Woody Shaw
USA
Born: 24 December 1944
Died: 10 May 1989
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Bop, Mainstream Jazz, New Orleans/Classic Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Big Band/Swing
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One of the most gifted and innovative jazz musicians of his generation, trumpeter Woody Shaw navigated the rapidly fluctuating jazz scene of the '70s and '80s to create a lasting body of work that extends his influence well beyond his tragic death at age 44. Born in Laurinburg, NC, on December 24, 1944, Shaw grew up in Newark, NJ. Interestingly, Shaw's father, Woody Shaw, Sr., sang in the gospel group the Diamond Jubilee Singers in the '30s and attended high school in Laurinburg with trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie -- a connection that did not go unn...
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