Concert Pick: Woody Shaw (1944-1989) was legally blind. When he worked onstage with reedman Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Kirk, also blind, once said, "Let's keep playing and walk out in the audience." Shaw ...

Woody Shaw, who made his first recordings 50 years ago this summer, might be the jazz trumpet's least appreciated giant. Not among musicians, mind you; they recognize his genius whether they're horn ...

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — A forgotten studio recording of the late jazz trumpeter Woody Shaw has been released as part of an effort to preserve jazz history. “49th Parallel,” a 1987 recording led by ...

The past couple years have been banner ones for reviving the legacy of Woody Shaw, a trumpeter and composer who—emerging in the early '60s on albums by extant jazz stars like Eric Dolphy, Andrew Hill, ...

Woody Herman Shaw, a leading jazz trumpeter, has died at age 44. Mr. Shaw, who died Tuesday in Bellevue Hospital following a heart attack, had been hospitalized since Feb. 27, when he fell onto subway ...

It’s always terrific news when great music that has been hidden in the vaults is brought to light, but the excellent new release “The Tour: Volume Two,” featuring live European performances from 1976 ...

Woody Shaw died 22 years ago this month. A trumpeter of power, taste, a subtle harmonic sense and admirable originality, Shaw was long burdened with critiques that described him as a disciple, if not ...

The innovative trumpeter’s postmodern masterpiece features an all-star line-up, including Gary Bartz, Ron Carter and Lenny White A pioneering figure in modern jazz, Woody Shaw (1944–1989) was revered ...

When Wynton Marsalis took a stand for acoustic jazz in the early 1980s, he was following in the footsteps of mentor, fellow trumpeter and Art Blakey alumni, the late Woody Shaw. Not that Shaw opposed ...

The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. It’s been less than two weeks since the release of ...