Released 1988 | Length 39:47 Release date 1988 Label Savoy Jazz | |
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Recorded June 24, 1987Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Similar Lotus Flower, The Iron Men, United, Love Dance, Woody Shaw with the Tone | ||
Woody shaw imagination
Imagination is the final studio album led by trumpeter Woody Shaw which was recorded in 1987 and released on the Muse label. Imagination was reissued by Mosaic Records as part of Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions in 2013.
Contents
Woody shaw if i were a bell
Reception
Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated, "Trumpeter Woody Shaw's final album as a leader (cut less than two years before his passing) is surprisingly upbeat. Although his health became shaky, Shaw never declined as a player, as he shows throughout the spirited quintet outing... Recommended".
Track listing
- "If I Were a Bell" (Frank Loesser) - 5:27
- "Imagination" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 7:28
- "Dat Dere" (Oscar Brown, Jr., Bobby Timmons) - 8:13
- "You and the Night and the Music" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 6:06
- "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 8:00
- "Steve's Blues" (Steve Turre) - 4:48
Personnel
Songs
1If I Were a Bell5:28
2Imagination7:28
3Dat Dere8:13
References
Imagination (Woody Shaw album) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA