Great Bliss, Vol. 2 Explained

Great Bliss, Vol. 2
Type:studio
Artist:David S. Ware
Cover:Great_Bliss_Vol2_Cover.jpeg
Released:1991
Recorded:January 8, 9 & 10, 1990
Studio:Sound on Sound Recording, New York
Genre:Jazz
Length:69:55
Label:Silkheart
Producer:David S. Ware
Chronology:David S. Ware
Prev Title:Great Bliss, Vol. 1
Prev Year:1991
Next Title:Flight of I
Next Year:1992

Great Bliss, Vol. 2 is an album by American jazz saxophonist David S. Ware, the second installment of a two-albums project recorded in 1990 and released on the Swedish Silkheart label. As in the companion Great Bliss, Vol. 1, besides tenor sax Ware plays saxello, stritch and flute.[1]

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Don Snowden states "If you can only have just one, Great Bliss, Vol. 2 is definitely the pick for painting a much better picture of David S. Ware's quartet as a cohesive musical entity."

Track listing

All compositions by David S. Ware

  1. "One Two Three" - 12:00
  2. "Emptiness" - 4:00
  3. "Primary Piece III"- 8:30
  4. "Saxelloscape Two" - 5:00
  5. "The Child Without - The Child Within" - 10:50
  6. "Strichland" - 12:15
  7. "Low Strata" - 6:20
  8. "Reign of Peace" - 11:00

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.silkheart.se/release.php?catno=128 Great Bliss, Vol. 2