David S. Ware Quartet "Wisdom of Uncertainty"

David S. Ware - tenor sax
Matthew Shipp - piano
William Parker - bass
Susie Ibarra - drums

1. Acclimation 12.45 (RealAudio sample)
2. Antidromic 7.47
3. Utopic 15.34 (RealAudio sample)
4. Alignment 7.16
5. Sunbows Rainsets Blue 7.41
6. Continuum 11.34

All compositions by David S. Ware, Gandharvasphere/ Daswa (ASCAP) © 1997 p+c 1997 AUM Fidelity

Produced by David S. Ware and Steven Joerg
Recorded and mixed by Jim Anderson
at Sound on Sound, NYC on December 2 and 3, 1996
Mastered by Allan Tucker at Foothill Digital, NYC
Photography by Michael Galinsky

All the way back in early December 1996 it was made evident that Wisdom of Uncertainty would be AUM Fidelity's inaugural release. A profoundly beautiful album and a fully committed event. Six strictly original -&- living compositions, performances, and recordings thereof; e n j o y ! -SJ

Customer Reviews:

SOUNDBOARD (now known as Signal To Noise) Nov/Dec 1997rnNEW YORK IS NOW! Ornette Coleman's 1968 sentiment has become increasingly re-relevant as a
description of the NYC creative jazz scene, where a focused group of intelligent and exciting musicians are creating some of the most challenging
sounds heard in this decade. At the forefront of this scene presides the David S. Ware Quartet, whose new recording Wisdom Of Uncertainty (the Aum
Fidelity label's inaugural release) builds upon the continuum of their well-documented work. While in the past Ware's recordings mixed blowing
improvisations with re-interpreted standards, Wisdom Of Uncertainty explores more melody-based original compositions, perhaps creating the standards
of the future. From the opening notes of "Acclimation" to the slowly escalating nobility of "Utopic"; from the unhinged blues of
"Alignment" to the spacious, minor-key elegance of "Sunbows Rainsets Blue", Ware (tenor saxophone), Matthew Shipp (piano), William
Parker (bass) and Susie Ibarra (drums) forge an interactively majestic sound world of abounding beauty and contour. Yet even though the compositions
found here are slightly more structured in nature, the group's assiduous spontaneity simply refuses to be compromised--resulting in multi-dimensional
tunes that are simultaneously assertive and memorable. In all, Wisdom Of Uncertainty is a fascinating piece of music and an unhesitatingly solid entry
into the David S. Ware recorded canon. -Scott Hreha