David S. Ware

David S. Ware / Apogee - Birth Of A Being (2015) {2CD AUM Fidelity AUM096 / 097 rec 1977}
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© 1977, 2015 AUM Fidelity AUM096 / 097
Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Saxophone

Birth Of A Being (Expanded) presents the essential first studio recordings of incomparable tenor saxophonist David S. Ware as a bandleader. This work was created in New York, in April 1977, when Ware was 27 years old. The first disc features material originally released on LP in 1979 by the Swiss label, hat Hut Records, and has been out of print for over 30 years. The second disc is a full additional album of top-shelf material from those same sessions that have never been released in any form. This definitive edition was sourced from the original analog 8-track tapes, and was newly mixed & mastered in 2015. Crucial material. Stunning performances & fidelity.

David S. Ware - Flight Of I (1992) {DIW Records DIW-856}
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© 1992 DIW Records | DIW-856
Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Free Jazz / Tenor Saxophone

This is the final recording of the David S. Ware Quartet with drummer Marc Edwards, who would be replaced by Whit Dickey, who would be replaced later by Susie Ibarra. What is most notable about Flight of I is how Ware, completely oblivious to his critics, turned in his straightest ever recording, though no one could remotely call it "inside." The disc opens with one of Ware's compositions, "Aquarian Sound," which showcases the stunning complexity and beauty of Matthew Shipp's pianism. Opening with a series of vamps and augmented minor chords, he lays an opening ground for Ware to join the band.