Stepping Stones: Live at the Village Vanguard | ||||
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Released | 1979, 2005 | |||
Recorded | August 5 & 6, 1978 Village Vanguard, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 70:33 | |||
Label | Columbia JC 35560 | |||
Producer | Michael Cuscuna, Woody Shaw III | |||
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Stepping Stones: Live at the Village Vanguard is a live album led by trumpeter Woody Shaw which was recorded at the Village Vanguard in 1978 and released on the Columbia label in 1979. [1]
Stepping Stones: Live at the Village Vanguard was reissued by Legacy Recordings in 2005. The re-release was produced by Shaw's producer Michael Cuscuna and Shaw's son Woody Louis Armstrong Shaw III, both of whom contributed new liner notes along with Shaw's long-time trombonist Steve Turre. The reissue was remastered by engineer Mark Wilder.
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated "the band sounds technically and creatively inspired... Shaw pushed those innovations as far as they could go. Few have come close to approaching his artistry and cerebral architecture and none have gone past it. Stepping Stones: Live at the Village Vanguard captures that artistry in motion". [2]
All compositions by Woody Shaw except as indicated
*Released on the 2005 reissue by Sony Legacy and in 2011 on Woody Shaw: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection .
**Originally released on Shaw's 1979 Columbia album Woody III .
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