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Woody Shaw

Born: 24th December 1944, Laurinburg, North Carolina, USA

Died: 10th May 1989, Manhattan, New York, USA

Nationality: American

Woody Herman Shaw Jr. 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.

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