Woody Shaw: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection

The Complete Columbia Album Collection
Box set by Woody Shaw
Released September 13, 2011
Genre Jazz
Length 05:07:16
Label Columbia/Legacy
Producer Michael Cuscuna, Woody Shaw III
Woody Shaw chronology

Woody Shaw Live, Vol 4.
(2005)		 Woody Shaw: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection
(2011)		 Woody Plays Woody
(2012)
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Woody Shaw: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection is a remastered 6-CD box set compilation of recordings by jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader Woody Shaw, released in September 2011 on Pop Market, a division of Legacy Recordings.

The box set includes Shaw's original five Columbia albums plus a CD of previously-unreleased recordings entitled Stepping Stones Bonus Tracks taken from the original master tapes of Shaw's Stepping Stones: Live at the Village Vanguard session. The collection was produced by Shaw's long-time producer, Michael Cuscuna, and curated, designed and co-produced by Shaw's son, Woody Louis Armstrong Shaw III. It includes new liner notes, photographs, original art work and remastered sound.

CD and Track Listing

Disc 1: Rosewood
No. TitleComposer Length
1. "Rosewood"  Woody Shaw 7:14
2. "Every Time I see You"  Onaje Allan Gumbs 7:16
3. "The Legend of Cheops"  Victor Lewis 6:06
4. "Rahsaan's Run"  Woody Shaw 5:12
5. "Sun Showers"  Clint Houston 7:50
6. "Theme For Maxine"  Woody Shaw 7:15
Disc 2: Stepping Stones: Live at the Village Vanguard
No. TitleComposer Length
1. "Stepping Stone"  Woody Shaw 9:12
2. "In A Capricornian Way"  Woody Shaw 11:16
3. "Seventh Avenue"  Victor Lewis 8:35
4. "All Things Being Equal Are Not"  Onaje Allan Gumbs 12:04
5. "Escape Velocity"  Clint Houston 11:14
6. "Blue For Ball"  McCoy Tyner 17:12
7. "Theme for Maxine"  Woody Shaw 1:00
Disc 3: Stepping Stones Bonus Tracks
No. TitleComposer Length
1. "It All Comes Back to You"  Onaje Allan Gumbs 10:15
2. "Watership Down"  Clint Houston 13:49
3. "Solar"  Miles Davis 16:21
4. "On Green Dolphin Street"  Bronislaw Kaper 16:02
5. "Days of Wine and Roses"  Henry Mancini 13:38
Disc 4: Woody III
No. TitleComposer Length
1. "Woody I: On the New Ark"  Woody Shaw 7:20
2. "Woody II: Other Paths"  Woody Shaw 6:54
3. "Woody III: New Offerings"  Woody Shaw 8:31
4. "To Kill A Brick"  Woody Shaw 7:43
5. "Organ Grinder"  Woody Shaw 5:31
Disc 5: For Sure!
No. TitleComposer Length
1. "We'll Be Together Again" (arr. by Marty Sheller)Carl T. Fischer 7:20
2. "OPEC"  Woody Shaw 5:22
3. "Time is Right"  Judi Singh 4:28
4. "Ginseng People"  Woody Shaw 5:31
5. "Why?"  Victor Lewis 4:53
6. "Joshua C."  Woody Shaw 7:13
7. "Isabel the Liberator"  Larry Willis 8:29
8. "Teotihuacan"  Stafford James 7:19
Disc 6: United
No. TitleComposer Length
1. "United"  Wayne Shorter 5:23
2. "The Greene Street Caper"  Woody Shaw 5:30
3. "What Is This Thing Called Love"  Cole Porter 9:42
4. "Pressing the Issue"  Mulgrew Miller 7:05
5. "Katrina Ballerina"  Woody Shaw 5:42
6. "Blues for Wood"  Ronnie Mathews 7:17

Woody Shaw Discography