David S. Ware - tenor sax Matthew Shipp - piano William Parker - bass Guillermo E. Brown - drums THE FREEDOM SUITE (I - IV)
Composed by Sonny Rollins; Arranged by David S. Ware
David S. Ware's relationship with Sonny Rollins stretches back to the younger's teens, when the elder took him under his wing for informal improv sessions. Rollins recognized the gift that Ware possessed early on - a profound gift of expression that has blossomed in the 35 years since into what is now internationally recognized as one of the great voices on the tenor sax.
Following on the success of his first excursions utilizing synthesized sound on 2001's acclaimed Corridors & Parallels, David S. Ware has manifest another first, an album-length exploration of his early mentor Sonny Rollins' 1958 composition for trio, 'The Freedom Suite'. In August of last year, the David S. Ware Quartet was succinctly described by noted jazz critic Gary Giddins as “the best small band in jazz today ." Here, Ware and his Quartet interpolate a weighty composition by an elder Master. The results are exhilarating - the band is deeply focused, and they swing like mad. And Ware, Saxophone Collossus indeed. The lineage made explicit.
Release Date: October 1, 2002
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