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Woody III is an album by trumpeter Woody Shaw which was recorded in 1979 (with one live track from 1978) and released on the Columbia label.

“… this one of Woody Shaw’s most essential recordings”,- Scott Yanow/AllMusic.

Woody III

• Audio CD – Audiobook
• Wounded Bird (Publisher)

$10.98

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Track listing:
All compositions by Woody Shaw except as indicated

“Woody I: On the New Ark” – 7:15
“Woody II: Other Paths” – 6:50
“Woody III: New Offerings” – 8:28
“To Kill a Brick” – 7:40
“Organ Grinder” – 5:30
“Escape Velocity” (Clint Houston) – 11:14

Personnel:
Woody Shaw – cornet, flugelhorn
Charles Sullivan – trumpet (tracks 1 & 2)
René McLean – soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute (tracks 1–4)
James Spaulding – alto saxophone, flute (tracks 1–4)
Carter Jefferson – tenor saxophone (tracks 1–3 & 6)
Curtis Fuller – trombone (tracks 1–3)
Steve Turre – trombone, bass trombone (tracks 1–3)
George Cables (track 5), Onaje Allan Gumbs (tracks 1–4 & 6) – piano
Clint Houston (track 6), Buster Williams (tracks 1–5) – bass
Victor Lewis – drums
Azzedin Weston – congas, percussion (tracks 1 & 3)
Nobu Urushiyama – percussion (tracks 1 & 3)
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Released: 1979
Recorded: August 5, 1978; January 18 & 24, 1979
Studio: Village Vanguard, C & I Recording Studio, CBS 52nd Street Studio B, New York City
Label: Columbia
Producer: Michael Cuscuna