''Earthquation'' is an album by the American jazz saxophonist

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, recorded in 1994 and released on the Japanese DIW label.

Music

As in previous DIW sessions, the quartet plays two standards,

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Canadian Sunset "Canadian Sunset" is a popular song with music by jazz pianist Eddie Heywood Jr., Eddie Heywood and lyrics by Norman Gimbel. An instrumental version by Heywood and Hugo Winterhalter reached No. 2 on the Billboard magazine, ''Billboard'' Billboard ...

", which Ware first heard when he was young on

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, and two different versions of Walter Gross' "

Tenderly "Tenderly" is a popular song published in 1946 with music by Walter Gross and lyrics by Jack Lawrence. Written in the key of E as a waltz in time, it has since been performed in and has become a popular jazz standard. Notable versions have bee ...

". "Cococana" is dedicated to the Dutch filmmaker Coco Schrijber, who made the documentary about Ware ''In Motion''.Original liner notes by Tim Price

Reception

In his review for

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, Don Snowden wrote: "''Earthquation'' is almost certainly a lesser work in the David S. Ware discography." By contrast, ''

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'' thought that the album "is the more visceral to date, and the first that really begins to push the envelope; Coltrane, Ayler and Sanders suddenly do seem like a generation back." ''

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'' wrote that "the swarming intensity, the restless momentum ... sound here like so much huffing and puffing; strenuous bravura standing in for loss of direction." '' Option'' wrote that Ware "is not out of control; he's just able to sustain solos for several minutes without a lot of melodic information."

Track listing

:''All compositions by David S. Ware except as indicated'' # "Canadian Sunset" (

Norman Gimbel Norman Gimbel (November 16, 1927 – December 19, 2018) was an American lyricist and songwriter of popular songs and themes to television shows and films. He wrote the lyrics for songs including " Ready to Take a Chance Again" (with composer Cha ...

) - 7:32 # "Inverse Alchemy" - 8:55 # "Tenderly" ( Walter Gross /

Jack Lawrence Jack Lawrence may refer to: * Jack Lawrence (songwriter) (1912–2009), American songwriter * Jack Lawrence (artist) (born 1975), British comic book artist and animator * Jack Lawrence (bluegrass) (born 1953), American bluegrass guitarist * Jack Law ...

) - 5:35 # "Ideational Blue" - 8:26 # "Cococana" - 11:32 # "Tenderly" ( Walter Gross /

) - 4:45 # "Earthquation" - 9:20

Personnel

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...

Matthew Shipp Matthew Shipp (born December 7, 1960) is an American avant-garde jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader. Early life and education Shipp was raised in Wilmington, Delaware. His mother was a friend of trumpeter Clifford Brown. He began playing ...

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

* William Parker -

double bass The double bass (), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched string instrument, chordophone in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions ...

Whit Dickey Whit Dickey (born May 28, 1954) is an American drummer. He has recorded albums with David S. Ware and Matthew Shipp. Biography His first album as a leader was ''Transonic (album), Transonic'', in 1998. Two years later, Wobbly Rail issued his '' ...

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

References

{{Authority control 1994 albums David S. Ware albums DIW Records albums