Solid (Woody Shaw album)

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.

Solid
Studio album by
Released1987
RecordedMarch 24, 1986
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length39:40
LabelMuse
MR 5329
ProducerMichael Cuscuna
Woody Shaw chronology
Bemsha Swing
(1986)
Solid
(1987)
Dr. Chi
(1986)

Reception edit

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 edit

  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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ Woody Shaw discography Archived 2013-10-17 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 26, 2013
  2. ^ Woody Shaw catalog accessed August 26, 2013
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed August 26, 2013