WOODY SHAW: "To Kill A Brick" - Monterey Jazz Fest. (1979)

[@ebjazz]

Yes! I was in the MJF High School all stars in 1979. When I was in the all-Stars 1979, we rehearsed for an entire week. Getting closer to the fest, the big cats started showing up. We were on lunch and were given a per diem and I was heading off to get a sandwich and some dude was waving at me across the parking lot, yelling "Hey you sound great man!" It was Woody Shaw! He was so far away that I didn't recognize him until I got closer. I couldn't believe it! Woody was our hero in the band. When I got closer, I about lost it. Here was the greatest cat in the world and all he wanted to do was talk about my playing. One of the greatest moments in my life.

[@WoodyShawOfficial]

Woody Shaw, trumpet Carter Jefferson, sax Ronnie Mathews, piano Stafford James, bass Victor Leiws, drums

[@atman377]

I listened to Woody Shaw Quintet play this live in Kolkata India in 1983. It was great. I searched for this because of nostalgia. The lineup at Kolkata was : Woody Shaw Kirk Lightsey, Steve Turre, Stafford James, and Ronnie Burrage.

[@bhsisthebest]

Woody Shaw stays on the top forever as a pure genius.

[@burnettmusic]

Yes, Woody Shaw = innovator . I was fortunate to get to see this group when they came to Munich Germany in 1979 and played at a club called thte Domicile. This still sounds as fresh as ever. Thanks for posting it!

[@orthodium]

Picked up on Woody Shaw after listening to an album "Black Renaissance", where he plays with Hary Whitaker (piano), Azar Lawrence (sax) and others, if anyone out there have not heard that album yet - it is a must, and probably one of Woody Shaw's most spectacular (non classic jazz) performances You got to love this man! Thank you Woody!!

[@davidlmiinternationa]

Thanks for posting this one. Woody Shaw has always been one of my favorites. This band is on fire!!!

[@jay_ell59]

This was such a great band - in college I used to catch them whenever I could at home on the west coast and in music school when they were at the vanguard. Woody Shaw's intensity was infectious. That band and the iterations with Tony Reedus, Mulgrew and Steve Turre was such a highlight of my music education. Kept us up nights transcribing solos.

[@groovdaddy1]

This has got to be one of the greatest bands in the history of jazz. Dayum, that Carter Jefferson only made one album, not nearly enough!!!

[@VoodooDewey69]

Hey I thought I was the only one that used the word Dayum , he he !

[@winpointmedia]

Woody Shaw didn't f around. The man was bebop heat.

[@swampdweller5]

Dang... Woody Shaw is incredible.

[@CCEX]

What a tempo! Always glad to hear Woody Shaw, Carter Jefferson & Ronnie Matthews.

[@unifb2007]

A GREAT HARD BOP BAND! - Ronnie Mathews a highly underrated piano player - Carter Jefferson (a monster on tenor) died way to soon - James and Lewis finish out the rhythm section - and what can you say about Woody Shaw - a sad commentary on drugs ruining what was a brilliant career and dying way to young because of his issues - A GREAT HARD BOP BAND! - coachroche

[@VoodooDewey69]

You got that right ,straight up monsters.

[@luisfraire5319]

Lo mejor del jazz en el planeta..musicos fuera de serie ..!!

[@cristianopazokunstmann101]

What a trumpet sound!! Woody Shaw, Freddie Hubbard, Chet Baker and Miles Davis are my favourite trumpet players. Woody is an advance player, futuristic sound, smart and sharp edge solos, and a great band. I am a fan of Blackstone Legacy, Unity from Larry Young, The Moontrane, Rosewood and Steppin Stones. Thanks fot this video! We need more WS videos online!

[@gregoryhillis3420]

Woody's on the top of his game in this video

[@Modes9]

The only guys I've heard who come close to Woody are Freddie Hubbard and Theodore "Fats" Navarro. That's just my opinion. Woody is still my all-time favorite...the king of wide intervals.

[@burnettmusic]

It may have been 1978 when I saw him, so we may have possibly seen the same gig. Small world indeed...

[@DYNODRUM]

Amazing Proof .What a Band and Wall Of Sound .Thanks so much ..Luv For All...

[@VoodooDewey69]

Woody in his prime ,Good lord their swinging at light speed .This is the real shit .Dayum!

[@rhythmfield]

Yeah!! Victor Lewis - One of the most intense, swimming drummers ever…ever!! GREG BURROWS

[@claudeclayton2840]

Also the Blackstone Legacy and Moontrane albums blew me away. i play Blackstone cd whenever im in my car.

[@jevonj77]

You can tell that Woody is who Wynton patterned a lot of his earlier style from...and the sixties Miles band...with a cloud of Louis.

[@elsegno]

Majestuoso.

[@jazzfan7491]

As I recall, this tune appears on one of the Woody Shaw CBS albums from this period, "Woody III" I think it was called...

[@orjazzmicintentions]

Mind Blown.

[@27max]

Another Planet...

[@davidcarson1959]

Such greatness can't be measured. Just listen and enjoy. Thanks

[@trkkazulu]

Interesting, i too saw Woody Shaw at the Domicile. I believe it was the year before, though. Small world, this Internet. JPW

[@RipplingOphelia]

I know, right? What a beast!

[@rastrixutube]

Awesome playing! :-D

[@DancingSpiderman]

@keybobrob hey guy... Chris Botti....BWAAAhahahaha i gree whut you sed R.I.P. Woody Shaw. Just ANOTHER master musician I DIDN'T GET TO SEE PERFORM LIVE. WHY?!? Why do they pass away before I get a chance to .... dammit

[@TyedSoul]

The tempo's gone berserk!!!

[@IMunoz_momentum]

And I forgot to say that Woody has killer rythm section....!!!

[@CaptainJazz262]

@orjazzmicintentions agreed and your username...well done, sir

[@mikutakiseko2351]

やっぱりショウがナンバーワン！

[@supermarito79]

damn this is probably easiest the most killing trumpet solo on youtube.

[@aaronamccoy]

Carter sicc with it

[@skateboardinguitaris]

Whos the tenor player?

[@devilshark6694]

carter jefferson, unheralded genius of the tenor sax

[@OriginalShrimpVendor]

HaHa I can totaly play this song...At 1/100 of the speed.

[@matthewciejka4349]

what kind of trollin ass trolls dislike this video i just made a jazz poo

[@aaronamccoy]

Wynton who?

[@georgerynar8785]

Five *****

[@skateboardinguitaris]

Oh nevermind

[@jevonj77]

@Modes9 Not Clifford? Clifford was a beast! Dead at 26...he was Fats to the second power! While Woody just took Freddie's style and went off the freaking rails with it!!!!

[@jayclarke9611]

Nah Woody took trumpet improv to a diff place..more intervalic instead of scale like

[@bobmeyerdrumscircularjazz]

Woody Shaw, trumpet Carter Jefferson, sax Ronnie Mathews, piano Stafford James, bass Victor Lewis, drums