David S. Ware

One of the most important avant-garde jazz saxophonists of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, David S. Ware played with free jazz giants like Andrew Cyrille and Cecil Taylor early in his career. But it was with his own groups -- many of which included bassist William Parker and pianist Matthew Shipp -- that he fully incorporated the spirit of the '60s free jazz movement while pushing its boundaries into the 2010s. With instantly recognizable tone and phrasing, Ware embraced jazz history, global folk music histories, and spiritual traditions. Even when interpreting standar...