Woody Shaw Concert Ensemble
Laren ("de Boerenhofstede"), the Netherlands
27 January, 1977

The Dexter Gordon LP/CD "Homecoming" was recorded 11/12 December 1976 at the Village Vanguard in New York. Some six weeks later is here the same quintet, but now completed with Rene McLean and Slide Hampton:

as the Woody Shaw Concert Ensemble at "De Boerenhofstede" in Laren, the Netherlands, for Dutch TROS radio (program Sesjun), Thursday January 27, 1977.

Under the same name, essentially the same group - except Frank Foster replacing Dexter Gordon - had played the Berlin Jazz Festival, November 6, 1976 (four titles issued on the Muse label, and on a 32 Jazz CD).

My taping of the broadcast. Unfortunately, again one of the few broadcasts that I've taped in a MONAURAL format.

Enjoy!


Personnel:
Woody Shaw (tp), Slide Hampton (tb), Dexter Gordon (ts), Rene McLean (as), Ronnie Matthews (p), Stafford James (b), Louis Hayes (d)

Track list:
01 Station ID + applause (0:23)
02 The Moontrane (20:49)
03 Announcements-Band Introduction (1:42)
04 Contemplation (8:30)
05 Announcements (0:45)
06 There Is No Greater Love (24:25)

Lineage:
FM > tape > recording, transforming monaural one-track channel into "stereo" two-track, tracking and editing wav file in Audacity > CD-R > Wav > TLH (Flac 8, sector alignment)

Audio quality:
A- (FM) (MONO)