Song of Songs (album)

Song of Songs
Studio album by
Woody Shaw
Released1973
RecordedSeptember 15 & 18, 1972
StudioContemporary Studios, Los Angeles
GenreJazz
Length37:57
LabelContemporary
S 7632
ProducerLester Koenig and John Koenig
Woody Shaw chronology
Blackstone Legacy
(1970) 		Song of Songs
(1973) 		The Moontrane
(1974)

Song of Songs is the second album led by trumpeter Woody Shaw which was recorded in 1972 and released on the Contemporary label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]

Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated, "The music falls between hard bop, modal musings and the avant-garde. Although possessing a tone similar to Freddie Hubbard's, Woody Shaw was a more advanced player and his solos throughout the date are both original and consistently exciting".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Woody Shaw

  1. "Song of Songs" - 11:37
  2. "The Goat and the Archer" - 7:33
  3. "Love: For the One You Can't Have" - 10:03
  4. "The Awakening" - 8:44

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Woody Shaw discography Archived 2013-10-17 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 19, 2013
  2. ^ Woody Shaw catalog accessed August 22, 2013
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed August 19, 2013
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 177. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1285. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.