''Renunciation'' is an album by American jazz saxophonist

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, which was recorded live at the 2006

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and released on the

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label. It was the last U.S. performance by the David S. Ware Quartet.''Renunciation''
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Reception

In his review for

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, Thom Jurek states "''Renunciation'' is the sound of a band who has been playing together for a very long time and who knows and understands the value of everything, from circular rhythm and mantra-like compositional structures to the extended gift of free improvisation within their own definition of the time/space continuum." ''

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'' says "This live recording ranks among Ware's best works and confirms that for all the 'avant-garde' procedures, far-flung dissonance and out-of-line metres, his most distinctive work emerges, like Coltrane, directly out of the blues, church music and song." The

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review by Matthew Sumera says "''Renunciation'', billed as the last incarnation of the David S. Ware quartet, feels less like an immense, concluding, culminating statement than one may hope."Sumera, Matthew
''Renunciation'' review
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In a review for ''

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'' Chris Kelsey notes "As is usual with this group, the most satisfying moments occur when Ware plays to his sidemen’s strengths."Kelsey, Chri
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'' The Point of Departure review by Bill Shoemaker states "Billed as their farewell US concert, the David S. Ware Quartet’s 2006 Vision Festival performance did not simply signal the end of an illustrious ensemble, but an episode, if not an era in jazz history."Shoemaker, Bill
''Renunciation'' review
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Track listing

''All compositions by David S. Ware'' # "Introduction" - 1:51 # "Ganesh Sound" - 8:32 # "Renunciation Suite I" - 18:50 # "Renunciation Suite II" - 6:45 # "Renunciation Suite III" - 7:22 # "Mikuro's Blues" - 9:16 # "Ganesh Sound (reprise)" - 6:40 # "Saturnian" - 3:44

Personnel

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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 ...

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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 –

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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 2007 live albums David S. Ware live albums AUM Fidelity live albums Albums recorded at the Vision Festival