WOODY SHAW - Love Dance (AAA Remastered Reissue) - LP - Deluxe 180g Vinyl [JAN 30]

LP - Remastered & 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 Stoughton Old Style® Tip-On Jackets. Including an insert with newly written liner notes by Bob Blumenthal and Barney Fields with rare photograph by K. Abe.

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.

Tracklist: 

SIDE A
A1. Love Dance
A2. Obsequious

SIDE B
B1. Sunbath
B2. Zoltan
B3. Soulfully I Love You (Black Spiritual Of Love)