Blackstone Legacy
Blackstone Legacy
“ Now there’s a great trumpet player. He can play different from all of them."
– MILES DAVIS
“A landmark recording, and a
pivot point in post-modern music.”
~ALL MUSIC
release date:
9.15.2023
FIRST LP RELEASE IN 50 YEARS
After more than half a century, Craft Recordings and Jazz Dispensary now present legendary trumpeter Woody Shaw’s groundbreaking debut album Blackstone Legacy (1971).
FULLY REMASTERED DOUBLE LP
And packaged in a 180-gram 2-LP set with gatefold “tip-on” LP jacket, reissued from the original analog master tapes with original album notes.
“Tell me a story from the heart of your soul and What your existence in this universe is all about.”
-WOODY SHAW
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“ It’s electric and acoustic, traditional and non-traditional – that’s what I’m all about."
– MadLib
“Woody never hesitated –
he was always ready to jump into the unknown and explore. That was the spirit that we aligned on."
– Chick Corea
“Woody added to the vocabulary of the trumpet. His whole approach influenced me tremendously."
– Wynton Marsalis
“Woody was bad!”
– Freddie Hubbard
“THIS MUSIC IS MEANT TO BE A LIGHT OF HOPE.”
“DEDICATED to the youth who will benefit mankind.
To the youth who are constantly aware of the turmoil in which the world is and who are trying to right all these wrongs – whether in music or in speech or in any other way of positive work.
This album is dedicated to the freedom of Black people all over the world.
And it’s dedicated to the people in the ghettos here. The ‘stone’ in the title is the image of strength. I grew up in a ghetto – funky houses, rats and roaches, stinking hallways. I’ve seen all of that, and I’ve seen people overcome all of that. This music is meant to be a light of hope, a sound of strength and of coming through. It’s one for the ghetto.
We’re trying to express what’s happening in the world today as we – a new breed of young musicians – feel it.
I mean the different tensions in the world, the ridiculous war in Vietnam, the oppression of poor people in this, a country of such wealth. The cats on this date usually discuss these things, but we’re all also trying to reach a state of spiritual enlightenment in which we’re continually aware of what’s happening but react in a positive way. The music in this album, you see, expresses strength – confidence that we’ll overcome these things.”
-WOODY SHAW, 1970
