Woody Shaw With Anthony Braxton
The Iron Men
Rare & Collectible Vinyl Records

1981 US Original On Blue Muse Label. Vinyl Shows Light Sleeve Imprint But Excellent Player. Crisp & Vibrant Jacket; Two Tiny Crease Lines On Spine Edge, Close To NM. Produced By Michael Cuscuna, Recorded At Blue Rock Studio, NYC On April 6th & 13th 1977. "This Is A Particularly Interesting Set By Woody Shaw (Not Yet Reissued On Cd) Because It Teams The Trumpeter With The Great Saxophonist Anthony Braxton And Such Forward-thinking Players As Altoist Arthur Blythe, Pianist Muhal Richard Abrams, Bassist Cecil Mcbee And Drummer Joe Chambers. Highlights Are Versions Of Eric Dolphy's "Iron Man" And Fats Waller's "Jitterbug Waltz" That Are Based On Renditions Shaw Had Recorded With Dolphy Back In 1963; The Latter Has Braxton Playing Clarinet. A Couple Of Brief Free Improvisations By The Trio Of Shaw, Abrams And Mcbee In Addition To Andrew Hill's "Symmetry" And The Trumpeter's Epic "Song Of Songs" Round Out This Continually Intriguing And Adventurous Program." AMG - Scott Yanow.