[Pre Order] Woody Shaw - Song of Songs - LP *

Release Date: September 4, 2026

Woody Shaw's 1972 Contemporary Session Returns After Five Decades — Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf All-Analog 180g Reissue

Song of Songs is the second collection of hard-bop, avant-garde musings by legendary trumpeter Woody Shaw on the Contemporary label, produced by Lester and John Koenig. Featuring a heavy-hitting lineup including Bennie Maupin, George Cables, and Henry Franklin, this Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf reissue brings the album back on vinyl after five decades, cut from the original analog tapes (AAA) by Kevin Gray, pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Fidelity Record Pressing, in a gatefold tip-on jacket.

Features

• Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf Series
• All-analog (AAA) mastering by Kevin Gray from the original tapes
• 180g vinyl, pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing; gatefold tip-on jacket
• Label: Craft Recordings

Track Listing

Side A:

1. Song of Songs
2. The Goat and the Archer

Side B:

1. Love: For the One You Can't Have
2. The Awakening