Woody Shaw & Louis Hayes: The Tour (Vol. 2)
The Tour (Vol. 2)
WOODY SHAW & LOUIS HAYES: The Tour (Vol. 2) (Audio CD)
Tracks:
1. All the Things You Are (Live)
2. Night in Tunisia (Live)
3. 'Round Midnight (Live) (Listen to track and read review)
4. Some Other Blues (Live)
5. Invitation (Live)
6. What's New (Live)
"A document of fierce conviction and formidable mastery: Shaw is a force."
—Nate Chinen, WBGO
High Note Records
Produced by Woody Shaw III
Release Date: August 25, 2017
Produced by Woody Shaw III
Release Date: August 25, 2017
Woody Shaw, trumpet; Junior Cook, tenor sax; Ronnie Matthews, piano; Stafford James, bass; Louis Hayes, drums.
"This set is a compilation of performances recorded in different European cities during The Tour, which took place between 1976 and 1977. Following Volume 1, it offers a welcome shift in the narrative arc and trajectory of the band's development as well as a kind of a portrait or snapshot into the historical development of jazz at this particular time. Much is to be gleaned from the masterful treatment and sense of ownership over these compositions exhibited by Woody, Junior, Louis, Ronnie, and Stafford. The seasoned, almost seamless manner with which these pieces are covered speaks masterfully to a level of reverence and unrelenting commitment to tradition that belies all claims (by omission) of deceleration concerning jazz's momentum during the 1970s. As Woody put it in an interview referencing this very group by no means is jazz dead. Clearly, this release proves him right."
Track 1: Hamburg, Germany, March 11, 1976
Track 2: Graz, Austria, March 26, 1976, Jazzclub Ostertor
Track 3: Bremen, Germany, April 5, 1976
Track 4: Munich, Germany, April, 1977
Track 5: Wackerhalle, Burghausen, Germany, March 21, 1976
Track 6: Anitas Jazz Club, Heist op den Berg, Belgium, March 4, 1976