Little Red's Fantasy
{{Infobox album
| name = Little Red's Fantasy
| type = Studio
| artist = Woody Shaw
| cover = Little Red's Fantasy.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1978
| recorded = June 29, 1976
Blue Rock Studios, New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 39:02
| label = Muse
MR 5103
| producer = Michael Cuscuna
| chronology = Woody Shaw
| prev_title = Love Dance
| prev_year = 1975
| next_title = The Woody Shaw Concert Ensemble at the Berliner Jazztage
| next_year = 1976
}}
Little Red's Fantasy is an album led by trumpet player Woody Shaw.{{cite news |last1=Cooke |first1=Jay Jefferson |title=Old songs on new CDs bring high ratings |work=Courier News |date=29 Apr 1999 |page=D20}} It was recorded in 1976 and released on the Muse label.[http://72.167.215.13/discography/ Woody Shaw discography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017063610/http://72.167.215.13/discography/ |date=2013-10-17 }} accessed August 19, 2013[http://www.jazzdisco.org/woody-shaw/catalog/#muse-mr-5103 Woody Shaw catalog] accessed August 22, 2013 Little Red's Fantasy was reissued by Mosaic Records as part of Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions in 2013.
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 178
}}
}}
Reviewing a reissue, the Detroit Free Press wrote: "Shaw applied the lessons of John Coltrane to a conception rooted in hard bop. The result was an angular, saxophone-like style and a complex harmonic language spiced by dissonance and unusually wide intervals—his serpentine improvisations weave in and out of chords like a taxi through New York traffic."{{cite news |last1=Stryker |first1=Mark |title=From the vault |work=Detroit Free Press |date=2 May 1999 |page=E5}} Scott Yanow of AllMusic stated that "the varied originals give the musicians strong foundations for their freewheeling and spontaneous solos, making this one of Woody Shaw's better recordings."Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/little-reds-fantasy-mw0000239339 AllMusic Review], accessed August 19, 2013
Track listing
All compositions by Woody Shaw except as indicated
- "Jean Marie" (Ronnie Mathews) - 7:42
- "Sashianova" (Stafford James) - 10:00
- "In Case You Haven't Heard" - 6:26
- "Little Red's Fantasy" - 7:05
- "Tomorrow's Destiny" - 7:46
Personnel
- Woody Shaw - trumpet
- Frank Strozier - alto saxophone
- Ronnie Mathews - piano
- Stafford James - bass
- Eddie Moore - drums
References
{{reflist}}
{{Woody Shaw}}
{{Authority control}}