Jazz Articles about David S. Ware Quartet

David S. Ware Quartet: Théâtre Garonne, 2008

by Mark Corroto
November 18, 2019

In 2008, when this live concert was recorded, saxophonist David S. Ware was ill, but concert goers would have no idea of this fact. He has been suffering, since 1999 from kidney failure and eventually had a kidney transplant in 2009. Ware and the latest configuration of his quartet traveled to Toulouse, France, just a few weeks after recording the studio album Shakti (AUM Fidelity, 2008) in Brooklyn. By the same token, listeners of that release had no idea of ...

David S. Ware Quartet: Renunciation

by Matthew Sumera
August 31, 2007

David S. Ware Quartet Renunciation Aum Fidelity 2007

While it is always tempting to over-praise the final work of any major artist--in this case arguably the greatest jazz combo of the last twenty years--sometimes a more measured, nuanced approach is useful. After all, hagiography does little to situate such works within a larger oeuvre, and sometimes the task of contextualization is exactly what one most wants from criticism.

With that said, Renunciation, billed as ...

David S. Ware Quartet: Corridors & Parallels

by AAJ Staff
September 1, 2001

On Corridors & Parallels, you can almost feel tenor saxophonist David S. Ware reaching for the sky. It's a high-octane experience. His yearning, seeking vision on the horn always aims for new heights, and on this record he definitely manages to get just a little closer.

The new David S. Ware Quartet record distinguishes itself from the first 12 (!!) with the following two features:

* it includes electronic music for the first time; and * it represents ...

David S. Ware Quartet: Corridors & Parallels

by AAJ Staff
September 1, 2001

On Corridors & Parallels, you can almost feel tenor saxophonist David S. Ware reaching for the sky. It's a high-octane experience. His yearning, seeking vision on the horn always aims for new heights, and on this record he definitely manages to get just a little closer.

The new David S. Ware Quartet record distinguishes itself from the first 12 (!!) with the following two features:

it includes electronic music for the first time; andit represents Ware's big “comeback" from his ...