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Chick Corea on Woody Shaw:
Added: February 12, 2010

"I first met Woody at our clandestine jam sessions at Juilliard School when it was up on 120 something street. We'd hide in some empty classroom with a piano, sneak the drums in (Wilson Morman) and have some fun while our teachers weren't looking. I remember us jamming with Hubert Laws, Pete Yellin, Lyle Atkinson and a wild fellow from NJ named Pete Rose who was the first guy I ever heard play the saxophone and sound like Trane. (By the way I'd love to find Pete Rose if anyone knows what happened to him.)

Woody and I were young and excited to be flexing our minds in the musical atmosphere that existed in New York City at that time by Miles, Trane, Horace, Monk, the Jazz Messengers, Ornette, Sonny and the other great musicians we were learning the trade from. Woody was way out in front right from the start. He had already developed a unique voice of his own on the horn coming through Clifford, Miles, Freddie and Lee. We were partners in this "illegal" music. That was 1959 and 60. Then in '65 I got a chance to record my first album - all my own music - and Woody was there playing his heart out along with Joe Farrell, Steve Swallow and Joe Chambers. We then made my 2nd recording "Is" in the spirit of the experiments that Trane was making in those days. Woody never hesitated - he was always ready to jump into the unknown and explore. That was the spirit that we aligned on.

Woody then continued on to burn up the world with his firery horn. He left an indelible mark on the jazz trumpet legacy and the spirit of his music will of course always be part of me and all the music world.

Chick Corea - - 12 Feb 10"