Rosewood_(album)

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Rosewood (album)

1978 studio album by Woody Shaw

Rosewood is an album led by trumpter Woody Shaw, recorded in 1977 and released on the Columbia label in 1978.[1][2]

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Reception

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Scott Yanow of AllMusic stated, "Woody Shaw's first album for a major label, Rosewood features the trumpeter with a sextet... Rosewood was a consensus Jazz Album Of The Year in 1977. This modal music ranks with his best work".[3]

The album resulted in Shaw receiving many accolades including nominations as Talent Deserving Wider Recognition in DownBeat's International Jazz Critics Poll (1977), as well as Jazz Album of the Year and Best Trumpeter in DownBeat's Readers Poll (1978). Rosewood also received two Grammy Award Nominations for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance (Soloist) and Best Jazz Instrumental Performance (Group) (1979).

Track listing

All compositions by Woody Shaw except as indicated

  1. "Rosewood" - 7:11
  2. "Everytime I See You" (Onaje Allan Gumbs) - 7:14
  3. "The Legend of the Cheops" (Victor Lewis) - 6:03
  4. "Rahsaan's Run" - 5:10
  5. "Sunshowers" (Clint Houston) - 7:48
  6. "Theme for Maxine" - 7:15
  7. "Isabel, the Liberator" (Larry Willis) - 8:27 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Joshua C." - 7:09 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "Why?" (Lewis) - 4:50 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

References

  1. [1]
    Woody Shaw discography Archived 2013-10-17 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 21, 2013
  2. [2]
    Woody Shaw catalog accessed August 22, 2013
  3. [3]
    Yanow, S. AllMusic Review, accessed August 21, 2013
  4. [4]
    Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1285. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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