:: A New Beginning ::
Issue 2
Happy New Year.
Last month, you may have received the
1st issue
of this newsletter, commemorating the 61st birthday of Woody Shaw. We took
a look at some of the positive developments that have taken place over the past year or
so with regard to Woody Shaw's legacy and his music.
While it is indeed a new year, with much to look forward to, we
wanted to share some new information with you that we have acquired since last month's issue.
We hope it makes you as happy to read these things as it does us to share them with you.
We hope your interest and enthusiasm in this music
will continue to grow, as there are numerous surprises underway that
would undoubtedly fulfill you as a dedicated fan. So stay with us!
Enjoy.
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:: January News ::
• The Almost-Complete Discography of Woody Shaw
For the past eight years or so, serious Woody Shaw fans (and I mean serious!) have been able to track down many rare and precious
recordings of Shaw from various periods of his career, all by simply referring to the
Critical Discography of Woody Shaw (by Todd Poynor) online.
However, the discography has now been updated as of January 1st, 2006, and has been enhanced with a completely new design and mode of functionality (by Woody Shaw III).
As an adaptation of the Critical Discography, this version also contains
extended details (album info, personnel, catalog number, location) from virtually every Woody Shaw recording ever made. Hence it's name -
The Almost-Complete Discography of Woody Shaw >>>
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• STEPPING STONES: Live at The Village Vanguard -- Included in JazzTimes Top 50 CDs and Top Reissues of the Year. (JazzTimes 2005 Year in Review)
The long-awaited release of this classic Jazz album has been met with
great appreciation and enthusiasm by musicians, fans, and critics alike. This month's
issue of JazzTimes (Year in Review) lists Stepping Stones in two categories:
(1) Top 50 CDs of The Year and
(2) Reissues of the Year.
Quotes like: "Stepping Stones is one of the greatest albums ever made
at the Village Vanguard..." (JazzTimes) and - "get ready to hear one of the greatest live performances in the history of recorded Music." (Amazon.com)
capture the strong sense of appreciation and acknowledgement which has accompanied the release of this CD after 27 years since it was first recorded.
The heightened receptivity towards this particular recording may have to do
with the focused energy and intent that was put into it's re-production:
The album was remastered by Grammy-winning engineer, Mark Wilder, using Sony's high-end audio technology.
It was amended with three new bonus tracks, three new sets of liner notes, and was produced by Michael Cuscuna (long-time producer and associate of Shaw) and
Woody Shaw III, Shaw's son. It is, in it's very essence, a symbol of the Shaw legacy -
revived and reaffirmed.
Get it >>
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• The International Trumpet Guild -
Woody Shaw's Sweet Love of Mine
This year, The International Trumpet Guild
will be releasing a compilation CD with performances of their various artists and competition winners. One of the top trumpeters in
last year's Carmine Caruso trumpet competition selected Woody Shaw's Sweet Love of Mine as his composition of
choice. As a winner in the competition, his performance of this piece has been selected for the organization's CD. The compilation will be released through I.T.G. some time this year.
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• International Jazz Archive Journal -
Although it took place some time last year, the
International Jazz Archive Journal
(Ed., Nathan Davis. University of Pittsburgh) published a new article on Woody Shaw. The work focused
on two trumpet solos (one live, the other one studio-recorded) on different versions of Ronnie Mathews' classic waltz, Jean Marie.
Ken Prouty, PhD., author of the article, examines the versatility and adaptiveness of Woody Shaw's improvisational style
through an analysis of these two similarly-situated, yet profoundly different, musical examples.
The application of Woody Shaw's music (style and concept) within an academic
context appears to be an inevitable development. The complexity of Shaw's music
has made it somewhat less accessible to the "average" listener or student.
Hopefully, works such as the one mentioned above will encourage musicians, and scholars alike, to further explore the wealth
of knowledge that exists within and throughout Woody Shaw's vast body of work.
( Article: Continuity and Contrast in Jazz Improvisation: A Comparison of Woody Shaw's Solos
on Two Recordings of "Jean Marie". Ken Prouty, PhD. Indiana State University )
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Woody Shaw Live,
Vol. 4
Stepping Stones
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Stepping Stones
Little Red's Fantasy
Rosewood
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