The Trio Plays Ware is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp performing music composed by saxophonist David S. Ware, which was recorded in 2003 and released on the Italian Splasc(H) label. The trio with Shipp, bassist William Parker and drummer Guillermo E. Brown was at the time of the recording the rhythm section of the David S. Ware Quartet.

The Trio Plays Ware
Studio album by
Released2004
RecordedApril 19, 2003
StudioThe Studio, New York City
GenreJazz
Length51:55
LabelSplasc(H)
ProducerMatthew Shipp
Matthew Shipp chronology
The Sorcerer Sessions
(2003)
The Trio Plays Ware
(2004)
Harmony and Abyss
(2004)

Reception

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In a double review for All About Jazz, Jeff Stockton notes that "You keep waiting for Ware to burst in, but he doesn't, and you're left with Shipp's densely barometric piano, Parker's stirring contrabass and Brown's structural drumming."[1]

Track listing

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All compositions by David S. Ware
  1. "Manu's Ideal" – 5:31
  2. "Godspelized" – 6:56
  3. "Dinosauria" – 4:49
  4. "Lexicon" – 8:28
  5. "Reign of Peace" – 5:09
  6. "Wisdom Through Time" – 4:26
  7. "Dao Forms" – 8:33
  8. "Mystic March" – 7:53

Personnel

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References

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