ALBUMTrumpet Summit Prague: The Mendoza Arrangements Live (feat. Czech National Symphony & St. Blaise's Big Band)Randy Brecker, Bobby Shew & Jan Hasenohrl
ALBUMCancaos do Amor - Bobby Shew Plays the Music of Reed KotlerBobby Shew
ALBUMI Can't Say No (Digital Only)Bobby Shew & Kjell Öhman Trio
ALBUMSalsa CalienteBobby Shew, Jose "Papo" Rodriguez, Mark Levine, Michito Sanchez & Ricardo "Tiki" Pasillas
ALBUMTrumpet Summit - Live Jazz ConcertAllen Vizzutti, Bobby Shew & Vincent DiMartino
ALBUMHeavyweightsBobby Shew & Carl Fontana
ALBUMHOFMANN, Holly: Tales of HofmannBill Cunliffe, Holly Hofmann, Victor Lewis, Bob Magnusson & Bobby Shew
ALBUMTribute to the MastersBobby Shew
ALBUMDialogicJan Allan & Bobby Shew
ALBUMTelepathyBobby Shew & Bill Mays
About Bobby Shew
Artist Biography
A very valuable trumpeter, Bobby Shew has the rare dual ability of being able to play lead in big bands and star as a soloist in combos. His style is out of the hard bop tradition. Shew, who became an important jazz educator, was ironically mostly self-taught. He worked with Woody Herman (1965), Buddy Rich (1966-1967), and then for a long stretch in Las Vegas show bands. In 1973, Shew settled in Los Angeles and worked in the studios, but found time to play jazz, most notably with the Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin big band. Louie Bellson has used him on many occasions over the past several decades, and Shew was often in demand for big band work with Buddy Rich, Don Menza, and the Capp/Pierce Juggernaut. Starting in the 1980s, he has appeared more often with smaller groups. Bobby Shew has recorded as a leader for Inner City, Sutra, Jazzhounds, Atlas, Delos, Pausa, Mo Pro, Mons, Double-Time, and MAMA. ~ Scott Yanow
Hometown
Albuquerque, NM, United States
Genre
Jazz
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