Passage to Music

Passage to Music
Studio album by David S. Ware
Released	1989
Recorded	April 4 & 5, 1988 A&R Recording, New York
Genre	Jazz
Length	48:23 (LP) 69:06 (CD)
Label	Silkheart
Producer	David S. Ware
David S. Ware chronology
Birth of a Being (1979) Passage to Music (1988) Great Bliss, Vol. 1 (1991)

Passage to Music is an album by American jazz saxophonist David S. Ware recorded in 1988 and released on the Swedish Silkheart label. Besides tenor sax Ware plays saxello, a variant of the soprano sax played by English jazz musician Elton Dean, and stritch, a straight alto sax associated with multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk. The CD edition adds two bonus tracks.^[1]

Reception

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

In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow states "David Ware's searching improvisations reward repeated listenings by open-eared listeners."^[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz states "Passage To Music has something of Ayler's and Sander's Afro-mysticism and constitutes something of a personal initiation". ^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by David S. Ware

1. "An Ancient Formula" - 6:00
2. "Ancient Visitors" - 7:30
3. "Passage To Music"- 10:46
4. "African Secrets" - 10:47
5. "The Elders Path" - 13:20
6. "Phonetic Hymn" - 9:00
7. "Mystery" - 11:43

6 & 7 does not appear on original LP

Personnel

• David S. Ware - tenor sax, saxello, stritch
• William Parker - bass
• Marc Edwards - drums

References

1. Passage to Music at Silkheart Records
2. Yanow, Scott. David Ware – Passage to Music: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 3, 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.