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Woody Shaw

1944 - 1989

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Woody Herman Shaw Jr. (December 24, 1944 – May 10, 1989) was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, arranger, band leader, and educator. Shaw is widely known as one of the 20th century's most important and influential jazz trumpeters and composers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Woody Shaw has received more than 305,362 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Woody Shaw is the 1,898th most popular musician (down from 1,858th in 2019), the 9,754th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,648th in 2019) and the 773rd most popular American Musician.

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  • 41.71

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Woody Shaw ranks 1,898 out of 2,662Before him are A. R. Rahman, Gem Archer, Tom Paxton, Ringo Sheena, Anders Fridén, and Steve Smith. After him are Ray Cooper, Ane Brun, Eddie Jobson, Uli Kusch, Mauro Maur, and Sleepy John Estes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Woody Shaw ranks 559Before him are Albin Planinc, Itzhak Vissoker, Michael Glos, Petra Roth, Manfred Schmid, and Eddie Keizan. After him are Clarence White, Louise Lake-Tack, Jan Johansen, Leopoldo Vallejos, Lew Rockwell, and Saira Banu. Among people deceased in 1989, Woody Shaw ranks 250Before him are Erich Herrmann, Fernando Martín Espina, Willie Steele, Laurie Cunningham, Hemanta Mukherjee, and Ernesto Formenti. After him are Brian Naylor, Chris Gueffroy, Lennox Berkeley, Ewan MacColl, Amanda Blake, and Rebecca Schaeffer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Woody Shaw ranks 9,754 out of 18,182Before him are Virginia Gregg (1916), David Newman (1954), Lindsey Stirling (1986), Chavo Guerrero Jr. (1970), Cheryl Studer (1955), and Ailee (1989). After him are Michael Parenti (1933), John Toll (1952), Jason Behr (1973), Alice Sebold (1963), Alyson Noël (1965), and Charley Grapewin (1869).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Woody Shaw ranks 773Before him are Jimmy Heath (1926), Al Foster (1943), Jimmy Buffett (1946), Elvin Bishop (1942), Tom Paxton (1937), and Steve Smith (1954). After him are Sleepy John Estes (1899), Robert Levin (1947), Clarence White (1944), Les Baxter (1922), Jeff Ament (1963), and Steve Coleman (1956).