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True Love Is True Music: Dedicated to Bobby Hutcherson and Woody Shaw (by Woody Shaw III)
TRUE LOVE IS TRUE MUSIC.Yesterday's memorial (1/28/16) for the late musical visionary and community hero Bobby Hutcherson was easily one of the most profound moments in my recent adult life. It was profound primarily because, on the eve of the memorial, I was asked by my brother Teddy Hutcherson (Bobby's...
Landmark Woody Shaw tribute receives 2017 Grammy Nomination ("Madera Latino" by Brian Lynch)
The Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 59th Annual Grammy© Awards this morning and Madera Latino was on the list! Madera Latino: A Latin Jazz Perspective on the Music of Woody Shaw Buy Now Four years in the making, Grammy© Award winning trumpeter Brian Lynch’s “Madera Latino” (Latin Wood) project,...
Victor Lewis to receive Honorary Doctorate Degree from the University of Nebraska—Lincoln
POSITIVE NEWS! ... The legendary drummer and composer - and perhaps one of Woody Shaw's favorite musicians that worked in his band - is receiving an Honorary Doctorate degree from University of Nebraska—Lincoln - right in his home state. Doctoral Ceremony Webcast: To view the hooding ceremony and a concert by...
Rare Cut: Woody Shaw & Archie Shepp (1976)
Here is an extended track of Woody Shaw playing Ah-Leu-Cha (by Charlie Parker) as a guest with the Archie Shepp Trio in Hamburg, Germany in May of 1976. Recommended Article: Archie Shepp Interview - Knowing The Life Listen to the Full Concert Concert Details: May 21, 1976Hamburg, Germany Woody Shaw,...
Three New Woody Shaw Projects Submitted for Grammy® Nominations, Forty Years Later (2016)
Nearly 40 years ago, trumpeter-composer Woody Shaw and a number of other leading jazz musicians were signed to Columbia Records (1977) by then label President Bruce Lundvall. This new roster of artists signed to the label at the time suggested new hope for the genre and the possibility of broadening its reception...
Woody Shaw Interview: "We Are Linked to A Legacy" (Downbeat 1983)
Browse the Woody Shaw Shop Introduction by Linda Reitman In a recent interview with Leonard Feather, Miles Davis laid to rest all myths about who's really playing the trumpet these days. Asked about Freddie Hubbard, Miles responded, "All technique, but no feeling." On Wynton Marsalis: "All the [young] trumpeters copy...