''Renunciation'' is an album by 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 ...

, which was recorded live at the 2006

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and released on the AUM Fidelity label. It was the last U.S. performance by the David S. Ware Quartet.''Renunciation''
at AUM Fidelity

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." '' The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' 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 All About Jazz 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
at All About Jazz In a review for '' JazzTimes'' Chris Kelsey notes "As is usual with this group, the most satisfying moments occur when Ware plays to his sidemen’s strengths."Kelsey, Chri
''Renunciation'' review
at '' JazzTimes'' 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
at Point of Departure

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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* 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 –

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References

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