DAO
Studio album by
David S. Ware
Released1996
RecordedSeptember 29, 1995
StudioSound on Sound, New York
GenreJazz
Length72:20
LabelHomestead
HMS 230-2
ProducerDavid S. Ware
David S. Ware chronology
Oblations and Blessings
(1996)		 DAO
(1996)		 Godspelized
(1996)

DAO is an album by the American jazz saxophonist David S. Ware, recorded in 1995 and released on Homestead. In contrast with most of the quartet's previous albums, they didn't undergo the usual rigorous rehearsals for the recording, getting into the studio the day after the Oblations and Blessings sessions. DAO was the fifth and last recording by the David S. Ware Quartet with drummer Whit Dickey, who would be replaced by Susie Ibarra.[1]

Reception

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

In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states: "This is a stunner, and a beautiful example of four musicians listening intently to one another in the process of discovery."[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote that "DAO is Ware's attempt to create his own A Love Supreme, a connected sequence of highly spiritual themes for what was rapidly becoming a 'classic quartet'."[3]

Track listing

All compositions by David S. Ware
  1. "Interdao" – 6:22
  2. "Motif Dao" – 9:18
  3. "Rhythm Dao" – 7:00
  4. "Tao Above Sky" – 7:36
  5. "Dao Forms" – 18:16
  6. "Dao Feel" – 8:28
  7. "Dao" – 15:20

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Original liner Notes by Peter Margasak
  2. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. David S. Ware – DAO: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
  3. 1 2 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.
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