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Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions – 7 CDs

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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McCoy Tyner Interview with Ben Sidran (1972): “Each performance should be an adventure…”

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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Kenny Garrett: “In the back of my mind, I am always thinking of Woody Shaw.”

“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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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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Woody added to the vocabulary of the trumpet… He was very serious, disciplined and respectful towards jazz. His whole approach influenced me tremendously. — Wynton Marsalis

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