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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 ...

Piano Sutras, A Glistening New Thirsty Ear Solo Release From Pianist Matthew Shipp Is Ready For You

September 12, 2013

By Chris Rich Amid the snow swirl and chill of a late February this year, Matthew Shipp headed to Park West Studios to commence work on a solo recording which will be called Piano Sutras. “On Wednesday February 20, pianist/composer Matthew Shipp recorded his next Thirsty Ear record, “Piano Sutras”, at Park West Studios in Brooklyn. ...

David S. Ware Quartet: Renunciation

By David S. Ware Quartet

Label: AUM Fidelity
Released: 2007
Track listing: Introduction; Ganesh Sound; Renunciation Suite I; Renunciation Suite II; Renunciation Suite III; Mikuro's Blues; Ganesh Sound (reprise); Saturnian

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

David S. Ware Quartet: Freedom Suite

by AAJ Staff
October 1, 2002

Tenor saxophonist David S. Ware is something of a prophet. That may sound like a melodramatic exaggeration, but it's true. Ware belongs in a long tradition of African American musical testimony which finds its roots in the early days of slavery and which has manifested itself in subsequent forms of revelation including the blues and gospel. ...

Corridors & Parallels

By David S. Ware Quartet

Label: AUM Fidelity
Released: 2001
Track listing: [untitled]; Straight Track; Jazz Fi-Sci; Superimposed; Sound-A-Bye; [untitled]; Corridors & Parallels; Somewhere; Spaces Embraces; Mother May You Rest In Bliss; [untitled].