UPDATES and additions since June 1, 2024 : : : (Latest May 23, 2026)

• Releases:
  77.01.14 William Hooker: A Time Within—Live at the New York Jazz Museum, January 14, 1977 (Valley of Search)
  
  
• Play Dates:
  75.05.25 David S. Ware and Co., 501 Canal Street, NYC
  97.06.20 David S. Ware Quartet, Toronto
  
  
• Corrections:
  76.06.14 Andrew Cyrille & Maono, changed from recorded session to play date, and personnel corrected.




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UPDATES September 30, 2021 through May 31, 2024:

• Sessions:
  76.02.00 Cecil Taylor Unit, La Mama Theatre, NYC
  
• Play Dates:
  73.06.20 Cecil Taylor Quintet, Berkeley
  75.12.06 William Hooker Reality Unit, Focus, NYC
  76.02.26 to 02.29 Cecil Taylor Unit, La Mama Theatre, NYC
  76.03.04 to 03.07; 03.12 to 03.14; + 76.03.19 to 03.21 Cecil Taylor Unit, La Mama Theatre, NYC
  76.03.23 to 03.28 Cecil Taylor Unit, San Francisco
  76.03.31 to 04.04 Cecil Taylor Unit, Vancouver
  
  76.04.13 + 04.14 Cecil Taylor Unit, Chicago
  76.04.28 Cecil Taylor Unit , Philadelphia
  76.06.00 (06.04 or 06.05) The Cecil Taylor Unit, Paris
  76.07.16 to 07.18 Cecil Taylor Unit, Den Haag
  76.10.22 to 76.10.24 Andrew Cyrille & Maono, Ali's Alley, NYC
  76.11.20 Andrew Cyrille & Maono, Countee Cullen Library, NYC
  76.12.16 William Hooker Reality Unit, Columbus Library, NYC
  77.01.18 to 01.23 Cecil Taylor Unit, San Francisco
  77.02.08 to 02.12; 02.15 to 02.19 Andrew Cyrille & Maono, Ali's Alley, NYC
  77.03.02 to 03.06 Cecil Taylor Unit, Chicago
  77.03.29 to 04.03 Cecil Taylor Unit, San Francisco
  77.05.27 + 05.28 Cecil Taylor Unit, Paris
  77.06.22 Cecil Taylor Unit, Paris
  77.07.02 Andrew Cyrille & Maono, Ali's Alley, NYC
  77.07.25 to 07.31 Cecil Taylor Unit, San Francisco
  77.08.02 Cecil Taylor Unit, Hermosa Beach
  77.10.28 + 10.29 Beaver Harris' 360° Music Experience, Axis in Soho, NYC
  77.11.01 to 11.05 Andrew Cyrille & Maono, Ali's Alley, NYC
  78.03.05 + 03.06 Andrew Cyrille & Maono, Ali's Alley, NYC
  78.11.17 + 11.18 Beaver Harris & the 360° Music Experience, The Tin Palace, NYC
  78.12.02 Andrew Cyrille “Quintet,” The Public Theater, NYC
  79.02.06 to 02.10 Andrew Cyrille & Maono, Ali’s Alley, NYC
  79.11.30 Andrew Cyrille & Maono, New York University, NYC
  85.04.13 Harris, Kowald, Ware Trio, Geneva
  94.08.02 David S. Ware Solo, Chicago
  95.07.03 David S. Ware Quartet, Vienne
  96.02.17 David S. Ware Quartet, Besançon
  04.10.30 David S. Ware Quartet, Lausanne
  
• Deleted 78.11.10 Cecil Taylor Unit, Ann Arbor; 78.11.13 + 11.14, Toronto; and 78.11.17, San Francisco
  Corrected date of 96.01.24 (was 96.01.00) David S. Ware Quartet, Zürich
  Corrected date of 98.12.10 (was 98.12.00) David S. Ware Quartet, Zürich
  




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UPDATES October 13, 2019 through September 30, 2021:

• Play dates:
  74.06.15 Andrew Cyrille & Maono, Studio RivBea, NYC
  75.03.19 Andrew Cyrille & Maono, Countee Cullen Public Library, NYC
  75.06.22 David S. Ware and Co., 501 Canal Street, NYC
  




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UPDATES June 1 through October 12, 2019:

• Releases:
  08.05.24 David S. Ware New Quartet: Théâtre Garonne, 2008 (AUM Fidelity)
  
• Play dates:
  73.08.13 Apogee, 501 Canal Street, NYC
  73.08.21 Apogee, 501 Canal Street, NYC
  73.08.27 Apogee, 501 Canal Street, NYC
  73.09.03 Apogee, 501 Canal Street, NYC
  73.09.10 Apogee, 501 Canal Street, NYC
  73.09.17 Apogee, 501 Canal Street, NYC
  73.10.15 Apogee, 501 Canal Street, NYC
  73.11.06 Apogee, Studio RivBea, NYC
  73.11.13 Apogee, Studio RivBea, NYC
  73.11.20 Apogee, Studio RivBea, NYC
  73.11.27 Apogee, Studio RivBea, NYC
  73.11.06 Apogee, Studio RivBea, NYC
  74.02.07 Apogee, Studio RivBea, NYC
  74.02.14 Apogee, Studio RivBea, NYC
  74.02.21 Apogee, Studio RivBea, NYC
  74.02.28 Apogee, Studio RivBea, NYC
  




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UPDATES January 1, 2017 through May 31, 2019:

• Releases:
  10.06.27 (1) David S. Ware Trio: The Balance (Vision Festival XV +) (AUM Fidelity)
  10.10.04 David S. Ware Trio: Live in New York, 2010 (AUM Fidelity Records)
  
• Play dates:
  67.03.12 Region II Central Jersey Symphonic Orchestra, Scotch Plains
  81.04.29 and 81.04.30 David S. Ware Quartet, Paris
  81.05.01 and 81.05.02 David S. Ware Quartet, Paris
  79.10.23 Andrew Cyrille "Quartet," London
  95.09.05 David S. Ware Quartet, Varese
  
• Added newspaper article 67.03.13 David S. Ware, award recipient
  




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UPDATES October 15, 2015 through December 31, 2016:

• Releases:
  David S. Ware & Matthew Shipp Duo: Live in Sant'Anna Arresi, 2004 (AUM Fidelity) 04.09.05
  David S. Ware: A World Of Sound [Film] (David Lynch Foundation Television) 09.10.15
  
  
• Sessions:
  76.06.23 Cecil Taylor Unit, Paris
  77.04.00 (2) Cecil Taylor Unit, Brussels
  77.08.00 Cecil Taylor Unit, Village Vanguard, NYC
  96.10.25 David S. Ware Quartet, Philadelphia
  01.08.14 David S. Ware Quartet, Oakland
  
  
• Play dates:
  76.03.23 Cecil Taylor Unit, San Francisco
  76.03.24 Cecil Taylor Unit, San Francisco
  76.03.25 Cecil Taylor Unit, San Francisco
  76.03.26 Cecil Taylor Unit, San Francisco
  76.03.27 Cecil Taylor Unit, San Francisco
  76.03.28 Cecil Taylor Unit, San Francisco
  76.04.21 Cecil Taylor Uni, Village Vanguard, NYC
  76.04.22 Cecil Taylor Uni, Village Vanguard, NYC
  76.04.23 Cecil Taylor Uni, Village Vanguard, NYC
  76.04.25 Cecil Taylor Uni, Village Gate, NYC
  76.07.01 Cecil Taylor Unit, Hamburg
  76.07.00 (1) Cecil Taylor Unit, Kongsberg
  76.07.00 (2) Cecil Taylor Unit, Arles
  77.04.00 (1) Cecil Taylor Unit, Chicago
  94.06.16 David S. Ware Quartet, Knitting Factory, NYC
  95.03.03 David S. Ware Quartet, Boston
  96.11.02 David S. Ware Quartet, Paris
  99.01.28 David S. Ware Quartet, Knitting Factory, NYC
  
  
• Added newspaper article 67.06.28 David S. Ware, scholarship recipient
  Corrected 98.06.13 David S. Ware Quartet to Hudson Tent, Battery Park City, NYC (was Knitting Factory)
  
  




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• UPDATES September, 2015 through October 14, 2016:
  
• Releases:
  Christ Gabriel Jazz Missionary Group: Christ Gabriel Jazz Missionary Group (Musicmaster) 67.00.00
  William Hooker: LIGHT. The Early Years 1975-1989 (No Business Records) to 76.02.05
  Cecil Taylor Quartet: Michigan State University, April 15th 1976 (Hi Hat Records) 76.04.15
  David S. Ware / APOGEE: Birth of a Being (AUM Fidelity) 77.04.14 and 77.04.15
  
  
• Play dates:
  76.09.21 through 76.09.23 Andrew Cyrille & Maono, Ali's Alley, NYC
  89.12.20 and 89.12.21 Cecil Taylor Corona Ensemble, Lush Life, NYC
  
  




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• UPDATES November, 2012 through September, 2015:
  
• Sessions:
  68.03.00 OIC Job Training Film, Boston
  10.10.04 David S. Ware Trio, Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC
  
  
• Note from Steven Joerg on David's cancelled Vision Fest concert 12.06.12
• Notes on David's passing from Patricia Nicholson-Parker and Steven Joerg 12.10.18
• Image of David S. Ware at home 12.10.18
• A fine anecdote from Brian Nation's Beat The Devil blog 76.04.00 Cecil Taylor Quintet, Vancouver
• Deleted 96.10.26 David S. Ware Quartet, Minneapolis—mis-dated duplicate listing of 98.10.24
• Corrected Session date 99.06.11 (was 99.06.10)




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• UPDATES January through October, 2012:
  
• Release William Parker: Centering—Unreleased Early Recordings 1976-1987 80.05.09 and 84.06.25 (NoBusiness Records)
• Corrected date 81.06.01 David S. Ware Trio, Bordeaux (was 80.00.00)
• Play date:
  05.10.22 David S. Ware Trio, Sao Miguel
  07.01.12 David S. Ware Unit, Philadelphia
  
  
• IMAGE to 07.01.12 David S. Ware Unit, Philadelphia
• Release 11.08.27 David S. Ware's Planetary Unknown: Live at Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2011 (AUM Fidelity)




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• UPDATES June through December, 2011:
  
• Session 76.04.12 Cecil Taylor Unit, Montreal
• Session 80.11.19 Andrew Cyrille & Maono, Basel
• Session 96.10.26 David S. Ware Quartet, Minneapolis
• Added 2-LP re-issue to release David S. Ware Trio: Onecept 09.12.02 (AUM Fidelity)
• Release David S. Ware: Organica (solo saxophones, volume 2) 10.03.13 and 10.11.05 (AUM Fidelity)
• Session David S. Ware • Cooper-Moore • William Parker • Muhammad Ali: Planetary Unknown 10.11.23 (AUM Fidelity)
• Play dates:
  11.08.27 David S. Ware's Planetary Unknown, Saalfelden
  11.06.12 David S. Ware Solo, Toronto
  11.06.14 David S. Ware Solo, Montreal
  11.06.24 David S. Ware Solo, The Stone, NYC
  11.06.25 David S. Ware Solo, Homage Skate Park, NYC
  
  




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• UPDATES January through May, 2011:
  
• Session 76.03.30 Cecil Taylor Unit, Los Angeles
• Session 76.07.03 Cecil Taylor Unit, Macerata
• Session 76.07.09 Cecil Taylor Unit, Montreux
• Session 76.07.11 Cecil Taylor Unit, Nimes
• Play dates:
  93.06.18 David S. Ware "Experimental jazz...", P.S. 122, NYC
  
  
• Session 94.10.22 David S. Ware Quartet, Philadelphia




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• UPDATES August through December, 2010:
  
• Add complete Audience Recording to 95.09.02 David S. Ware Quartet, Willisau
• Session 02.03.26 David S. Ware Quartet, Emilia-Romagna
• Play dates:
  02.07.27 David S. Ware Solo, Clusone
  06.05.01 David S. Ware Solo, Ravaldino
  
  
• Release David S. Ware Trio: Onecept 09.12.02 (AUM Fidelity)
• Session 10.06.27 David S. Ware Trio, Abrons Arts Center, NYC
• Play dates:
  10.10.04 David S. Trio, Blue Note, NYC
  10.11.05 David S. Ware Solo, Chicago
  
  




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• UPDATES March through July, 2010:
• Play dates:
  76.12.10 Cecil Taylor Unit, Village Gate, NYC
  77.04.22 Cecil Taylor, Village Gate, NYC
  77.04.23 Cecil Taylor, Village Gate, NYC
  77.09.06 through 77.09.10 Cecil Taylor, Storyville, NYC
  
  
• IMAGE to 80.02.02 David S. Ware Quartet, Soundscape, NYC
• IMAGE to 84.06.07 Peter Brötzmann ALARM Ensemble, Taller, NYC
• Date for 85.01.30 Peter Kowald's "Collaboration", Sweet Basil, NYC (was 85.01.28-02.11)
• Play dates:
  88.03.00 "Ahmed Abdullah with David S. Ware", Knitting Factory, NYC
  88.04.03 Call of Nature Trio, Knitting Factory, NYC
  89.09.05 David S. Ware "Group", Knitting Factory, NYC
  91.02.03 David S. Ware & Matthew Shipp Duo, Knitting Factory, NYC
  95.02.28 David S. Ware Quartet, Knitting Factory, NYC
  95.07.19 David S. Ware, The Cooler, NYC
  96.08.23 David S. Ware Quartet, Knitting Factory, NYC
  97.04.30 David S. Ware Quartet, Knitting Factory, NYC
  09.12.09 David S. Ware Trio recording session, NYC
  
  
• Release David S. Ware: Saturnian—Solo Saxophones Vol. 1 09.10.15 (AUM Fidelity)




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• UPDATES February, 2010:
• Play dates:
  77.03.07-11 Cecil Taylor Unit, Chicago
  77.03.19 Cecil Taylor Unit, Chicago
  
  
• Session 77.04.00 Cecil Taylor Unit, Nimes




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• UPDATES October 2009 through February 1, 2010:
  
• IMAGE to 80.11.11-12 Andrew Cyrille Quartet, Madrid
• Note from Ed Hazell on Ware at Berklee, 68-69.00.00
• Session 75.00.00 ("Spring") Andrew Cyrille & Maono, NYC
• Session 76.04.20 Cecil Taylor Unit, NYC
• Session 76.04.24 Cecil Taylor Unit, NYC
• Session 76.05.28 Cecil Taylor Unit, Philadelphia
• Play date:
  80.11.11 Andrew Cyrille Quartet, Madrid
  80.11.12 Andrew Cyrille Quartet, Madrid
  95.03.03 David S. Ware Quartet, Boston
  96.06.07 David S. Ware Quartet, NYC
  00.05.05 or 00.05.07 David S. Ware Quartet, Washington, DC
  
  
• Corrected date for release DJ Wally: Nothing Stays the Same (Thirsty Ear) 01.08.09 (was 03.00.00)
• Session 03.04.28 to release David S. Ware String Ensemble: Threads (Thirsty Ear)
• Play dates: 10.03.13 David S. Ware Solo, Brooklyn
  
  




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• UPDATES June through September, 2009:
  
• Session 88.04.17 Bill Dixon Ensemble ("Sound Unity Orchestra"), NYC
• Session 74.06.14 Andrew Cyrille & Maono, NYC
• Session 77.01.14 William Hooker Reality Unit, NYC
• Broadcast Recording to 85.04.26 Peter Brötzmann's Alarm Orchestra, Berlin
• Session 94.10.01 David S. Ware & Matthew Shipp Duo, Oakland
• Play date:
  95.10.14 David S. Ware Quartet, Denver
  96.03.21 David S. Ware Quartet, Detroit
  96.06.29 David S. Ware Quartet, Toronto
  
  
• Release David S. Ware Quartet: Live in Vilnius 07.03.24 (No Business)
• Session 07.11.09 David S. Ware Trio, Gütersloh
• Play date:
  09.10.15 David S. Ware Solo, NYC
  
  




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• UPDATES August 2008 through May, 2009:
  
• musicWitness™ Image to 06.06.18 David S. Ware Quartet: Renunciation (AUMFidelity)
• Session 89.12.23 Cecil Taylor Corona Ensemble, NYC
• Soundboard Recording to 96.06.30 David S. Ware Quartet, Toronto
• Release David S. Ware: Shakti 08.05.09 (AUM Fidelity)
• Session 08.07.11 David S. Ware New Quartet, Rotterdam




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UPDATES May through July, 2008:

• Sessions:
  79.00.00 Andrew Cyrille & Maono, NYC
  79.10.15 Andrew Cyrille & Maono, Innsbruck
  
• Play dates:
  07.07.13 David S. Ware New Quartet, NYC
  08.05.24 David S. Ware Quartet, Toulouse
  08.07.11 David S. Ware Quartet, Rotterdam
  
• Added Stafford James (bass) to 75.07.14
• Session 77.06.11 Cecil Taylor Unit, Wilhelmshaven
• Track detailing to 77.06.18 Cecil Taylor Unit, Amsterdam
• Track detailing to 00.06.04 David S. Ware Quartet, New York City
• Track detailing to 07.07.13 David S. Ware New Quartet, New York City





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• UPDATES April, 2008:
  
• Play dates:
  96.03.22 David S. Ware Quartet, Chicago
• Session 07.08.25 David S. Ware ‘New Quartet,’ Sant'anna arresi



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• UPDATES October 2007:
• Play date 84.05.19 William Parker's Centering Big Band, NYC
• Determined mis-dated Session "75.06.00" (now deleted), was actually same as 75.07.14 Andrew Cyrille & Maono, NYC
• Play dates David S. Ware Quartet, 07.03.20 Saint Brieuc; 07.03.22 Tours; 07.03.25 Schiltigheim.
• Session 81.12.12 Milford Graves Trio, NYC
• Track detailing added 84.06.07, Brotzmann Alarm Ensemble, NYC
• Play dates 07.03.24 Solo, Vilnius; 07.11.07 Solo, Zurich
• Details added 76.06.00 Cecil Taylor Unit, Belgium
• Play date added, 07.03.11 Solo, NYC
• Added Broadcast Recording to 06.06.18 David S. Ware Quartet, NYC
• Detailing to Sessions 99.10.00; 99.10.20-21; 99.11.05; 99.11.06; 99.11.09, David S. Ware, un Film de Arthur Cemin et Romain Wentzo (Circeto Film)
• Session 94.05.17 David S. Ware Quartet, Konstanz
• Session 96.07.19 David S. Ware Quartet, Ottawa
• Added Various Artists: The Blue Series Sampler: The 30th Year (Thirsty Ear) to 99.03.31 David S. Ware Quartet, NYC
• Play dates:
  07.11.09 David S. Ware Trio, Gutersloh, Germany
  07.11.11 David S. Ware Quartet, Rome
  07.11.12 David S. Ware Quartet, Vienna
• Interview reference of recording session to 94.09.16 David S. Ware Quartet, NYC
• Locale to 94.09.00 (3) David S. Ware Quartet, Carrboro, NC
• Play date 98.06.13 David S. Ware Quartet, NYC
• Corrected date 97.08.22 David S. Ware Quartet, NYC (was 97.08.21)
• Added WKCR Archival Recording to 97.05.30 David S. Ware Quartet, NYC
• Session 98.05.22 David S. Ware Quartet, NYC
• Added (abridged) Broadcast Date (06.02.03) to 99.03.31 David S. Ware Quartet, NYC