Woody Shaw

7-CD DELUXE BOX SET

Nine individual Muse albums are represented on this seven-CD set. The collection includes many rare photographs from the time. The set was co-produced by Woody Shaw III, who has devoted his life to preserving the legacy of his father and that of his stepfather, Dexter Gordon. He also contributed the essay and track-by-track notes. As with all the Mosaic collections whose masters are licensed, it will be available only for a short time and then never again in this form.

INCLUDES DE ALBUMS:

- THE MOONTRANE (1974)
- LOVE DANCE (1975)
- LIVE AT THE BERLINER JAZZTAGE (1976) (with bonus track, “Sanyas”)
- LITTLE RED'S FANTASY (1976)
- IRON MEN (1977)
- CASSANDRANITE (1965)
- SETTING STANDARDS (1985)
- SOLID (1986)
- IMAGINATION (1987)

PERSONNEL & DATES:

(A) WOODY SHAW (tp); JOE HENDERSON (ts); LARRY YOUNG (p);
RON CARTER (b); JOE CHAMBERS (d)
Van Gelder Studio, December 1965

(B) WOODY SHAW (tp); JOE HENDERSON (ts); HERBIE HANCOCK (p);
PAUL CHAMBERS (b); JOE CHAMBERS (d)
Van Gelder Studio, December 1965

(C1) WOODY SHAW (tp); STEVE TURRE (tb); AZAR LAWRENCE (ts);
ONAJE ALLAN GUMBS (p) BUSTER WILLIAMS (b); VICTOR LEWIS (d). Blue Rock Studios, NYC, December 11, 1974

(C2) CECIL McBEE replaces BUSTER WILLIAMS. Add TONY WATERS (cgas)
and GUILHERME FRANCO (perc). Blue Rock Studios, NYC, December 18, 1974

(D) WOODY SHAW (tp); STEVE TURRE (tb, b-tb); RENE McLEAN (as, ss)
BILLY HARPER (ts); JOE BONNER (p); CECIL McBEE (b);
VICTOR LEWIS (d); TONY WATERS (cgas), GUILHERME FRANCO (perc)
Blue Rock Studios, NYC, November 1975

(E) WOODY SHAW (tp); FRANK STROZIER (as); RONNIE MATHEWS (p);
STAFFORD JAMES (b); EDDIE MOORE (d)
Blue Rock Studios, NYC, June 29, 1976

(F) WOODY SHAW (tp); SLIDE HAMPTON (tb); RENE McLEAN (as, fl);
FRANK FOSTER (ts); RONNIE MATHEWS (p);STAFFORD JAMES (b);
LOUIS HAYES (d). Berlin Jazz Festival, November 6, 1976

(G1) WOODY SHAW (tp); ARTHUR BLYTHE, ANTHONY BRAXTON (as),
MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS (p), CECIL McBEE (b); JOE CHAMBERS (d).
Blue Rock Studios, NYC, April 6, 1977.

(G2) WOODY SHAW (cnt,tp); ARTHUR BLYTHE, ANTHONY BRAXTON (as);
MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS (p), CECIL McBEE (b); VICTOR LEWIS (d).
Blue Rock Studios, NYC, April 13, 1977

(H) WOODY SHAW (tp); CEDAR WALTON (p), BUSTER WILLIAMS (b);
VICTOR JONES (d). Van Gelder Studio, December 1, 1983

(I) VICTOR LEWIS (tp); KENNY GARRETT (as); PETER LEITCH (g);
KENNY BARRON (p) NEIL SWANSON (b); VICTOR JONES (d).
Van Gelder Studio, March 24, 1986

(J) WOODY SHAW (tp); STEVE TURRE (tb); KIRK LIGHTSEY (p);
RAY DRUMMOND (b); CARL ALLEN (d)
Van Gelder Studio, June 24, 1987

DISC I:

01. The Moontrane (C1)
02. Are They Only Dreams (C1)
03. Tapscott’s Blues
04. Sanyas (C2)
05. Katrina Ballerina (C2)
06. Tapscott’s Blues (alt tk)
07. Katrina Ballerina (alt tk) (C2)

DISC II:

01. Love Dance (D)
02. Obsequious (D)
03. Sun Bath (D)
04. Zoltan (D)
05. Soulfully I Love You (Black Spiritual Of Love) (D)

DISC III:

01. Hello To The Wind (F)
02. Obsequious (F)
03. Sanyas (F)
04. Jean Marie (F)
05. Bilad As Sudan (Land Of The Blacks) (F)

DISC IV:

01. Cassandranite (A)
02. Obsequious (A)
03. Baloo, Baloo (B)
04. Three Muses (B)
05. Tetragon (B)
06. Jean Marie (E)
07. Sashianova (E)

DISC V:

01. In Case You Haven’t Heard (E)
02. Little Red’s Fantasy (E)
03. Tomorrow’s Destiny (E)
04. Iron Man (G1)
05. Jitterbug Waltz (G2)
06. Symmetry (G1)
07. Diversion One (G2)
08. Song Of Songs (G2)
09. Diversion Two (G2)

DISC VI:

01. There Is No Greater Love (H)
02. All The Way (H)
03. Spiderman Blues (H)
04. The Touch Of Your Lips (H)
05. What’s New (H)
06. When Love Is New (H)
07. There Will Never Be Another You (I)
08. You Stepped Out Of A Dream (I)
09. Speak Low (I)
10. Solid (I)

DISC VII:

01. It Might As Well Be Spring (I)
02. The Woody Woodpecker Song (I)
03. If I Were A Bell (J)
04. Imagination (J)
05. Dat Dere (J)
06. You And The Night And The Music (J)
07. Stormy Weather (J)
08. Steve’s Blues (J)