AUM 001 - DAVID S. WARE Quartet.. Wisdom of Uncertainty.....
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1. Acclimation 12.45 (RealAudio sample)
2. Antidromic 7.47
3. Utopic 15.34 (RealAudio sample)
4. Alignment 7.16
5. Sunbows Rainsets Blue 7.41
6. Continuum 11.34

All compositions by David S. Ware, Gandharvasphere/ Daswa (ASCAP) © 1997 p+c 1997 AUM Fidelity

David S. Ware - tenor sax
Matthew Shipp - piano
William Parker - bass
Susie Ibarra - drums
Produced by David S. Ware and Steven Joerg
Recorded and mixed by Jim Anderson at Sound on
Sound, NYC on December 2 and 3, 1996
Mastered by Allan Tucker at Foothill Digital, NYC
Cover photography by Michael Galinsky
Many (and more, increasingly) consider the DAVID S. WARE Quartet to be the finest band currently operative - fully steeped in the rich history of The Music while truly taking it, and the listener as well, further than they have ever gone before. Master musicians all, their fully controlled technical prowess is matched only by their passion and collective intuition regarding the natural flow. After having produced the albums 'Cryptology' and 'DAO' with David, it was decided that 'Wisdom of Uncertainty' would be the most fitting inaugural release for AUM Fidelity.

I am of course utterly up with, and totally endorse, the trance-inducing ecstasy that this band provides for. David's profound gifts as a tenor player, and the full-on actualization of his unique ensemble vision, inspired me to coin the phrase "ecstatic jazz" a few years ago. That term has since been much used and abused by others, but - here it is. Six strictly original living compositions; just over one hour of music in human chronology. -SJ

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