Ware, David S. Quartet / Freedom Suite, the
Album: Freedom Suite, the   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Ware, David S. Quartet   Added:Oct 2002
Label:Aum Fidelity  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2002-10-21 Pull Date: 2002-12-23 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Dec 22 Dec 8 Nov 17 Nov 10 Oct 27
Airplays: 1 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Dec 09, 2016: Rebop
The Freedom Suite (1)
4. May 02, 2006: Umami Jazz Program
The Freedom Suite (1)
2. Oct 19, 2012: No Cover, No Minimum
The Freedom Suite (1)
5. Apr 01, 2005: Memory Select
The Freedom Suite (1)
3. Jun 27, 2006: Umami Jazz Program
The Freedom Suite (4), The Freedom Suite (3)
6. Feb 22, 2005: Umami Jazz Program
The Freedom Suite (1)

Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2002-10-20
Grand reworking of Sonny Rollins' 1958 "Freedom Suite." The piece takes up the entire disk, broken into four parts.

Ware plays his usual type-A, with lots of choppy aggression but without trampling Sonny's composition. It's an adventurous free-jazz interpretation (contrast with Branford Marsalis' more conventional version on his CD, "Footsteps of Our fathers.")

Matthew Shipp on piano provides a cascading, seascape of mid/low chords, particularly on the darker third track.

Every track is great:

1- Upbeat theme, with very nice sax and piano solos.
2- Cooler sound, more of a nighttime jazz-club feel.
3- Big and stormy, slow.
4- Midtempo free groove

Track Listing
1. The Freedom Suite (1)   3. The Freedom Suite (3)
2. The Freedom Suite (2)   4. The Freedom Suite (4)