Setting Standards

Setting Standards is an album led by trumpeter Woody Shaw which was recorded in 1983 and released on the Muse label.^[1][2] Setting Standards was released as part of Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions by Mosaic Records in 2013.

Setting Standards
Studio album by Woody Shaw
Released	1984
Recorded	December 1, 1983 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:56
Label	Muse MR 5318
Producer	Michael Cuscuna
Woody Shaw chronology
The Time Is Right (1983) Setting Standards (1984) Woody Shaw with the Tone Jansa Quartet (1985)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated, "This Muse release finds the brilliant trumpeter Woody Shaw in fine form... The music is reasonably accessible and swinging yet imaginative in a subtle way. Recommended".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Woody Shaw except as indicated

1. "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) - 7:02
2. "All the Way" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 7:53
3. "Spiderman Blues" - 4:51
4. "The Touch of Your Lips" (Ray Noble) - 6:47
5. "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) - 7:48
6. "When Love Is New" (Cedar Walton) - 4:35

Personnel

• Woody Shaw - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Cedar Walton - piano
• Buster Williams - bass
• Victor Jones - drums