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NPR Radio – Woody Shaw Tribute at Jazz Standard, NYC (2008) – Festival of New Trumpet Music

Photo: Woody Shaw at Keystone Korner, San Francisco, CA, 1981. (c) Brian McMillen. “In September 2008, the Festival of New Trumpet Music staged a major retrospective of Woody Shaw’s compositions at the Jazz Standard in New York. There, a pair of Shaw’s one-time bandmates, Mulgrew Miller on piano and Victor Lewis on drums, backed three [...]

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Elvin Jones featuring Woody Shaw at the Village Vanguard (1980)

On this day, we celebrate the singular, revolutionary genius of Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) – a man who not only defied the known laws of human creativity but also brought unequaled intensity, power, and inexhaustible depth of emotional meaning to the drums. Elvin Jones is the epitome of what [...]

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Woody Shaw featuring 18 year-old Wynton Marsalis (April 10, 1980)

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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Unreleased: Woody Shaw performing “OPEC” Live at Fat Tuesday’s, April 10, 1980

UNRELEASED RECORDING of Woody Shaw playing “OPEC” at Fat Tuesday’s in New York City in 1980. Listen to Part 1. Listen to Part 2 with Woody and 18 year-old Wynton Marsalis.

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Unreleased: Woody Shaw performing “Rahsaan’s Run” Live at the Village Vanguard, 1978

UNRELEASED RECORDING of Woody Shaw performing “Rahsaan’s Run” live at the Village Vangaurd in 1978. Click here to listen.

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