Live in the World
Live in the World is a live album by the David S. Ware Quartets. It was released on February 22, 2005, by Thirsty Ear and runs about 3 hours and 46 minutes as a triple-CD set.
Recording took place in three sessions. Six tracks were recorded in Chiasso, Switzerland, in 1998, with David S. Ware on tenor sax, Matthew Shipp on piano, William Parker on bass, and Susie Ibarra on drums. The remaining tracks were recorded in 2003 in Italy: in Terni with Ware, Shipp, Parker and Hamid Drake on drums, and in Milan with Drake replaced by Guillermo E. Brown. The Chiasso material appears on Disc 1, Disc 2 track 6, and Disc 3 track 5; the Terni tracks are on Disc 2 tracks 1–5; the Milan tracks are on Disc 3 tracks 1–4.
The album includes two covers—The Way We Were by Barbra Streisand and Freedom Suite in four parts by Sonny Rollins—with the rest being Ware’s own compositions.
Critics widely praised Live in the World. AllMusic called it glorious and potentially a mini-classic. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings gave it four stars, highlighting Ware’s deep commitment to the music. Other reviews described the performances as ecstatic, powerful, and emotionally compelling, noting the strong interplay within Ware’s quartet and the evolving voice of Ware as a leading tenor saxophonist.
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