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Released
  
1975

The Moontrane (1974)
  
Love Dance (1975)

Release date
  
1975

Label
  
Muse Records

Length
  
58:19

Artist
  
Woody Shaw

Producer
  
Michael Cuscuna

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
December 11 & 18, 1974 at Blue Rock Studios, New York City

Similar
  
Woody Shaw albums, Jazz albums

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The Moontrane is the third album led by trumpeter Woody Shaw which was recorded in 1974 and released on the Muse label. The Moontrane was released as part of Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions by Mosaic Records in 2013.

Contents

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Reception

Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated, "the adventurous music still sounds stimulating more than two decades later. Recommended".

Track listing

All compositions by Woody Shaw except as indicated

  1. "The Moontrane" – 6:54
  2. "Sanyas" (Steve Turre) – 13:05
  3. "Tapscott's Blues" (Azar Lawrence) – 6:41
  4. "Katrina Ballerina" – 7:36
  5. "Are They Only Dreams?" (Onaje Allan Gumbs) – 9:12 Bonus track on CD reissue
  6. "Tapscott's Blues" [Alternate Take] (Lawrence) – 6:50 Bonus track on CD reissue
  7. "Katrina Ballerina" [Alternate Take] – 8:01 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

  • Woody Shaw – trumpet
  • Steve Turre – trombone
  • Azar Lawrence – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • Onaje Allan Gumbs – piano, electric piano
  • Cecil McBee (tracks 2–4 & 6–7), Buster Williams (tracks 1 & 5) – bass
  • Victor Lewis – drums
  • Guilherme Franco – percussion (tracks 2, 4–5 & 7), Tony Waters (tracks 2, 4–5 & 7) – percussion

    • Songs

    1The Moontrane6:58
    2Sanyas13:09
    3Tapscott's Blues6:44

    References

    The Moontrane Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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