STEPPING STONES BONUS TRACKS (MP3 Album) – Available at Amazon.com – The second night of recordings from Woody
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WOODY SHAW and JOE HENDERSON: Shaw’s electrifying career may arguably be the manifested reality of Henderson’s prophetic
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UNRELEASED RECORDING of Woody Shaw playing “OPEC” at Fat Tuesday’s in New York City in 1980. Listen
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UNRELEASED RECORDING of Woody Shaw performing “Rahsaan’s Run” live at the Village Vangaurd in 1978. Click
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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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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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by Dr. Paul Brewer One of my former students asked me what made Woody Shaw so great. Here’s my answer to him. Listen to Woody by beginning with the fundamentals. His sound was focused, warm, resonant, dark, wide, and deep. His articulations were clear and sensitively controlled. His intonation was great. His range from the [...]
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At last, a full concert (video) of Woody Shaw and his quintet performing in France, featuring the great Carter Jefferson on tenor saxophone. Woody Shaw-lovers will surely appreciate hearing and seeing Woody showcase the vast range of his musical talents during what was probably one of the heights of his career and musical development. Enjoy! [...]
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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: “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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Woody Shaw teams up with the legendary Dizzy Gillespie and Freddie Hubbard. Together they play on the standard tunes I’ll Remember April and Bernie’s Tune. These videos offer an education in the history (and future) of modern trumpet playing and an invaluable lesson in the art of swing…. I’ll Remember April Bernie’s Tune
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Check out this extended interview with Woody Shaw for WRVR F.M. in NYC (1980). Woody discusses his background, experiences, influences, and ideas in music. For convenience, only Woody’s commentary is provided. The interview is 54 minutes, broken into 28 segments. For other interviews, click here. Click here for more interviews.
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Amazon.com Widgets In April of 2012, I was contacted by the famed NY-based independent record label, High Note Records, to oversee a new compilation of my father’s music. High Note and my father have a long history going back to the mid-1970s (formerly known as Muse) when Woody Shaw began to establish his presence as [...]
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In 2012 the International Trumpet Guild (ITG) commemorated Woody Shaw with a series of publications, recordings, and events. The goal was to bring Woody’s music into focus within the broader context of the trumpet world, allowing people to get a deeper understanding of Woody’s innovations on the instrument while spreading the word about his music. [...]
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Woody Shaw will always be an example of uncompromising integrity and individualism in spite of the obstacles.
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