Great Bliss, Vol. 2

Great Bliss, Vol. 2
Studio album by David S. Ware
Released	1991
Recorded	January 8, 9 & 10, 1990 Sound on Sound Recording Studio, New York
Genre	Jazz
Length	69:55
Label	Silkheart
Producer	David S. Ware
David S. Ware chronology
Great Bliss, Vol. 1 (1991) Great Bliss, Vol. 2 (1991) Flight of I (1992)

Great Bliss, Vol. 2 is an album by American jazz saxophonist David S. Ware, the second installment of a two-albums project recorded in 1990 and released on the Swedish Silkheart label. As in the companion Great Bliss, Vol. 1, besides tenor sax Ware plays saxello, stritch and flute.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

In his review for AllMusic, Don Snowden states "If you can only have just one, Great Bliss, Vol. 2 is definitely the pick for painting a much better picture of David S. Ware's quartet as a cohesive musical entity."^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by David S. Ware

1. "One Two Three" - 12:00
2. "Emptiness" - 4:00
3. "Primary Piece III"- 8:30
4. "Saxelloscape Two" - 5:00
5. "The Child Without - The Child Within" - 10:50
6. "Strichland" - 12:15
7. "Low Strata" - 6:20
8. "Reign of Peace" - 11:00

Personnel

• David S. Ware - flute, tenor sax, saxello, stritch
• Matthew Shipp - piano
• William Parker - bass
• Marc Edwards - drums, tympany, chimes, gongs

References

1. Great Bliss, Vol. 2 at Silkheart Records
2. Snowden, Don. David Ware – Great Bliss, Vol. 2: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2002). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (6th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1516. ISBN 0-14-051521-6.