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

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, recorded in 1996 and released on the Japanese DIW label. It was the first recording by the David S. Ware Quartet with drummer

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replacing

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 '' ...

. The album includes a version of

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composition "The Stargazers".

Reception

In his review for

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, Thom Jurek states: "This is purely spiritual music, inspiring, moving, and deeply affecting." ''

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'' awarded the album one of its rare crown accolades, writing that "only

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, another William Parker associate, has managed to push the Coltrane idiom further out." ''

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'' placed the album in their "50 Records Of The Year 1996" list.1996 Rewind
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Track listing

:''All compositions by David S. Ware except as indicated'' # "Godspelized" – 15:44 # "Wisdomsphere" – 7:55 # "Inner Temple" – 6:40 # "Wisdom Through Time" – 7:54 # "The Stargazers" (

) – 12:26 # "Eternal Faces of Brahm" – 11:44 # "Godspelized" – 4:20

Personnel

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tenor sax 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 (while ...

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 ...

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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 –

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

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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 1996 albums David S. Ware albums DIW Records albums