The Woody Shaw Concert Ensemble at the Berliner Jazztage

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The Woody Shaw Concert Ensemble at the Berliner Jazztage
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Live album by
Woody Shaw
Released1977
RecordedNovember 6, 1976
Berlin Jazz Days, Berlin
Genre Jazz
Label Muse
MR 5139
Producer Michael Cuscuna
Woody Shaw chronology
Little Red's Fantasy
(1976)		The Woody Shaw Concert Ensemble at the Berliner Jazztage
(1977)		 The Iron Men
(1977)

The Woody Shaw Concert Ensemble at the Berliner Jazztage is a live album led by trumpeter Woody Shaw which was recorded at the JazzFest Berlin in 1976 and released on the Muse label. [1] [2] The Woody Shaw Concert Ensemble at the Berliner Jazztage was reissued by Mosaic Records as part of Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions in 2013.

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Reception

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Scott Yanow of Allmusic called it a "frequently exciting and often quite advanced Berlin concert". [3]

Track listing

  1. "Hello to the Wind" (Joe Chambers, Gene McDaniels) - 17:27
  2. "Obsequioius" (Larry Young) - 9:10
  3. "Jean Marie" (Ronnie Mathews) - 9:20
  4. "In The Land of the Blacks (Bilad as Sudan)" (René McLean) - 12:24

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Woody Shaw discography Archived October 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine accessed August 21, 2013
  2. ↑ Woody Shaw catalog accessed August 22, 2013
  3. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed August 21, 2013
  4. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 177. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
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