Passage to Music
1989 studio album by David S. Ware
Passage to Music | ||||
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Studio album by David S. Ware | ||||
Released | 1989 | |||
Recorded | April 4 & 5, 1988 | |||
Studio | A&R Recording, New York | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 48:23 (LP) 69:06 (CD) | |||
Label | Silkheart | |||
Producer | David S. Ware | |||
David S. Ware chronology | ||||
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Passage to Music is an album by American jazz saxophonist David S. Ware recorded in 1988 and released on the Swedish Silkheart label. Besides tenor sax Ware plays saxello, a variant of the soprano sax played by English jazz musician Elton Dean, and stritch, a straight alto sax associated with multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk. The CD edition adds two bonus tracks.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
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In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow states "David Ware's searching improvisations reward repeated listenings by open-eared listeners."[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz states "Passage To Music has something of Ayler's and Sander's Afro-mysticism and constitutes something of a personal initiation". [3]
Track listing
- All compositions by David S. Ware
- "An Ancient Formula" - 6:00
- "Ancient Visitors" - 7:30
- "Passage To Music"- 10:46
- "African Secrets" - 10:47
- "The Elders Path" - 13:20
- "Phonetic Hymn" - 9:00
- "Mystery" - 11:43
- 6 & 7 does not appear on original LP
Personnel
References
- ^ Passage to Music at Silkheart Records
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. David Ware – Passage to Music: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2002). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (6th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1516. ISBN 0-14-051521-6.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
- Birth of a Being (1977)
- Passage to Music (1988)
- Great Bliss, Vol. 1 (1990)
- Great Bliss, Vol. 2 (1990)
- Flight of I (1991)
- Third Ear Recitation (1992)
- Earthquation (1994)
- Cryptology (1994)
- Oblations and Blessings (1995)
- DAO (1995)
- Godspelized (1996)
- Wisdom of Uncertainty (1996)
- Go See the World (1997)
- BalladWare (1999)
- Surrendered (1999)
- Corridors & Parallels (2001)
- Freedom Suite (2002)
- Threads (2003)
- Shakti (2008)
- Onecept (2009)
- Planetary Unknown (2010)
- Live in the Netherlands (1997)
- Live in the World (1998 & 2003)
- Live in Sant'Anna Arresi, 2004 (2004)
- Renunciation (2006)
- Live in Vilnius (2007)
- Saturnian (2009)
- Organica: Solo Saxophones, Volume 2 (2010)
- Live in New York, 2010 (2010)
- Live at Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2011 (2011)