Earthquation
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| Studio album by David S. Ware | ||||
| Released | 1994 | |||
| Recorded | May 4 & 5, 1994 Power Station, New York |
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| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 56:05 | |||
| Label | DIW | |||
| Producer | Kazunori Sugiyama | |||
| David S. Ware chronology | ||||
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Earthquation is an album by American jazz saxophonist David S. Ware recorded in 1994 and released on the Japanese DIW label.
Music
As in previous DIW sessions, the quartet plays two standards, Eddie Heywood's "Canadian Sunset", which Ware first heard when he was young on Prestige record Boss Tenor by saxophonist Gene Ammons, and two different takes of Walter Gross' "Tenderly". "Cococana" is dedicated to Dutch filmmaker Coco Schrijber, who made the documentary about Ware In Motion.[1]
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [3] |
In his review for AllMusic, Don Snowden states "Earthquation is almost certainly a lesser work in the David S. Ware discography"[2] By contrast, The Penguin Guide to Jazz says about the album that "is the more visceral to date, and the first that really begins to push the envelope; Coltrane, Ayler and Sanders suddenly do seem like a generation back."[3]
Track listing
- All compositions by David S. Ware except as indicated
- "Canadian Sunset" (Eddie Heywood / Norman Gimbel) - 7:32
- "Inverse Alchemy" - 8:55
- "Tenderly" (Walter Gross / Jack Lawrence) - 5:35
- "Ideational Blue" - 8:26
- "Cococana" - 11:32
- "Tenderly" (Walter Gross / Jack Lawrence) - 4:45
- "Earthquation" - 9:20
