Shakti
Jazz
| Jan 2009
Reviews
Wedge
Reviewed 2009-02-01
Reviewed 2009-02-01
Earthy free jazz colored by Ware's knotty, sour-toned sax. Joe Morris on guitar adds a gentle sound, but his soloing and Ware's are still plenty intense. Ware really cuts loose on tracks 4 and 6, but most of the time he's creating more controlled shapes built of off-color sax notes and microtones.
Maybe this doesn't have the ferocity of Ware's early stuff, but it's still energetic -- the drums pack a power punch, for instance -- and shows Ware still riding tall, perhaps in a more mature setting. And Joe Morris' mercury-fast guitar is always a treat.
David S. Ware (tenor sax, kalimba)
Joe Morris (guitar)
William Parker (bass)
Warren Smith (drums)
1- (9:39) Bouncy and catchy. Twisty, throttling sax comes in right away.
2- (18:10) A calmer flow, almost a casually bluesy feel in the sax. Solos for everyone. Nice long jam, swingy.
3- (12:38) Slow, reflective feel, with fast gnarled sax. Like an interesting monologue.
4- (8:27) Peaceful thumb piano, then solo sax. Gets ghostly and intense, then fades out.
5- (9:26) Squirrely, bumpy theme, some gritty soloing.
6- (9:33) Joyous themes and some fast-flitting sax work that gets super intense by the end.
Maybe this doesn't have the ferocity of Ware's early stuff, but it's still energetic -- the drums pack a power punch, for instance -- and shows Ware still riding tall, perhaps in a more mature setting. And Joe Morris' mercury-fast guitar is always a treat.
David S. Ware (tenor sax, kalimba)
Joe Morris (guitar)
William Parker (bass)
Warren Smith (drums)
1- (9:39) Bouncy and catchy. Twisty, throttling sax comes in right away.
2- (18:10) A calmer flow, almost a casually bluesy feel in the sax. Solos for everyone. Nice long jam, swingy.
3- (12:38) Slow, reflective feel, with fast gnarled sax. Like an interesting monologue.
4- (8:27) Peaceful thumb piano, then solo sax. Gets ghostly and intense, then fades out.
5- (9:26) Squirrely, bumpy theme, some gritty soloing.
6- (9:33) Joyous themes and some fast-flitting sax work that gets super intense by the end.
Recent airplay
Nataraj
Memory Select, early edition — Apr 03, 2009
Nataraj
Reelin' in the Years Jazz Special — Mar 31, 2009
Reflection
Memory Select — Mar 27, 2009
Shakti
Emphysema For Emphasis — Mar 20, 2009
Crossing Samsara
Memory Select — Mar 13, 2009
Nataraj
Memory Select — Mar 06, 2009
Charting
2009-02-01 — 2009-04-05
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Apr 5 | 2 |
| Mar 29 | 1 |
| Mar 22 | 1 |
| Mar 15 | 1 |
| Mar 8 | 1 |
| Mar 1 | 2 |
| Feb 22 | 1 |
| Feb 15 | 2 |
Track listing
| 1. | Crossing Samsara | ||
| 2. | Nataraj | ||
| 3. | Reflection | ||
| 4. | Namah | ||
| 5. | Antidromic | ||
| 6. | Shakti |