Concert Pick: Woody Shaw (1944-1989) was legally blind. When he worked onstage with reedman Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Kirk, also blind, once said, "Let's keep playing and walk out in the audience." Shaw ...

When trumpeter Woody Shaw passed away in 1989, he left behind a wealth of amazing music, notwithstanding the realized sadness inherent in wondering what more he could have accomplished had he lived a ...

Let's stick with 1976. Yesterday I posted about Dolo Coker's California Hard, a superb album recorded by the pianist for Xanadu in December of that year. Today, let's dig a newly released album by a ...

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — A forgotten studio recording of the late jazz trumpeter Woody Shaw has been released as part of an effort to preserve jazz history. “49th Parallel,” a 1987 recording led by ...

The innovative trumpeter’s postmodern masterpiece features an all-star line-up, including Gary Bartz, Ron Carter and Lenny White A pioneering figure in modern jazz, Woody Shaw (1944–1989) was revered ...

The Jazz Detective, Zev Feldman, does not confine his unearthed treasures to Black Friday and April’s Record Store Day. He’s ...

It’s always terrific news when great music that has been hidden in the vaults is brought to light, but the excellent new release “The Tour: Volume Two,” featuring live European performances from 1976 ...

The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. It’s been less than two weeks since the release of ...