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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 20th century's most important and influential jazz trumpeters and composers.
May 12, 1989 · Woody Shaw, the trumpeter who lost his left arm in a freak subway accident in February and who had been plagued for years by blindness, died of kidney failure Wednesday in a New York City...
Aug 14, 2013 · Shaw, who died in 1989 at age 44, was perhaps the trumpeter of the 1970s, an icon for the "Young Lion" generation that followed.
- Michael J. West
May 12, 1989 · Shaw died Wednesday of kidney failure after a long illness. He was 44. Advertisement. His eyesight had been declining for a decade and, on Feb. 27, his left arm was severed when he tumbled...
May 11, 1989 · Woody Shaw, the jazz trumpeter and composer whose left arm was severed in a February subway accident, has died of pneumonia after a long illness, it was announced today. He was 44.
The official website of late iconic trumpeter, composer, and innovator Woody Shaw (1944-1989). Music, merchandise, blog, and more.
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Woody Herman Shaw Jr was a trumpeter, flugelhorn and cornet player, composer, arranger, band leader and educator. One of the most gifted and innovative musicians of his generation, his work in the 1970s and 1980s extended his influence beyond his tragic death aged only 44.
