Complete Muse Sessions

(A) Woody Shaw, tp; Joe Henderson, ts; Larry Young, p; Ron Carter, b; Joe Chambers, d.
Van Gelder Studio, December 1965

(B) Woody Shaw, tp; Joe Henderson, ts; Herbie Hancock, p; Paul Chambers, b; Joe Chambers, d.
Van Gelder Studio, December 1965

(C1) Woody Shaw, tp; Steve Turre, tb; Azar Lawrence, ts, ss; Onaje Allan Gumbs, p; Buster Williams, b; Victor Lewis, d.
Blue Rock Studios, NYC, December 11, 1974

(C2) Cecil McBee replaces Buster Williams, b; add Tony Waters, cgas; Guilherme Franco, perc.
Blue Rock Studios, NYC, December 18, 1974

(D) Woody Shaw, tp; Steve Turre, tb, bass tb; Rene McLean, as, ss; Billy Harper, ts; Joe Bonner, p; Cecil McBee, b; Victor Lewis, d; Tony Waters, cgas; Guilherme Franco, perc.
Blue Rock Studios, NYC, November 1975

(E) Woody Shaw, tp; Frank Strozier, as; Ronnie Mathews, p; Stafford James, b; Eddie Moore, d.
Blue Rock Studios, NYC, June 29, 1976

(F) Woody Shaw, tp, perc; Slide Hampton, tb, perc; Rene McLean, as, fl, perc; Frank Foster, ts, perc; Ronnie Mathews, p; Stafford James, b; Louis Hayes, d.
Berlin Jazz Festival, November 6, 1976

(G1) Woody Shaw, tp; Arthur Blythe -1, Anthony Braxton -2, as; Muhal Richard Abrams, p; Cecil McBee, b; Joe Chambers, d.
Blue Rock Studios, NYC, April 6, 1977

(G2) Woody Shaw, cor-1, tp-2; Anthony Braxton, cl-1, ss-2, Arthur Blythe -2, as; Muhal Richard Abrams, p; Cecil McBee, b; Victor Lewis, d.
Blue Rock Studios, NYC, April 13, 1977

(H) Woody Shaw, flgh -1, tp-2; Cedar Walton, p; Buster Williams, b; Victor Jones, d.
Van Gelder Studio, December 1, 1983

(I) Woody Shaw, tp; Kenny Garrett -1, as; Peter Leitch -2, g; Kenny Barron, p; Neil Swanson, b; Victor Jones, d.
Van Gelder Studio, March 24, 1986

(J) Woody Shaw, tp; Steve Turre, tb; Kirk Lightsey, p; Ray Drummond, b; Carl Allen, d.
Van Gelder Studio, June 24, 1987

Produced for release by Michael Cuscuna and Woody Shaw III
Original sessions produced by Michael Cuscuna (C-I) and Don Sickler (J)

Recording engineers: Eddie Korvin (C, D, G) Jan Rathburn (C, E), Michael Ewasko (E) Carlos Albrecht (F), Rudy Van Gelder (A-B, H-J).

Remix engineers if different from the original recording engineer: Malcolm Addey (C), Eddie Korvin (E, F), Elvin Campbell (G).

Note: On the session F, the first three tunes are derived from the German Radio Broadcast
of the event. The final two performances were recorded by Carlos Albrecht in Berlin and mixed
by Eddie Korvin in New York City

Remastered by Malcolm Addey at the Malcolm Addey Studio, New York City.
This compilation (p) 2013 SLG, LLC under license to Mosaic Records L.L.C.