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1984 studio album by Woody Shaw
Setting Standards
Studio album by Woody Shaw
Released1984
RecordedDecember 1, 1983
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length38:56
LabelMuse
MR 5318
ProducerMichael Cuscuna
Woody Shaw chronology
The Time Is Right
(1983)
Setting Standards
(1984)
Woody Shaw with the Tone Jansa Quartet
(1985)

Setting Standards is an album led by trumpeter Woody Shaw which was recorded in 1983 and released on the Muse label. Setting Standards was released as part of Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions by Mosaic Records in 2013.

Reception

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Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic

Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated, "This Muse release finds the brilliant trumpeter Woody Shaw in fine form... The music is reasonably accessible and swinging yet imaginative in a subtle way. Recommended".

Track listing

All compositions by Woody Shaw except as indicated

  1. "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) - 7:02
  2. "All the Way" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 7:53
  3. "Spiderman Blues" - 4:51
  4. "The Touch of Your Lips" (Ray Noble) - 6:47
  5. "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) - 7:48
  6. "When Love Is New" (Cedar Walton) - 4:35

Personnel

References

  1. Woody Shaw discography Archived 2013-10-17 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 20, 2013
  2. Woody Shaw catalog accessed August 26, 2013
  3. ^ Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed August 20, 2013
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