Woody Shaw
Jazz trumpeter
Died when: 44 years 138 days (532 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Woody Herman Shaw Jr. (December 24, 1944 – May 10, 1989) was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, arranger, band leader, and educator.
Shaw is widely known as one of the most important and influential jazz trumpeters and composers of the twentieth century.
He is often credited with revolutionizing the technical and harmonic language of modern jazz trumpet playing, and to this day is regarded by many as one of the major innovators of the instrument.
He was an acclaimed virtuoso, mentor, and spokesperson for jazz and worked and recorded alongside many of the leading musicians of his time.
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