Well I can't answer that. Shaw recorded with Eric Dolphy, McCoy Tyner, Horace Silver, Jackie McLean and Larry Young before he got the chance to record for major label Columbia. A recommendation from Miles Davis finally convinced the accountants to invest in Shaw.
Rosewood is a classic jazz recording.
It stands with Hubbard's Red Clay as a great trumpet album of the '70s. Woody Three is no less significant, as Shaw's compositional abilities reach a major peak. Later albums introduced us to Mulgrew Miller, and Joe Henderson, Steve Turre and Carter Jefferson make valuable contributions as sidemen. CBS unceremoniously dropped Shaw after lackluster sales. Fortunately Mosaic brings Woody Shaw's music back to the ears of listeners who have waited a long time.