Setting Standards

1984 studio album by Woody Shaw

Setting Standards

Studio album by

Woody Shaw

Released

1984

Recorded

December 1, 1983
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Genre

Jazz

Length

38:56

Label

Muse
MR 5318

Producer

Michael 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.^[1]^[2] Setting Standards was released as part of Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions by Mosaic Records in 2013.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

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".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Woody Shaw except as indicated

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

Personnel

References

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

Woody Shaw

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.

As leader
or co-leader

In the Beginning (1965)
Blackstone Legacy (1970)
Song of Songs (1972)
The Moontrane (1974)
San Francisco Express – Getting It Together (1975)
Love Dance (1975)
Little Red's Fantasy (1976)
Woody Plays Woody (1976–77)
The Woody Shaw Concert Ensemble at the Berliner Jazztage (1976)
Rosewood (1977)
The Iron Men (with Anthony Braxton, 1977)
Stepping Stones: Live at the Village Vanguard (1978)
Woody III (1978–79)
For Sure! (1979)
United (1981)
Lotus Flower (1982)
Master of the Art (1982)
Night Music (1982)
Setting Standards (1983)
The Time Is Right (1983)
Double Take (and Freddie Hubbard, 1985)
Woody Shaw with the Tone Jansa Quartet (1985)
Dr. Chi (1986)
Bemsha Swing (1986)
Solid (1986)
Imagination (1987)
In My Own Sweet Way (1987)
The Eternal Triangle (with Freddie Hubbard, 1987)

With others

Home! (Gary Bartz, 1969)
Coral Keys (Walter Bishop Jr., 1971)
Child's Dance (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1972)
Buhaina (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1973)
Anthenagin (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1973)
The Free Slave (Roy Brooks, 1970)
Duet in Detroit (Roy Brooks, 1983)
The Almoravid (Joe Chambers, 1971)
Tones for Joan's Bones (Chick Corea, 1966)
The Complete "Is" Sessions (Chick Corea, 1969)
Brilliant Circles (Stanley Cowell, 1969)
Conversations (Eric Dolphy, 1963)
Iron Man (Eric Dolphy, 1963)
Tex Book Tenor/Back from the Gig (Booker Ervin, 1968)
Ichi-Ban (Louis Hayes and Junior Cook, 1976)
The Real Thing (Louis Hayes, 1977)
If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem (Joe Henderson, 1970)
Joe Henderson Quintet at the Lighthouse (1970)
Grass Roots (Andrew Hill, 1968)
Lift Every Voice (Andrew Hill, 1969–70)
Passing Ships (Andrew Hill, 1969)
Bobby Hutcherson Live at Montreux (1973)
Cirrus (Bobby Hutcherson, 1974)
Bridge into the New Age (Azar Lawrence, 1974)
'Bout Soul (Jackie McLean, 1967)
Demon's Dance (Jackie McLean, 1967)
Reach Out! (Hank Mobley, 1968)
Thinking of Home (Hank Mobley, 1970)
Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun) (Pharoah Sanders, 1970)
The Cape Verdean Blues (Horace Silver, 1965)
The Jody Grind (Horace Silver, 1966)
Natural Soul (Buddy Terry, 1967)
Pure Dynamite (Buddy Terry, 1972)
Expansions (McCoy Tyner, 1968)
The Git Go – Live at the Village Vanguard (Mal Waldron, 1986)
The Seagulls of Kristiansund (Mal Waldron, 1986)
Natural Essence (Tyrone Washington, 1967)
Unity (Larry Young, 1965)
Zawinul (Joe Zawinul, 1970)

Box sets

Woody Shaw: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (Columbia, 1978–81 [2011])
Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions (Mosaic, 1965–87 [2013])

v t e Cedar Walton
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Cedar! (1967) Spectrum (1968) The Electric Boogaloo Song (1969) Soul Cycle (1969) Breakthrough! (1972) A Night at Boomers, Vol. 1 (1973) A Night at Boomers, Vol. 2 (1973) Firm Roots (1974) Pit Inn (1974) Mobius (1975) Eastern Rebellion (1976) The Pentagon (1975) Beyond Mobius (1976) Eastern Rebellion 2 (1977) First Set (1977) Second Set (1977) Third Set (1977) Animation (1978) Eastern Rebellion 3 (1979) Soundscapes (1980) The Maestro (1981) Piano Solos (1981) Heart & Soul (1982) Among Friends (1982) The All American Trio (1983) Eastern Rebellion 4 (1983) Cedar's Blues (1985) The Trio 1 (1985) The Trio 2 (1985) The Trio 3 (1985) Cedar Walton (1985) Bluesville Time (1985) Blues for Myself (1986) Cedar Walton Plays (1986) Duo (1990) Cedar Walton at Maybeck (1992) Manhattan Afternoon (1992) Composer (1996) Roots (1997) The Promise Land (2001) Latin Tinge (2002) Underground Memoirs (2005) Midnight Waltz (2005) One Flight Down (2006) Seasoned Wood (2008) Voices Deep Within (2009) The Bouncer (2011)
As sideman with Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	Three Blind Mice (1961) Mosaic (1961) Buhaina's Delight (1961) Caravan (1962) Ugetsu (1963) Free for All (1964) Kyoto (1964) Indestructible (1964) Golden Boy (1964) Buhaina (1973) Anthenagin (1973)
With Art Farmer (or where stated), Benny Golson & The Jazztet	Take a Number from 1 to 10 (Golson, 1960–61) The Jazztet and John Lewis (The Jazztet, 1960–61) Big City Sounds (The Jazztet, 1961) The Jazztet at Birdhouse (The Jazztet, 1961) The Time and the Place (1967) The Art Farmer Quintet Plays the Great Jazz Hits (1967) Homecoming (1971) Yesterday's Thoughts (1975) To Duke with Love (1975) The Summer Knows (1976) Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers (1976) Voices All (The Jazztet, 1982)
With Eddie Harris	Cool Sax from Hollywood to Broadway (1964) The In Sound (1965) Mean Greens (1966) The Tender Storm (1966) Excursions (1966) How Can You Live Like That? (1976)
With Billy Higgins	Soweto (1979) The Soldier (1979) Once More (1980) Bridgework (1980–86) Billy Higgins Quintet (1993)
With Milt Jackson	Milt Jackson at the Museum of Modern Art (1965) Born Free (1966) Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet (1968) Goodbye (1972–73) Olinga (1974)
With Etta James	Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday (1994) Time After Time (1995) 12 Songs of Christmas (1998) Blue Gardenia (2000–1)
With Clifford Jordan	Spellbound (1960) Starting Time (1961) Bearcat (1962) These are My Roots: Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly (1965) Glass Bead Games (1973) Half Note (1974) Night of the Mark VII (aka, The Highest Mountain, Muse, 1975) On Stage Vol. 1 (1975) On Stage Vol. 2 (1975) On Stage Vol. 3 (1975) Firm Roots (1975) The Highest Mountain (SteepleChase, 1975)
With Blue Mitchell	The Cup Bearers (1962) Boss Horn (1966) Stratosonic Nuances (1975) Summer Soft (1977)
With Houston Person	Chocomotive (1967) Trust in Me (1967) Blue Odyssey (1968) Broken Windows, Empty Hallways (1972) The Big Horn (1976) Very Personal (1980) Naturally (2012)
With others	God Bless Jug and Sonny (Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt, 1973) Left Bank Encores (Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt, 1973) Something for Lester (Ray Brown, 1977) Slow Drag (Donald Byrd, 1967) The Almoravid (Joe Chambers, 1971–73) Somethin's Cookin' (Junior Cook, 1981) Broken Shadows (Ornette Coleman, 1971–72) Katumbo (Dance) (Johnny Coles, 1971) Giant Steps (John Coltrane, 1959) Up, Up and Away (Sonny Criss, 1967) The Beat Goes On! (Sonny Criss, 1968) This Is the Moment! (Kenny Dorham, 1958) Blue Spring (Kenny Dorham & Cannonball Adderley, 1959) It's All Right! (Teddy Edwards, 1967) Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1961) Smokin' (Curtis Fuller, 1972) Tangerine (Dexter Gordon, 1972) Generation (Dexter Gordon, 1972) Bush Dance (Johnny Griffin, 1978) Roots (Slide Hampton, 1985) The Quota (Jimmy Heath, 1961) Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962) Mode for Joe (Joe Henderson, 1966) Hub Cap (Freddie Hubbard, 1961) Here to Stay (Freddie Hubbard, 1962) The Body & the Soul (Freddie Hubbard,1963) Bolivia (Freddie Hubbard, 1991) Highway One (Bobby Hutcherson, 1978) Farewell Keystone (Bobby Hutcherson, 1982) Really Livin' (J.J. Johnson, 1959) J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1960) Save Your Love for Me (Etta Jones, 1986) Advance! (Philly Joe Jones, 1978) Drum Song (Philly Joe Jones, 1978) Seven Minds (Sam Jones, 1974) Something in Common (Sam Jones, 1974–77) First Class Kloss! (Eric Kloss, 1967) Abbey Is Blue (Abbey Lincoln, 1959) Strings! (Pat Martino, 1967) From This Moment On! (Charles McPherson, 1968) Horizons (Charles McPherson, 1968) Caramba! (Lee Morgan, 1968) The Sixth Sense (Lee Morgan, 1968) The Mode (Sonny Red, 1961) Sonny Red (1971) Setting Standards (Woody Shaw, 1983) For Losers (Archie Shepp, 1968–69) Kwanza (Archie Shepp, 1968–69) Now Is the Time (Idrees Sulieman, 1976) Goodbye Yesterday (Lucky Thompson, 1972) Concert: Friday the 13th – Cook County Jail (Lucky Thompson, 1972) I Offer You (Lucky Thompson, 1973) Another Story (Stanley Turrentine, 1969) Up Front (David Williams, 1986)