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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.

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