Joshua Wood

Woody Shaw - The Complete CBS Studio Recordings of Woody Shaw (1992) {3CD Set Mosaic MD3-142 rec 1977-1981}
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© 1977-81, 1992 Mosaic Records / CBS / Columbia | MD3-142
Jazz / Hard Bop / Post Bop / Trumpet

The bulk of Shaw's great sessions were recorded for independent labels (Muse & Contemporary,) ensuring them widespread critical evaluation but little audience except with the hardcore faithful. Things seemed about to change in the late '70s when Miles Davis suggested to Columbia that they record Shaw's group. They actually took his suggestion and signed Shaw. He issued a string of remarkable but low-selling records, and Columbia cut him loose after four years and four albums. They compounded the crime by deleting the records shortly after Shaw departed. Mosaic has corrected that slight with another of their marvelously produced and comprehensively notated and packaged box sets. This three-disc collection covers Shaw's Columbia sessions. While it is sad that Shaw's stay at Columbia was not more personally beneficial, it was quite musically productive.

After the success of the first Classics delivers the musical range of the singer-songwriters enough good material to make a second part to be able to build. This time with gems of artists that we missed on the first part such as Sting, Janis Ian, Cat Stevens, Lyle Lovett, and even the old stalwarts such as Leonard Cohen, Chris Rea, Bob Dylan, JJ Cale, Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon.

The Greatest Singer-Songwriter Classics Vol.2 (2016)
MP3 320 CBR kbps | Tracks: 60 | 03:51:27 | 554 Mb
Genre: Pop, Art Rock, Folk Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul, Country | Label: Sony Music Entertainment

After the success of the first Classics delivers the musical range of the singer-songwriters enough good material to ease a second part to compile. This time with gems of artists we missed out on some one like Sting, Cat Stevens and Lyle Lovett, and also the old stalwarts such as Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon. The song was inspired by Mitchell's room in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City. The inspiration for the first verse comes partly from the distinct decor of her apartment. While in Philadelphia, Mitchell and friends had made a mobile from shards of colored glass they had found in the street and wire coat hangers. VanWarmer was inspired to write Just When I Needed You Most by a devastating breakup with a girlfriend: he wrote the song six months after that breakup co-writing it with Tony Wilson of the group Hot Chocolate two years before it became a hit.

Pianist Brad Mehldau has regularly performed with his trio, which has included bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard since 2004, when the latter replaced Jorge Rossy. As a trio, they've spent relatively little time in the studio together exclusively - it's been seven years since Day Is Done. On 2010's Highway Rider, Mehldau augmented the group with Matt Chamberlain, Joshua Redman, and an orchestra. Ode marks the very first album comprised of all Mehldau material cut by this trio. While the title may reflect a a certain ponderousness, these 11 tunes are anything but. Specifically written for this group, they show off an increasingly muscular sense of interplay and stylistic athleticism that wasn't nearly as present on Day Is Done. "M.B." (written in memory of Michael Brecker) states a bluesy theme and moves off into several directions, seemingly at once…