Zev Feldman’s Time Traveler Recordings is set to give Woody Shaw’s lost 1976 classic ‘Love Dance’ the high-quality vinyl release treatment.

There’s not a whole lot of jazz performers who first started out recording in the 50s and are still doing so today, but as I listen to Cedar Walton’s latest The Bouncer, I’m a lot more apt to think how vibrant he still sounds than how long the 77 yearRead More

Photo by Tom Marcello A new reissue series focusing on turn-of-the-1980s sides by the underappreciated Woody Shaw doesn’t consistently illustrate why he’s sometimes considered the last of the true innovators at the trumpet. But United certainly does. You May Also Like: Woody Shaw – ‘Love Dance’ (1976, 2026 reissue) Pre-FameRead More

By Mark Saleski Odd instruments in jazz: pedal steel guitar, theremin, the Samchillian (You’ll have to trust me on this one. Its “formal” name is the “Samchillian Tip Tip Tip Cheeepeee.” Don’t believe me? Look it up), the harmonica, the human voice (if you’re Shooby Taylor or Mike Patton), theRead More