Video: “To Kill A Brick” – Woody Shaw Quintet Live at Monterey Jazz Fest, 1979 (Dedicated to Art Blakey)

Woody Shaw: “I’ve written a couple of tunes for Art Blakey including ‘To Kill A Brick’ which appears on Woody III. I wanted a tune which was simple, to the point, and conveyed the feeling of a straight ahead bebop blues. I also wanted to feature alto saxophonists, Rene McLean and James Spaulding in a jam [...]

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