David S. Ware / Apogee – Birth of a Being (Expanded)

  Re-released on May 5, 2023  [AUM096/97] (DSW-ARC01) 2CD – deluxe 2023 reprint/repress [ltd. edition of 500] in 8-panel digipak printed on heavyweight stock w/ vintage photos & extensive liner notes. David S. Ware: tenor saxophone, compositionsCooper-Moore: piano, ashimba (on track 8)Marc Edwards: drums "No one exerted a more powerful center of gravity in avant-garde jazz over the last 35 years than the tenor saxophonist David S. Ware. This two-disc set gathers his earliest studio recordings, made in 1977 with the fearless trio called Apogee. The music is volatile, blazingly spiritual and fiercely in the moment." –The New York Times"Although the substantial body of work that Ware amassed in the latter part of his life more than suffices to secure his place in the pantheon of saxophone giants, this excellent debut, enriched by a bonus disc of previously unreleased material from the sessions, provides a rich portrait of a lavishly gifted young man with a horn." –Jazzwise"Rhapsod