Woody Shaw: Woody Plays Woody

Woody Shaw is revered around the globe and is widely recognized for revolutionizing modern jazz trumpet playing. Shaw's innovations vastly extended the harmonic and technical vocabulary of the instrument and his achievements, both as a stylist and as a master craftsman, remain largely unparalleled in the world of jazz. Woody Shaw is also remembered as one of the great, modern jazz composers to have developed a distinct musical sound and identity through his original compositions. His work is currently studied all over the world and his instrumental breakthroughs are venerated by musicians of all levels, ages, styles and nationalities. Woody Plays Woody is a collection of Shaw performing a suite of his own compositions together with some of his favored sidemen. It provides ample proof that when the future jazz history books are written, Shaw will be remembered as a performing-composer of the highest level of excellence.

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