Artist: Woody Shaw
Album: Setting Standards
Genre: Hard Bop, Post-Bop
Label: 32 Jazz
Released: 1985/1999
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
01. There Is No Greater Love (Jones-Symes) - 7:02
02. All the Way (Cahn-Van Heusen) - 7:54
03. Spiderman Blues (Shaw) - 4:52
04. The Touch of Your Lips (Noble) - 6:47
05. What's New? (Haggart-Burke) - 7:48
06. When Love Is New (Walton) - 4:35
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Personnel:
Woody Shaw - flugelhorn, trumpet
Cedar Walton - piano
Buster Williams - bass
Victor Jones - drums
This Muse release finds the brilliant trumpeter Woody Shaw in fine form. Heard for the only time in his career on a full set with just a rhythm trio (pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Buster Williams and drummer Victor Jones), the focus is very much on Shaw's attractive sound and his creative improvising skills. He performs four stnadards (including "There Is No Greater Love" and "What's New"), plus his own "Spiderman Blues" and Walton's "When Love Is New." The music is reasonably accessible and swinging yet imaginative in a subtle way. Recommended.
Review by Scott Yanow