By the mid-1960s Shaw was performing regularly for audiences in the Catskills, Playboy clubs, and other New York area clubs. In 1966, she recorded "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" for the Chess Records subsidiary Cadet. The single's success, a rare vocal version of the tune, prompted the recording of two albums for the label, released in 1967 and 1969.

Shaw then performed as the featured vocalist with the Count Basie Orchestra for four years.

In 1972 Shaw became the first female vocalist signed to Blue Note Records, recording a number of acclaimed albums for the label, followed by tenures at Columbia, Verve, and Concord Jazz.

At her concerts and club shows, Shaw continues to dazzle audiences with her intoxicating blend of straight-ahead jazz, soul, pop, and classic R&B.

     Recorded October, 1967, at Ter Mar Studios, Chicago.

Matchmaker, Matchmaker (Bock, Harnick)

The Eyes of Love (Carol's Theme from the film "Banning") (Russell, Jones)

Nothing But Tears (Radcliffe, Scott)

Will I Find My Love Today? (Shaw, Fogarty)

It Sure Is Groovy (from the film "In The Heat of the Night") (Bergman, Bergman, Jones)

I've Gotten over You (Evans)

Ahmad's Blues (Williams, Jamal)

A Couple of Losers (Corda, Wilson)

I Stayed Too Long at the Fair (Barnes)

Alone Together (Dietz, Schwartz)

Somewhere in the Night (Naked City Theme)   (May, Raskin)

Woman of the Ghetto (Miller, Shaw, Evans)

Call It Stormy Monday (Walker)

Where Can I Go? (Miller, Fuld, Berland)

I'm Satisfied (Dollison)

I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free) (Taylor, Dallas)

Liberation Conversation (Miller, Shaw)

California Soul (Ashford, Simpson)

Go Away, Little Boy (Goffin, King)

Looking Thru the Eyes of Love (Mann, Weil)

Anyone Can Move a Mountain (Marks)

What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? (LeGrand, Bergman)

Somewhere (Bernstein, Sondheim)

Runnin' Out of Fools (Rogers, Ahlert)

So Far Away (King)

I'm Gonna Find Out (Harrington)

Save the Children (Gaye, Benson, Cleveland)

You Must Believe in Spring (LeGrand, Demy, Bergman)

Wipe Away the Evil (Silver)

Things Don't Never Go My Way (McGlohon, Faile)

Prelude (Marcus)

I Know I Love Him (Chandler)

Hum This Song (Robinson, Green)

But for Now (Dorough)

Easy Evil (O’Day)

The Laughter and the Tears (Edelman)

The Feeling's Good (Mobley)

Wildflower (Richardson, Edwards)

Just Don't Want to Be Lonely (Barrett, Freeman, Eli)

Waterfall (Edelman)

Say a Good Word (Shaw)

Time for Me to Go (Gimbel, Fox)

The Show Has Begun (Silver)

The Song Is You (Hammerstein, Kern)

You Are the Sunshine of My Life (Wonder)

Twisted (Hendricks)

But for Now (Dorough)

Save the Children (Benson, Cleveland, Gaye)

Woman of the Ghetto (Shaw, Evans, Miller)

Street Walking Woman/You, Me & Ethel (McGlohon, Olson, Shaw)

You Taught Me How to Speak in Love (Leiken, Munson)

Davy (Ighner)

Feel Like Makin' Love (McDaniels)

The Lord Giveth and the Lord Taketh Away (Shaw)

You Been Away Too Long (Ighner)

You (Shaw)

Loving You Was Like a Party (Ighner)

A Prelude for a Rose Marie (Olson)

Rose Marie (Mon Cherie) (Callender, Ighner)

It's Better Than Walkin' Out (Garrett, Taylor)

Brass Band (Craig)

This Time I'll Be Sweeter (Guthrie, Grant)

Think About Me (Guthrie, Grant)

You and Me (Whitsett)

Love Has Gone Away (Simmons, Jefferson)

Sing to Me (Ighner)

Take My Body (Crutcher)

Be for Real (Knight)

Pictures and Memories (Bryant)

Yu-Ma (Shaw)

Go Away Little Boy (King, Goffin)

The Writing's on the Wall (Troiano)

Walk Softly (McCoy)

Sweet Beginnings (Bettis, Ware)

Look at Me, Look at You (We're Flying) (Tragesser)

No Deposit, No Return (Shaw)

Johnny (Tragesser)

I Think I'll Tell Him (Bell, Creed)

More (Shaw)

Moonrise (Nelson, Tragesser)

Rhythm of Love (Hirsch, Wakefield)

Places (Posey, Powell)

I Wonder (Tragesser)

You Bring Out the Best in Me (Withem, Conrad)

Dreamin' (Ighner)

I'm Back for More (Stover)

Mamma Tried (Shaw)

Don't Ask to Stay Until Tomorrow (Theme from "Looking for Mr. Goodbar") (Connors, Kane)

Suite Seventeen:

    It Was a Very Good Year (Drake)

    I'm a Foster Child (Shaw)

    Love Dancin’ (Allan, Knight)

    It Was a Very Good Year/I'm a Foster Child

    I Thank You (Hayes, Porter)

    It Was a Very Good Year/I'm a Foster Child

    Touch Me in the Morning (Masser, Miller)

Shaw Biz/Suddenly It's How I Like to Feel/Shaw Biz (Shaw / Willis, Golde)

No One Yet (Shaw)

Haven't We Been in Love Before? (Nelson, Tragesser)

I'll Be Your Friend (Shaw)

More Room at the Top (Bristol, Powell)

Never Give Up On You (Milligan)

Love Is Alive and Well (Milligan, Goldman)

I Just Want This Feeling To Last (Milligan, Goldman)

Spend Some Love (Mitchell, Kalete)

Next Time I Fall In Love (Benson, Wildhorn)

Without You In My Life (Taylor)

At Last (Gordon, Warren)

Day In - Day Out (Bloom, Mercer)

It Is Love (Tragesser)

Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out / That's Life (Cox / Harburg, Duke)

Unforgettable (Gordon)

At Last (Lewis, Tobias, Tobias)

Them There Eyes (Pinkard, Tauber, Tracey)

Lover of the Simple Things (Corda, Wilson)

On the Street Where You Live (Lerner, Loewe)

It Might as Well Be Spring (Hammerstein, Rodgers)

Go Away Little Boy (Goffin, King)

Rockin' Chair Blues: Everyday I Have the Blues/Drink Muddy Water (Chatman, Fleetwood, Leviner)

Before You Know It (Lenox, Mark)

I Want to Know (Pajanker, Williams, Williams)

I'll Remember You (Lenox, Mark)

This Time (Dempsey, Palanker)

Love Is in Flight (Tragesser)

Loving You (Holder, Holland)

I Must Be in Love (Hawes, Holland)

With You (Bostic, Gumbs, Shaw)

Out of This World (Arlen, Mercer)

Whisper Not (Feather, Golson)

Ooo-Wee/Baby You're the One for Me (Shaw, Tragesser)

Blackberry Winter (McGlohon, Wilder)

Close Enough for Love (Mandel, Williams)

Dangerous (Hazeltine, Shaw)

The Nearness of You (Carmichael, Washington)

Dim the Lights (Murphy)

You Make Me Feel Brand New (Bell, Creed)

You're My Everything (Dixon, Warren, Young)

Beautiful Friendship (Kahn, Styne)

Give Me One More Chance (Harney)

Keep on Trustin' (Shaw)

Your Mind Is on Vacation (Allison, Mae)

Paint Your Pretty Picture (Withers)

How Deep Is the Ocean? (Berlin)

Where Do You Start? (Bergman, Bergman)

Once Again We've Begun to Love (Tragesser)

Handy Man (Blackwell, Jones)

Why, Oh Why (Shaw)

Brothers (Carter)

'Round Midnight (Hanighen, Monk, Williams)

I'm Alone Again (McGlohon, Wilder)

My Old Flame (Coslow, Johnston)

Our Love Is Here to Stay (Gershwin, Gershwin)

Ooh Wee -- Baby You're the One for Me (Shaw, Tragesser)

Don't Ask to Stay Until Tomorrow (Theme from "Looking for Mr. Goodbar") (Connors, Kane)

Feel Like Makin' Love (McDaniels)

What a Diff'rence a Day Made (Adams, Grever)

Rose Marie (Mon Cherie) (Callender, Ighner)

Until I Met You (Green, Wolf)

‘Round Midnight (Hanighen, Monk, Williams)

My Foolish Heart (Washington, Young)

Loving You Was Like a Party (Ighner)

Hope in a Hopeless World (Roy, Thiele)

New York State of Mind (Joel)

For All We Know (Coots, Lewis)

Just the Two of Us (MacDonald, Salter, Withers)

Everything Must Change (Ighner)

Here's to Life (Butler, Molinary)

Easy Living (Rainger, Robin)

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Fisher, Levy, Zawinul)

What a Wonderful World (Thiele, Weiss)

Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie, Casey, Pinkard)

You Don't Know What Love Is (De Paul, Raye)

At the Moulin Rouge, Hotel Fairmont, Chicago

               Jazz Festival Performance, Chicago

For a great profile of Shaw, including a recent conversation,

check out Dan Goss’ site: http://www.discomuseum.com/MarlenaShaw.html  

and http://www.discomuseum.com/ATBGOMarlenaShaw.html

For schedule of current appearances, check www.pollstar.com

and Booking Agent http://www.berkeleyagency.com/html/marlena.html

Last updated: February 28, 2005.   Comments