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Note by Woody Shaw III: Here is an excerpt from a selection of reviews written by late New York Times music critic Robert Palmer in December of 1977, which included new album releases as eclectic and varied as the works of Ludwvig Van Beethoven - performed by the London Symphony Orchestra...

Browse the Woody Shaw Shop Robert IannapolloCadence MagazineIndependent Journal of Creative Improvised Music(Oct 2012): pp 68-69. Woody Shaw's neo hard- bop albums for Columbia [Records] in the late 1970s were highly regarded and paved the way for Wynton Marsalis and his young lion cohorts' hard bop revival. But Shaw also had...

Browse the Woody Shaw Webstore by Robert Palmer. March 30, 1977. In the modern jazz mainstream, an area bounded chronologically by the hard bop of the early 1950's and the Modal playing popularized by Miles Davis and John Coltrane during the early 1960's, Woody Shaw is the reigning trumpet king. Freddie Hubbard...

Here are some interview clips of Woody Shaw briefly discussing the influence of Eric Dolphy on the development of his musical thought process and approach to playing the trumpet. Also included is a clip of 18 year-old Woody Shaw on his recorded debut on Dolphy's "Conversations" album (with Bobby Hutcherson, Richard Davis,...

These recordings are of particular significance given the deep history that Larry Young and my father shared coming up in Newark, New Jersey. Knowing what we know of Newark as a hotbed of indigenous talent and the incubator of so much musical innovation, having produced artists like Wayne Shorter, Sarah...

Audio: Your browser does not support the audio element. Transcript:  Feather: For one thing, I would like to make it clear that I don't think I understand (short pause) as a musician you know certain things I don't understand about what you are doing and I am, I would like...