We are proud to announce the forthcoming release of Woody Shaw’s entire Muse recordings by Mosaic Records (June 2013). Much of this music presents my father at the height of his battle as a truth-telling artist, offering snapshots of his creative process as he pioneered a new sound and conception that had never before existed [...]
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The Woody Shaw Legends Series mouthpiece is an exact reproduction of Woody Shaw’s silver plated mouthpiece from the 1970s. Expert brass mouthpiece maker, Greg Black, has created an authentic mold that pays tribute to one of the most forward-thinking trumpet players of all time. The Woody Shaw mouthpiece features a silver plating, 15.75MM, .620″ inner rim, [...]
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The Woody Shaw Quintet Live at Fat Tuesday’s, NYC, 1980: Part 1 - Woody Shaw Quintet performing “OPEC” (Shaw) Part 2 - Woody Shaw and young Wynton Marsalis playing “Now’s The Time” (Parker) Wynton Marsalis on Woody Shaw: “Woody added to the vocabulary of the trumpet. He had a real concept about the organization of group music [...]
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Well, the thing that’s best said about Woody, which is what a lot of us always say, is that he was probably the last great innovator in jazz. One of the things that’s interesting to me is that he was a student of the history of the trumpet, but at the same time he didn’t [...]
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“I first met Woody at our clandestine jam sessions at Juilliard School when it was up on 120 something street. We’d hide in some empty classroom with a piano, sneak the drums in (Wilson Morman) and have some fun while our teachers weren’t looking. I remember us jamming with Hubert Laws, Pete Yellin, Lyle Atkinson [...]
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“I have a lot of tunes for Woody. I have a tune on Black Hope which is called ‘Run Run Shaw.’ There is a tune on Happy People called ‘A Hole in One,’ written for Tiger Woods, but in the back of my mind, I am always thinking of Woody Shaw. His influence and his [...]
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Pianist, historian, and writer Ben Sidran interviews the Great McCoy Tyner and writer-director Conrad Rooks. A rare interview that captures McCoy’s beautiful perspective and philosophy on music and the creative process, as well as Rooks’ and Tyner’s recollections of John Coltrane’s connection with the late master Ravi Shankar. Check out Woody Shaw on Ben Sidran’s rendition of [...]
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Anthony Braxton on Woody Shaw Transcript: “First, I would say, how wonderful for Woody Shaw to give me an opportunity to play with him. Woody would do his work on the East Coast; I grew up in Chicago. There was a big separation between both movements of musicians. And, in many ways, when I came [...]
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My memories of my father are varied. With artists of such depth and creativity, it’s almost like encountering a different person during different periods of their lives. My father was this way. I have memories being very young in the presence of a strong and proud man, a presence that exuded a certain cultural pride [...]
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”A true mentor to me, he was. It was so kind of Woody to recommend me for some pivotal gigs in my own career (Horace Silver and Art Blakey) and his musical and technical suggestions had a lasting influence on me. He was indispensable in my development as a trumpet player and musician. I am [...]
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The thing about Woods is that he’s done his homework. He’s hip to Louis Armstrong, plays intervals, and runs backwards so to speak. He breaks it down, plays atonal, and then comes back and plays real trumpet. Woods covers the whole spectrum.
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