Woody Shaw Love Dance (Muse Master Edition Series) 180g LP

Woody Shaw

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SKU:

TIMELP004

UPC:

198704749261

Description

TAS Rated 5/5 Music, 4.5/5 Sonics in the May/June 2026 Issue of The Absolute Sound!

1976 Muse Records Title Reissued on 180g Vinyl LP!
Remastered & Cut AAA Directly from the Original Analog Tapes!
Pressed at Optimal!

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Originally released in 1976 on Muse Records, Love Dance stands as one of Woody Shaw's most spiritual and forward-thinking sessions. This audiophile reissue restores the album's full tonal richness, capturing Shaw's soaring trumpet lines and the ensemble's dynamic interplay with unprecedented clarity.

Shaw leads a powerhouse lineup — including Billy Harper, Steve Turre, René McLean, Cecil McBee and Joe Bonner — through five expansive tracks blending modal jazz, spiritual themes, and post-bop intensity. A landmark in Shaw's discography, Love Dance is essential listening — now presented with the depth and detail it has always deserved.

Remastered and cut AAA directly from the original analog tapes by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab. Pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal Media and housed in a Stoughton Old Style® Tip-On Jacket. Includes an insert with newly written liner notes by Bob Blumenthal and Barney Fields with rare photograph by K. Abe.

Love Dance carries the hard-bop legacy of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers into the post-Coltrane era with edgy exuberance. The excitement generated by Shaw's gleaming tone and distinctive harmonic language is amplified by the rising stars of his Concert Jazz Ensemble... The mastering and cutting by Matthew Lutthans, top-shelf packaging, and liner notes by Dan Morgenstern (original) and Bob Blumenthal (new) give Love Dance deserved masterpiece treatment.
-Derk Richardson, The Absolute Sound, May/June 2026, Music 5/5, Sonics 4.5/5

Features

Muse Master Edition Series
180g Vinyl LP
Remastered & Cut AAA Directly from the Original Analog Tapes by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab
Pressed at Optimal Media
Stoughton "Old-Style" Tip-On Jacket
Insert with Newly Written Liner Notes & Rare Photograph

Musicians

Woody Shaw	trumpet
Steve Turre	trombone, bass trombone
René McLean	soprano sax, alto sax
Billy Harper	tenor sax
Joe Bonner	piano
Cecil McBee	bass
Victor Lewis	drums
Guilherme Franco	percussion
Tony Waters	congas