David S. Ware

The editorial team of Free Jazz Collective share in the sad news that saxophonist David S. Ware passed away last night from complications of his 2009 kidney transplant. Ware has been a guiding light in the free music universe and his loss will be felt.

More information can be found on the AUM Fidelity web site.

Below are some of the recent words that have been written here about Ware's inspiring body of music... 

Free Jazz: David S. Ware Planetary Unknown: Live at Jazzfestival ...

Aug 12, 2012

With the first sound of David S. Ware's saxophone you can see it coming. It seems to be far out in the sea but it is there. You know it, you hear it, you feel it. You can watch the waves mount up, towering. 

David S. Ware - Saturnian (AUM Fidelity, 2010) - Free Jazz

Mar 01, 2010

No need to introduce David S. Ware, nor to re-emphasize my appreciation for his music and his skills. Recovered from a kidney transplant, this solo recording is part of his "thank you" to the people who made this possible ...

Free Jazz: David S. Ware - Planetary Unknown (AUM Fidelity, 2011 ...

Jul 24, 2011

It is no doubt the best David S. Ware album in years, sounding like a kind of home-coming, a very warm and coherent album, with a spiritual and mystic touch, yet also very abstract in nature, fully improvised ...

Free Jazz: David S Ware - A World Of Sound

Sep 09, 2011

David S Ware - A World Of Sound. The David Lynch Foundation Television released a short documentary on saxophonist David S. Ware. You can watch the video here. You can watch a short introduction below...

Ware's last recording, Live at Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2011 (AUM Fidelity), documents his final live performance. "Precessional 3" is the closing track from that release.

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