David S. Ware

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David S. Ware, 2007

David Spencer Ware (* 7. November 1949 in Plainfield , New Jersey ; † 18th October 2012 in New Brunswick , New Jersey) was an American jazz - saxophonist .

Live and act

Davis S. Ware, who initially played the baritone and alto saxophone as a teenager before switching to the tenor saxophone , studied from 1967 to 1969 at the Berklee College of Music . In Boston he formed his own band, Apogee . He moved to New York in 1973, where he first worked with Cecil Taylor and Andrew Cyrille and in 1976 with the Wildflowers Loft Sessions . In the following years he also played a. a. with Juma Santos and with Barry Harris . In the 1980s he made his way as a taxi driver for 14 years, but made a comeback in the 1990s and has since led his own quartet, with which he recorded a number of albums for the labels Silkheart , AUM Fidelity , Thirsty Ear and DIW . Permanent members were pianist Matthew Shipp and bassist William Parker ; also worked Marc Edwards , Whit Dickey , Susie Ibarra and Guillermo E. Brown as a drummer in his formations.

In 2009 Ware had to undergo a kidney transplant . As a result, his health suffered severely, so that he died on October 18, 2012 at the age of 62 from complications of the operation.

Awards

The authors Richard Cook and Brian Morton awarded the 1996 album Godspelized the (rarely awarded) crown as a particularly outstanding work. The album Third Ear Recitation was added to The Wire's 1998 wireless list “100 Records That Set the World on Fire (While No One Was Listening)” .

Trivia

Ware had a penchant for fast cars, he owned a 1990 Mustang GT . According to his own information, the list of his tickets was long due to his driving behavior. Ware was a follower of Transcendental Meditation .

David S. Ware (left) 1985 in Carnegie Hall , New York, together with Peter Brötzmann (center) and Peter Kowald (right), photographer: E. Dieter Fränzel

Choice discography

As a leader

  • Passage to Music (Silkheart, 1988)
  • Great Bliss, vol. 1 (Silkheart, 1990)
  • Great Bliss, vol. 2 (Silkheart, 1990)
  • Flight of I (DIW, 1991)
  • Third Ear Recitation (DIW, 1993)
  • Earthquation (DIW, 1994)
  • Cryptology (Homestead, 1994)
  • Oblations and Blessings (Silkheart, 1995)
  • Dao (Homestead, 1995)
  • Godspelized (DIW, 1996)
  • Wisdom of Uncertainty (AUM Fidelity, 1996)
  • Live in the Netherlands (Splasc (H), 1997)
  • Go See the World (Columbia, 1997)
  • Surrendered (Columbia, 1999)
  • Corridors & Parallels (AUM Fidelity, 2001)
  • Freedom Suite (AUM Fidelity, 2002)
  • The David S Ware Quartet Live in the World (Thirsty Ear, 1998/2003)
  • Threads (CD Thirsty Ear, 2003)
  • Live in the World (2005) with Matthew Shipp , William Parker , Susie Ibarra , Hamid Drake , Guillermo E. Brown
  • BalladWare (CD Thirsty Ear, 2005)
  • Renunciation (AUM Fidelity, 2007)
  • Shakti (AUM Fidelity, 2009)
  • Saturnian (AUM Fidelity, 2009) solo
  • Onecept (AUM Fidelity, 2010) with William Parker and Warren Smith
  • Planetary Unknown (AUM Fidelity, 2011)
  • Live at Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2011 (2012), with Cooper-Moore, William Parker, Muhammad Ali
  • Apogee / Birth of a Being (AUM Fidelity, ed. 2016)
  • David S. Ware & Matthew Shipp Duo: Live in Sant'Anna Arresi, 2004 (AUM Fidelity, ed. 2016)
  • The Balance (Vision Festival XV +) (AUM Fidelity, ed. 2018)

As a sideman

  • Cecil Taylor Unit: Dark to Themselves (Enja, 1976)
  • Andrew Cyrille: Metamusician's Stomp (Black Saint, 1978), Special People (Soul Note, 1980)

Lexical entries

documentary

  • David S. Ware: A World of Sound by Amine Kouider, 2011

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jazzwise Magazine, October 18, 2012
  2. ^ David S. Ware at allmusic.com
  3. ↑ Information on Ware's state of health at AUM Fidelity 2009
  4. ↑ Jazz saxophonist David S. Ware dead at 62 by Chris Barton, Los Angeles Times, October 19, 2012
  5. ↑ The Spiritual Raser by Christian Bröcking in taz, the daily newspaper, issue 20./21. October 2012
  6. ↑ David S. Ware by Daniel King at jazztimes.com
  7. ↑ Report on the documentary at jazzthing.de
personal data
SURNAME Ware, David S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ware, David Spencer (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz saxophonist
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Plainfield , New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 2012
Place of death New Brunswick