Little Red's Fantasy

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Little Red's Fantasy
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Studio album by
Woody Shaw
Released1978
RecordedJune 29, 1976
Blue Rock, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length39:02
Label Muse
MR 5103
Producer Michael Cuscuna
Woody Shaw chronology
Love Dance
(1975)		Little Red's Fantasy
(1978)		 The Woody Shaw Concert Ensemble at the Berliner Jazztage
(1976)

Little Red's Fantasy is an album led by trumpet player Woody Shaw. [1] It was recorded in 1976 and released on the Muse label. [2] [3] Little Red's Fantasy was reissued by Mosaic Records as part of Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions in 2013.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
DownBeat Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Reviewing a reissue, the Detroit Free Press wrote: "Shaw applied the lessons of John Coltrane to a conception rooted in hard bop. The result was an angular, saxophone-like style and a complex harmonic language spiced by dissonance and unusually wide intervals—his serpentine improvisations weave in and out of chords like a taxi through New York traffic." [7] DownBeat reviewer Chuck Berg wrote, "Shaw was at the top of his game for the '76 Muse date... This is the real Woody Shaw ... the ensembles and solos here crackle with emotion, drama and virtuosity". [5]

Scott Yanow of AllMusic stated that "the varied originals give the musicians strong foundations for their freewheeling and spontaneous solos, making this one of Woody Shaw's better recordings." [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Woody Shaw except as indicated

  1. "Jean Marie" (Ronnie Mathews) - 7:42
  2. "Sashianova" (Stafford James) - 10:00
  3. "In Case You Haven't Heard" - 6:26
  4. "Little Red's Fantasy" - 7:05
  5. "Tomorrow's Destiny" - 7:46

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Cooke, Jay Jefferson (April 29, 1999). "Old songs on new CDs bring high ratings". Courier News. p. D20.
  2. ↑ Woody Shaw discography Archived 2013-10-17 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 19, 2013
  3. ↑ Woody Shaw catalog accessed August 22, 2013
  4. 1 2 Yanow, S. AllMusic Review, accessed August 19, 2013
  5. 1 2 Berg, Chuck (February 8, 1979). "Record Reviews". DownBeat . Vol. 46, no. 3. p. 22.
  6. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 178. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  7. ↑ Stryker, Mark (May 2, 1999). "From the vault". Detroit Free Press. p. E5.
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