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Film Critic Richard Brody: Woody Shaw Takes on "'Round Midnight" (The New Yorker)
Written by Richard Brody Source: The New Yorker. Published August 29, 2017 It's always terrific news when great music that has been hidden in the vaults is brought to light, but the excellent new release “The Tour: Volume Two,” featuring live European performances from 1976 and 1977 by the crucial modern...
Woody Shaw III's Liner Notes for "Woody Shaw: The Tour (Vol 2.)"
Get the New CD, Woody Shaw / Louis Hayes: The Tour (Vol. 2). ORDER NOW In this installment of what was originally billed as the “Louis Hayes-Junior Cook Quintet featuring Woody Shaw,” we get a glimpse into the band’s effective treatment of the standard repertoire — with the full scope of what the group brought to the table in terms of stylistic...
Louis Hayes Interview (2017)
[Interview conducted by Maxine Gordon who was the road manager for the Louis Hayes-Woody Shaw quintet on their tour to Europe in 1976-1977]. LH: At the time we first formed the band [1970s], Junior lived in Brooklyn and I lived in Brooklyn and we had been together in Horace Silver’s band and...
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,...