Imagination (Woody Shaw album)

1988 studio album by Woody Shaw

Imagination

Studio album by

Woody Shaw

Released| 1988
Recorded| June 24, 1987
Studio| Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre| Jazz
Length| 39:47
Label| Muse
MR 5338
Producer| Don Sickler
Woody Shaw chronology
| The Eternal Triangle
(1987)  | Imagination
(1988)  |

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Imagination is the final studio album led by trumpeter Woody Shaw which was recorded in 1987 and released on the Muse label.[1][2] Imagination was reissued by Mosaic Records as part of Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions in 2013.

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [3]
Philadelphia Inquirer| [4]

Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated, "Trumpeter Woody Shaw's final album as a leader (cut less than two years before his passing) is surprisingly upbeat. Although his health became shaky, Shaw never declined as a player, as he shows throughout the spirited quintet outing... Recommended".[3]

## Track listing

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1. "If I Were a Bell" (Frank Loesser) - 5:27
2. "Imagination" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 7:28
3. "Dat Dere" (Bobby Timmons, Oscar Brown, Jr.) - 8:13
4. "You and the Night and the Music" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 6:06
5. "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 8:00
6. "Steve's Blues" (Steve Turre) - 4:48

## Personnel

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* Woody Shaw \- trumpet
* Steve Turre \- trombone
* Kirk Lightsey \- piano
* Ray Drummond \- bass
* Carl Allen \- drums

## References

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1. ^ Woody Shaw discography Archived October 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine accessed August 27, 2013
2. ^ Woody Shaw catalog accessed August 27, 2013
3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed August 27, 2013
4. ^ Davis, Francis (10 March 1988). "Releases from Plant, Shorter". Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 82 - via Newspapers.com .

* v
* t
* e

Woody Shaw

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.

As leader
or co-leader|

* In the Beginning (1965)
* Blackstone Legacy (1970)
* Song of Songs (1972)
* The Moontrane (1974)
* San Francisco Express – Getting It Together (1975)
* Love Dance (1975)
* Little Red's Fantasy (1976)
* Woody Plays Woody (1976–77)
* The Woody Shaw Concert Ensemble at the Berliner Jazztage (1976)
* Rosewood (1977)
* The Iron Men (with Anthony Braxton, 1977)
* Stepping Stones: Live at the Village Vanguard (1978)
* Woody III (1978–79)
* For Sure! (1979)
* United (1981)
* Lotus Flower (1982)
* Master of the Art (1982)
* Night Music (1982)
* Setting Standards (1983)
* The Time Is Right (1983)
* Double Take (and Freddie Hubbard, 1985)
* Woody Shaw with the Tone Jansa Quartet (1985)
* Dr. Chi (1986)
* Bemsha Swing (1986)
* Solid (1986)
* Imagination (1987)
* In My Own Sweet Way (1987)
* The Eternal Triangle (with Freddie Hubbard, 1987)

With others|

* Home! (Gary Bartz, 1969)
* Coral Keys (Walter Bishop Jr., 1971)
* Child's Dance (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1972)
* Buhaina (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1973)
* Anthenagin (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1973)
* The Free Slave (Roy Brooks, 1970)
* Duet in Detroit (Roy Brooks, 1983)
* The Almoravid (Joe Chambers, 1971)
* Tones for Joan's Bones (Chick Corea, 1966)
* The Complete "Is" Sessions (Chick Corea, 1969)
* Brilliant Circles (Stanley Cowell, 1969)
* Conversations (Eric Dolphy, 1963)
* Iron Man (Eric Dolphy, 1963)
* Tex Book Tenor/Back from the Gig (Booker Ervin, 1968)
* Ichi-Ban (Louis Hayes and Junior Cook, 1976)
* The Real Thing (Louis Hayes, 1977)
* If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem (Joe Henderson, 1970)
* Joe Henderson Quintet at the Lighthouse (1970)
* Grass Roots (Andrew Hill, 1968)
* Lift Every Voice (Andrew Hill, 1969–70)
* Passing Ships (Andrew Hill, 1969)
* Bobby Hutcherson Live at Montreux (1973)
* Cirrus (Bobby Hutcherson, 1974)
* Bridge into the New Age (Azar Lawrence, 1974)
* 'Bout Soul (Jackie McLean, 1967)
* Demon's Dance (Jackie McLean, 1967)
* Reach Out! (Hank Mobley, 1968)
* Thinking of Home (Hank Mobley, 1970)
* Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun) (Pharoah Sanders, 1970)
* The Cape Verdean Blues (Horace Silver, 1965)
* The Jody Grind (Horace Silver, 1966)
* Natural Soul (Buddy Terry, 1967)
* Pure Dynamite (Buddy Terry, 1972)
* Expansions (McCoy Tyner, 1968)
* The Git Go – Live at the Village Vanguard (Mal Waldron, 1986)
* The Seagulls of Kristiansund (Mal Waldron, 1986)
* Natural Essence (Tyrone Washington, 1967)
* Unity (Larry Young, 1965)
* Zawinul (Joe Zawinul, 1970)

Box sets|

* Woody Shaw: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (Columbia, 1978–81 [2011])
* Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions (Mosaic, 1965–87 [2013])

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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