Jazz Articles about David S. Ware

David S. Ware: Shakti

by Lyn Horton
February 16, 2009

In connecting composition with improvisation, players inherently manifest their awareness on levels from the technical to the spiritual. If no investment goes into the development of this consciousness, the spark and sense of direction within the music are left behind. Nowhere are these elements more evident than in Shakti, saxophonist David Spencer Ware's studio recording, long-awaited since the dissolution of his well-known quartet.

Ware has grouped together more veteran improvisers for his record, including William Parker on bass, Joe Morris ...

David S. Ware: Shakti

by John Sharpe
February 12, 2009

From the outset, tenor saxophonist David S Ware's magisterial tone serves notice that his phenomenal powers are undimmed on the debut of his new quartet. After some evolution the lineup has settled with Ware unable to better William Parker's tenure of the bass chair, master percussionist Warren Smith enlisted on drums and Boston- based Joe Morris on guitar. Ware's longstanding band with pianist Matthew Shipp, bassist Parker and a changing roster of drummers was one of the great bands of ...

David S. Ware: Shakti

by Mark Corroto
January 21, 2009

The path an original voice must take in jazz this century is quite different from that of 50 years ago. Gone are the big labels and covers of TIME magazine. The 'big names' in jazz are institutionalized at universities and Lincoln Center, making records with Willie Nelson and playing covers of Nirvana pop songs.

But all is not lost. The revolution is just not televised in the mainstream. Small artisan labels like AUM Fidelity keep the ...

David S. Ware: Shakti

by Troy Collins
January 20, 2009

Shakti is the triumphant return of tenor saxophonist David S. Ware. His first studio recording since 2003's Threads (Thirsty Ear), this album marks the recorded debut of his first working group since he disbanded his famously prolific quartet of 1989-2006. An acknowledged master of the tenor saxophone, Ware's influence spans his seminal days in the seventies loft-era to the early Downtown scene, where his exuberant performances encouraged a new generation to investigate the expressive potential of free jazz. ...

David S. Ware Quartet: Renunciation

by Jeff Stockton
July 12, 2007

Billed as the final US performance of the David S. Ware Quartet, Renunciation was recorded live at the 2006 Vision Festival and arrives as something like the final episode of The Sopranos: having been an important part of our lives for so long, fans hate to see them go. But deep down, we know it's time. Over the course of some eighteen albums in seventeen years, Ware's core compadres (William Parker on bass and Matthew Shipp on piano, along with ...

David S. Ware Quartet: Renunciation

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 19, 2007

L'atto di rinunciare a qualcosa presuppone sempre una volontà: attraverso un double-talking di rara efficacia, David S. Ware congeda il suo celebre quartetto dalle scene e nel momento in cui lo fa ci fa partecipare alla sua “rinuncia", uno stato - come spiega nelle brevi note di copertina - di consapevolezza, illuminazione e di fusione del proprio essere con quello che lo circonda. Questo ultimo concerto del quartetto del tenorsassofonista, che si è tenuto al Vision Festival nel giugno del ...

David S. Ware Quartet: Renunciation

by Lyn Horton
May 6, 2007

The transfer of music from a musician's inner being to the outside happens as a result of a mysterious internal drive that can never really be explained. This drive motivates the expression of emotion intertwined with intellect, using musical instruments as the tools. How we hear this expression can bring us closer to our own inner beings: our “selves. We have a chance to experience the process in the AUM Fidelity release, Renunciation, which documents the last performance of the ...