Woody Shaw - Love Dance

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: TTM004
Barcode: 0198704749261
Release Date: 30 Jan 2026
Genre: Jazz

 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 analogue tapes by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab.
 Pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal Media and housed in Stoughton Old Style Tip-On Jackets.
 Includes an insert with newly written liner notes by Bob Blumenthal and Barney Fields with rare photograph by K. Abe.

Tracklisting
Love Dance
Obsequious
Sunbath
Zoltan
Soulfully I Love You (Black Spiritual Of Love)