WOODY SHAW
December 24, 1944 - May 10, 1989
Woody Shaw grew up in Newark, New Jersey, and began his study of music at the age of 11. Early in his career he was influenced by Louis Armstrong and Harry James, and then Clifford Brown, Fats Navarro, Booker Little, Dizzy Gillespie (whom Woody's father had gone to high school with), Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, and others. However, the influence of saxophonist Eric Dolphy (with whom he played and recorded in the 1960s) and John Coltrane, were equally as important to the development of his style and harmonic concept - as both a trumpeter and composer. He worked during the 1960s with such greats as Horace Silver, Max Roach, and Art Blakey. During this period he also recorded for Blue Note Records as a sideman with Andrew Hill, Jackie McLean, Chick Corea, McCoy Tyner, Hank Mobley, Booker Ervin and others. Beginning in the mid-1970s he worked primarily as a leader.
In 1978 Shaw was signed to Columbia Records and recorded the albums Rosewood, Stepping Stones, Woody III, For Sure, and United. Rosewood was nominated for 2 Grammies and was voted Best Jazz Album of 1978 in the Down Beat Reader's Poll, which also voted Woody Shaw Best Jazz Trumpeter of the Year and 4 Jazz Musician of the Year.
Woody Shaw is credited as being the last major innovator on the trumpet and arguably one of the last major conceptualists in Modern Jazz. He expanded the technical and harmonic capacity of the instrument and left a vast repertoire of highly original compositions which countless students and musicians use as the basis for their own enjoyment and musical development.
Woody Shaw died on May 10th, 1989 in New York City.
The legacy of his musical genius has become a tremendous symbol for artists and fans world-wide.
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