When used together, alternating, they can mean signify the two different fingerings of a double density, or false fingering. Rather like an open and closing of a plunger mute on a trumpet.
However I don't know the Phil Woods sonata so I'm just throwing this out there. The + sign with a chord does indeed mean augmented, and a º can mean a harmonic, especially on music for strings. I haven't seen it on saxophone music, but I'm sure it exists to mean that.
Of course, with a chord symbol º means diminished and ø means half dimininished (m7b5)
is too late my contribution to the discussion, but i was searching about the problem with the symbols of phil woods sonata and i found this.
i think that can help
I copy lots of music into Finale (handwritten sheets and sets where the score has gone missing) and I have noted those symbols on drum sets (I think they mean "use open/closed hi-hats") and on "hat"-muted brass (o=no mute, +=mute on).
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