Latest Release
- JUL 18, 2023
- 1 Song
- Imagination · 1987
- Stepping Stones: Live At The Village Vanguard · 1978
- Imagination · 1987
- Little Red's Fantasy · 1976
- Blackstone Legacy · 1970
- Rosewood · 1977
- Rosewood · 1977
- United · 1981
- Blackstone Legacy · 1970
- Solid · 1986
- 1989
- 1987
- 1986
- 1983
Artist Playlists
- Ripe for rediscovery, this warm-toned player was a trumpeter's trumpeter.
Singles & EPs
- 2021
Compilations
About Woody Shaw
Trumpeter Woody Shaw should have been among the best known jazz trumpeters of his era, but his personal problems and early death ended his career tragically early. Nevertheless, he's hailed as a trumpeter's trumpeter, and was a crucial link between hard bop and progressive jazz. Heavily influenced by Clifford Brown, Shaw played with a host of giants early on (McCoy Tyner, Art Blakey, Eric Dolphy, and others). In the 1970s and '80s, Shaw's work as a bandleader found him shifting seamlessly between post-bop workouts and harmonically adventurous excursions. In 1989, Shaw fell under a New York City subway train, and died three months later, cutting short what should have been a long, fruitful musical life.
- HOMETOWN
- Laurinburg, NC, United States
- BORN
- December 24, 1944
- GENRE
- Jazz