Solid (Woody Shaw album)

Solid
Studio album by Woody Shaw
Released 1987
Recorded March 24, 1986
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length 39:40
Label Muse
MR 5329
Producer Michael Cuscuna
Woody Shaw chronology
Bemsha Swing
(1986)Bemsha Swing1986		 Solid
(1986)		 Dr. Chi
(1986)Dr. Chi1986

Solid is an album led by trumpeter Woody Shaw which was recorded in 1986 and released on the Muse label.[1][2] Solid was reissued by Mosaic Records as part of Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions in 2013.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated, "This CD serves as a perfect introduction to the memorable but always underrated trumpeter Woody Shaw, who tragically had only three years left to live".[3]

Track listing

  1. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) - 6:59
  2. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) - 5:32
  3. "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) - 8:58
  4. "Solid" (Sonny Rollins) - 4:41
  5. "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 10:06
  6. "The Woody Woodpecker Song" (Ramey Idriss, George Tibbles) - 3:46

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Woody Shaw discography accessed August 26, 2013
  2. ↑ Woody Shaw catalog accessed August 26, 2013
  3. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed August 26, 2013
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