Elise Wood

Elise Wood is a jazz flautist.

Wood studied classical flute in Philadelphia.^[1] In the 1970s, she moved from there to New York.^[1] There, she played in jazz groups, including with bassist Vishnu Wood.^[1] They married, but were leading separate lives by the early 1980s.^[1]

From 1983, Wood was frequently a member of groups led by pianist John Hicks.^[2] As a duo, they played mostly jazz, but also some classical music.^[3] They formed a business partnership – John Hicks-Elise Wood, Inc. – and toured the US, Europe and Japan in the 1980s.^[1] The couple married in 2001.^[2] Her first album as (co-)leader was Luminous,^[1] on which she played C and alto flute.^[4] A further album co-led with Hicks was Beautiful Friendship, recorded in 2000.^[5]

• Luminous (Nilva, 1985–88)
• Beautiful Friendship (HiWood, 2000)

With John Hicks

• In Concert (Theresa, 1984)
• Single Petal of a Rose (Mapleshade, 1992)
• In the Mix (Landmark, 1994)
• Piece for My Peace (Landmark, 1996)
• Trio + Strings (Mapleshade, 1997)
• Sweet Love of Mine (HighNote, 2006)

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