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Woody Herman Shaw II ( December 24 , 1944 – May 10 , 1989 ) ( United States ) was a Jazz trumpet player and composer. Shaw grew up in Newark , New Jersey , and began his study of music at the age of 11. Early in his career he was influenced by Clifford Brown , Fats Navarro , Booker Little , Dizzy Gillespie (whom Woody Jr's father had gone to high school with), Freddie Hubbard , amongst others, yet the influence of saxophonist Eric Dolphy , with whom he played and recorded in the 1960s, and John Coltrane , were equally as important to the development of his style and concept as a trumpeter and composer. He worked during the 1960s with such greats as Horace Silver , Max Roach , and Art Blakey . During this period he also recorded for Blue Note Records as a sideman with Andrew Hill , Jackie McLean , Chick Corea , McCoy Tyner , and others. Beginning in the mid-1970s he worked primarily as a leader. In 1978 Shaw was signed to Columbia Records and recorded the albums ''Rosewood'', ''Stepping Stones'', ''Woody III'', ''For Sure'', and ''United''. ''Rosewood'' was nominated for 2 Grammies and was voted Best Jazz Album of 1978 in the Down Beat Reader's Poll, which also voted Woody Shaw Best Jazz Trumpeter of the Year and #4 Jazz Musician of the Year. However, despite this acclaim Shaw was eclipsed throughout his life, by such players as Hubbard, Miles Davis , and Wynton Marsalis . On 10 May , 1989 , Shaw died as a result of critical injuries caused by being hit by a train. DISCOGRAPHIES: The Almost-Complete Discography of Woody Shaw The Official Woody Shaw Discography Page EXTERNAL LINKS |
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