Renunciation (album)

Renunciation is an album by American jazz saxophonist David S. Ware, which was recorded live at the 2006 Vision Festival and released on the AUM Fidelity label. It was the last U.S. performance by the David S. Ware Quartet.^[1]

Renunciation
Live album by David S. Ware
Released	2007
Recorded	June 18, 2006
Venue	Angel Orensanz Center, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	63:00
Label	AUM Fidelity
Producer	Steven Joerg, David S. Ware
David S. Ware chronology
BalladWare (2006) Renunciation (2007) Live in Vilnius (2009)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states "Renunciation is the sound of a band who has been playing together for a very long time and who knows and understands the value of everything, from circular rhythm and mantra-like compositional structures to the extended gift of free improvisation within their own definition of the time/space continuum."^[2]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz says "This live recording ranks among Ware's best works and confirms that for all the 'avant-garde' procedures, far-flung dissonance and out-of-line metres, his most distinctive work emerges, like Coltrane, directly out of the blues, church music and song."^[3]

The All About Jazz review by Matthew Sumera says "Renunciation, billed as the last incarnation of the David S. Ware quartet, feels less like an immense, concluding, culminating statement than one may hope."^[4]

In a review for JazzTimes Chris Kelsey notes "As is usual with this group, the most satisfying moments occur when Ware plays to his sidemen’s strengths."^[5]

The Point of Departure review by Bill Shoemaker states "Billed as their farewell US concert, the David S. Ware Quartet’s 2006 Vision Festival performance did not simply signal the end of an illustrious ensemble, but an episode, if not an era in jazz history."^[6]

Track listing

All compositions by David S. Ware

1. "Introduction" - 1:51
2. "Ganesh Sound" - 8:32
3. "Renunciation Suite I" - 18:50
4. "Renunciation Suite II" - 6:45
5. "Renunciation Suite III" - 7:22
6. "Mikuro's Blues" - 9:16
7. "Ganesh Sound (reprise)" - 6:40
8. "Saturnian" - 3:44

Personnel

• David S. Ware – tenor saxophone
• Matthew Shipp – piano
• William Parker – bass
• Guillermo E. Brown – drums