''Third Ear Recitation'' is an album by American jazz saxophonist David S. Ware recorded in 1992 and released on the Japanese DIW label. This is the first recording by the David S. Ware Quartet with

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 '' ...

replacing former drummer Marc Edwards.

Music

Ware, who learned circular breathing from

Sonny Rollins Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American retired jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, Rollins recorded over sixt ...

at the age of sixteen, tackles the Rollins composition " East Broadway Run Down" at almost twice the tempo Rollins did on the album of the same name in 1966. Ware, a lifelong student of rhythm, dedicated "The Chase" to early associate drummer Beaver Harris, who died in December 1991. The quartet also plays two standards,

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' " Angel Eyes", and two completely different takes of

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's " Autumn Leaves".Original Liner Notes by Ben Ratliff

Reception

In his review for

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, Thom Jurek states: "This is one of David S. Ware's most notorious, yet well-developed and executed recordings." ''

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'' wrote that the album "was some sort of confirmation of Ware's growing interest in a more linear and at the same time harmonically refined approach to jazz."

Track listing

:All compositions by David S. Ware except as indicated # "Autumn Leaves" (

) - 3:43 # "East Broadway Run Down" (

) - 9:40 # "Mystic March" - 5:39 # "Angel Eyes" (

) - 7:18 # "Third Ear Recitation" - 4:42 # "Free Flow Dialogue" - 3:17 # "Sentient Compassion" - 6:46 # "The Chase" - 9:11 # "Autumn Leaves" (

) - 8:56

Personnel

* David S. Ware -

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 ...

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 ...

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 1993 albums David S. Ware albums DIW Records albums