Passage to Music

Passage to Music
Studio album by
David S. Ware
Released1989
RecordedApril 4 & 5, 1988
StudioA&R Recording, New York
GenreJazz
Length48:23 (LP)
69:06 (CD)
LabelSilkheart
ProducerDavid S. Ware
David S. Ware chronology
Birth of a Being
(1979) 		Passage to Music
(1989) 		Great Bliss, Vol. 1
(1991)

Passage to Music is an album by American jazz saxophonist David S. Ware recorded in 1988 and released on the Swedish Silkheart label. Besides tenor sax Ware plays saxello, a variant of the soprano sax played by English jazz musician Elton Dean, and stritch, a straight alto sax associated with multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk. The CD edition adds two bonus tracks.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow states "David Ware's searching improvisations reward repeated listenings by open-eared listeners."[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz states "Passage To Music has something of Ayler's and Sander's Afro-mysticism and constitutes something of a personal initiation". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by David S. Ware
  1. "An Ancient Formula" - 6:00
  2. "Ancient Visitors" - 7:30
  3. "Passage To Music"- 10:46
  4. "African Secrets" - 10:47
  5. "The Elders Path" - 13:20
  6. "Phonetic Hymn" - 9:00
  7. "Mystery" - 11:43
6 & 7 does not appear on original LP

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Passage to Music at Silkheart Records
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. David Ware – Passage to Music: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2002). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (6th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1516. ISBN 0-14-051521-6.