| Ware, David S. / Shakti |
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| Album: | Shakti | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Ware, David S. | Added: | Jan 2009 | |
| Label: | Aum Fidelity | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2009-02-01 | Pull Date: | 2009-04-05 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Apr 5 | Mar 29 | Mar 22 | Mar 15 | Mar 8 | Mar 1 | Feb 22 | Feb 15 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 03, 2009: | Memory Select, early edition Nataraj | 4. | Mar 20, 2009: | Emphysema For Emphasis Shakti | |
| 2. | Mar 31, 2009: | Reelin' in the Years Jazz Special Nataraj | 5. | Mar 13, 2009: | Memory Select Crossing Samsara | |
| 3. | Mar 27, 2009: | Memory Select Reflection | 6. | Mar 06, 2009: | Memory Select Nataraj |
| Album Review |
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| Wedge Reviewed 2009-02-01 | ||
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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. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Crossing Samsara | 4. | Namah | |||
| 2. | Nataraj | 5. | Antidromic | |||
| 3. | Reflection | 6. | Shakti |