Passage to Music

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]

Passage to Music
Studio album by
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)

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. Yanow, Scott. David Ware – Passage to Music: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
  3. 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.
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