concert band, and jazz bands invaluable.<ref name=":15" /> Around this time until 1987 she gigged with jazz combos throughout Milwaukee.<ref name=":15" /> In 1987 she joined [[Paul Cebar & the Milwaukeeans]] reuniting with Cebar and Pluer playing danceable [[Rhythm & Blues|rhythm & blues]].<ref name=":15" /> She had a side project with Pluer and a jazz duo [[Mrs. Fun]] called Rhythm Club; Wood was also teaching saxophone to up to forty students during the work week at several venues.<ref name=":15" /> The Milwaukeeans would rotate weekends between Chicago, their hometown, and [[Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota|Minneapolis/St. Paul Minnesota]], commuting back after playing two or more clubs and events; Wood enjoyed the time but also found the live band was too loud to be sustained.<ref name=":15" /> From 1993, for a few years she turned back to jazz and worked to develop the Juli Wood Quartet.<ref name=":15" /> |
In high school she played in the schools concert orchestra, and marching, and jazz bands.<ref name=":15" /> After graduating high school in 1977, she visited Finland, and made return visits nearly every summer.<ref name=":12" /> She briefly attended [[University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee]] (UWM) but dropped out to focus on the city's music scene.<ref name=":15" /> She soon joined the [[R&B Cadets]], with singer Robyn Pluer, and John and Mike Sieger who later broke off to form Semi-Twang; a later version of the Cadets would include [[Paul Cebar]] who had a knack for unearthing obscure jazz songs that made for great cover songs.<ref name=":15" /> In 1983 she returned to UWM majoring in classical saxophone, she found training in the concert band, and jazz bands invaluable.<ref name=":15" /> Around this time until 1987 she gigged with jazz combos throughout Milwaukee.<ref name=":15" /> In 1987 she joined [[Paul Cebar & the Milwaukeeans]] reuniting with Cebar and Pluer playing danceable [[Rhythm & Blues|rhythm & blues]].<ref name=":15" /> She had a side project with Pluer and a jazz duo [[Mrs. Fun]] called Rhythm Club; Wood was also teaching saxophone to up to forty students during the work week at several venues.<ref name=":15" /> The Milwaukeeans would rotate weekends between Chicago, their hometown, and [[Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota|Minneapolis/St. Paul Minnesota]], commuting back after playing two or more clubs and events; Wood enjoyed the time but also found the live band was too loud to be sustained.<ref name=":15" /> From 1993, for a few years she turned back to jazz and worked to develop the Juli Wood Quartet.<ref name=":15" /> |
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She trained in jazz at the [[Wisconsin Conservatory of Music]], and has been mentored by jazz musicians she admires.<ref name=":12" /> In 1996 she moved to Chicago.<ref name=":12" /> |
She trained in jazz at the [[Wisconsin Conservatory of Music]], and has been mentored by jazz musicians she admires.<ref name=":12" /> In 1996 she moved to Chicago.<ref name=":12" /> |
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Juli Wood is a Finnish-American saxophonist, vocalist, composer, and band-leader from Chicago, who appears regularly in Chicago and Milwaukee area jazz clubs, on tours through the Midwest with the Juli Wood Quartet, and other groups she leads or is a part of.[1][2] She plays soprano, tenor and baritone saxophone.[1][3] Wood makes frequent appearances at Scandinavian jazz and blues festivals including Finland's Pori Jazz festival.[1][2] Wood got her start in Milwaukee with the R&B Cadets, and gained further exposure with Paul Cebar & the Milwaukeeans—which also featured vocalists Robyn Pluer, and Paul Cebar—who toured between Milwaukee, Chicago, and Minneapolis.[4][5][6]
Wood plays baritone with organist Melvin Rhyne as a quintet on a self-published CD, Movin' and Groovin′.[3][7] Her CD Blues for Earma Jean was released in November 2004 featuring Chicago pianist Earma Thompson.[8] She plays with Milwaukee area jazz duo Mrs. Fun, and several of her contributions can be heard on The Best of Mrs. Fun (Daemon Records).[6] Wood is a member of Valley of the Dolls, with Janet Planet, Connie Grauer and Kim Zick, who have released an album entitled High.[6]
Her 2015 recording Synkkä Metsä (Dark Forest) draws on material from her Finnish heritage.[9][1] On one of her near-yearly trips to Finland she was listening to jazz trumpeter Art Farmer's recording of Swedish folk songs, To Sweden with Love (1964), and decided to record "simple and hauntingly beautiful Finnish folk songs, instrumentally and in a jazz style."[2] She was named the Finlandia Foundation Performer of the Year for 2018.[1] The foundation awarded her two grants: the first to research and produce a follow-up to Synkkä Metsä; the other for traveling the USA performing the Finnish folk songs in jazz styles.[6]
She 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 - The Jazz Showcase, Green Mill Cocktail Lounge, 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 (Åland) to name a few".[2] In 2018 she debuted Big Bari Band, with both her and fellow saxophonist Rajiv Halim On baritone saxophones.[3]
Biography
[edit]Juli Wood's four grandparents immigrated from the Ostrobothnia region in Finland in the early 1900s to Minnesota’s Iron Range, and Duluth.[1] She grew up in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area, her parents instilling Finnish heritage.[1] She became enamored by the saxophone while in grade school, "I remember watching Soul Train as a kid on T.V. in the 70’s and seeing Maceo Parker playing alto sax with James Brown. I thought that was the coolest looking and sounding instrument in the world! So the love affair with the saxophone started in the sixth grade and has been going strong ever since."[10]
In high school she played in the schools concert orchestra, and marching, and jazz bands.[6] After graduating high school in 1977, she visited Finland, and made return visits nearly every summer.[1] She briefly attended University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UWM) but dropped out to focus on the city's music scene.[6] She soon joined the R&B Cadets, with singer Robyn Pluer, and John and Mike Sieger who later broke off to form Semi-Twang; a later version of the Cadets would include Paul Cebar who had a knack for unearthing obscure jazz songs that made for great cover songs.[6] In 1983 she returned to UWM majoring in classical saxophone, she found training in the concert band, and jazz bands invaluable.[6] Around this time until 1987 she gigged with jazz combos throughout Milwaukee.[6] In 1987 she joined Paul Cebar & the Milwaukeeans reuniting with Cebar and Pluer playing danceable rhythm & blues.[6] She had a side project with Pluer and a jazz duo Mrs. Fun called Rhythm Club; Wood was also teaching saxophone to up to forty students during the work week at several venues.[6] The Milwaukeeans would rotate weekends between Chicago, their hometown, and Minneapolis/St. Paul Minnesota, commuting back after playing two or more clubs and events; Wood enjoyed the time but also found the live band was too loud to be sustained.[6] From 1993, for a few years she turned back to jazz and worked to develop the Juli Wood Quartet.[6]
She trained in jazz at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, and has been mentored by jazz musicians she admires.[1] In 1996 she moved to Chicago.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "2018 Performer of the Year: Juli Wood" (PDF). Finlandia Foundation National. June 2018. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
- ^ a b c d Records, Origin. "OA2 Records Artist Juli Wood - Saxophone". originarts.com. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- ^ a b c Reich, Howard (February 1, 2018). "Juli Wood launches her Big Bari Band". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- ^ Mason, Rick (March 10, 2016). "Get ready to dance: Milwaukee's R&B Cadets return to duty, after three decades". Star Tribune. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- ^ Levy, Piet (November 4, 2015). "Dance-floor dominating R&B Cadets reunite, perform unreleased tracks". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Dietrich, Kurt (2018). Wisconsin riffs : jazz portraits from the heartland. Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-87020-854-6. OCLC 1003268124.
- ^ Saxophone Journal. Dorn Publications. 1998.
- ^ "Blues for Earma Jean". Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- ^ Dan McClenaghan, "Juli Wood Quartet: Synkka Metsa (Dark Forest)", AllAboutJazz, August 6, 2015.
- ^ "Bio | Juli Wood Sax". Retrieved 2020-01-25.
Further reading
[edit]• Walton, Jack (August 26, 2018). "Saxophonist Juli Wood jazzes up Finnish folk tunes; performs at Merrimans' in South Bend". South Bend Tribune. Retrieved January 25, 2020. • Rake, Jamie Lee (March 24, 2017). "Juli Wood Trio @ The Jazz Estate". Shepherd Express. Retrieved January 25, 2020.