In honor of what would have been his 70th birthday, this is the fifth volume in
AUM Fidelity's David S. Ware archival series. It showcases the collective
abilities of his "new" quartet with guitarist Joe Morris and drummer Warren
Smith joining the saxophonist and returning bassist William Parker. This group
had been together less than a year at the time of this performance and had just
completed recording the saxophonist's Shakti. Ware was also beginning to have
acute health problems. Suffering from long-term kidney disease, he had been
undergoing daily peritoneal dialysis for a decade, and after that proved
ineffective, he had a kidney transplant a year later. On tour, Ware had been
convinced by his bandmates to be driven by red cap carts in airports and had
taken to sitting in a chair on-stage in order to preserve his energy for
playing. From this performance, however, you'd never know he was ailing. [...]
