Guthrie is revered nowadays as a model for singer-songwriters: plain-spoken, casually tuneful, pointedly topical or slyly ...

Woody Shaw, who made his first recordings 50 years ago this summer, might be the jazz trumpet's least appreciated giant. Not among musicians, mind you; they recognize his genius whether they're ...

Woody Shaw, Jr. was born in Laurinburg, N.C. onDecember 24th, 1944 to Rosalie Pegues Shaw andWoody Shaw, Sr. He grew up in Newark, New Jersey,and began playing trumpet at the age of 11. Shawattended ...

Music Woody Shaw Recording In this 1986 photo, provided by Mark Miller, jazz trumpeter Woody Shaw performs at the Festival International de Jazz de Montrèal.

Watch the video for “WOODY SHAW,” the lead single from Moor Mother’s newly announced album Jazz Codes, due out July 1.

This past fall, the Festival of New Trumpet Music staged a major retrospective of Woody Shaw compositions at the Jazz Standard. Old Shaw bandmates backed three young-lion horn players with chops ...

Shaw III's extensive liner notes to the seven-CD The Complete Muse Sessions shed important new light on the music, and from a particularly unique and eminently personal viewpoint, reflecting a life ...

Music Craft Recordings and Jazz Dispensary Reissue Woody Shaw’s “Blackstone Legacy” The innovative trumpeter’s postmodern masterpiece features an all-star line-up, including Gary Bartz, Ron Carter and ...

Pussy Riot will be honored with the 2023 Woody Guthrie Prize on May 6. The award presentation, set for Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, will take place as part of the Woody Guthrie Center’s 10th ...

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — A forgotten studio recording of the late jazz trumpeter Woody Shaw has been released as part of an effort to preserve jazz history. “49th Parallel,” a 1987 recording ...