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

David S. Ware David Spencer Ware (November 7, 1949 – October 18, 2012) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. Biography Ware was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, and grew up in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. While in high school he at ...

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

Susie Ibarra Susie Ibarra (born Anaheim, November 15, 1970) is a contemporary composer and percussionist who has worked and recorded with jazz, classical, world, and indigenous musicians. One of SPIN's "100 Greatest Drummers of Alternative Music," she is kno ...

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 Transonic (or transsonic) flow is air flowing around an object at ...

. The album includes a version of Sun Ra 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." '' The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' awarded the album one of its rare crown accolades, writing that "only Charles Gayle, another William Parker associate, has managed to push the Coltrane idiom further out." '' The Wire'' placed the album in their "50 Records Of The Year 1996" list.1996 Rewind
at '' The Wire''

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" ( Sun Ra) – 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 th ...

* Matthew Shipp –

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

* William Parker –

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

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drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

References

{{Authority control 1996 albums David S. Ware albums DIW Records albums