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 ...

Yet even hardcore fans often know Shaw's name more than his music. Shaw, who died in 1989 at age 44, was perhaps the trumpeter of the 1970s, an icon for the "Young Lion" generation that followed.

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 led by Canadian bassist ...

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 ...

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.

Perhaps the trumpeter of the 1970s, Shaw was an icon for the generation that followed, as well as an innovator on his horn. Woody Shaw: The Last Great Trumpet Innovator | 90.5 WESA ...

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

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 ...