Saxophonist David S. Ware - Featured Artist
David S. Ware was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, on
November 7, 1949. His early love of music was nurtured by some
dedicated teachers at the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School. He began
his saxophone career on alto, and then switched to baritone, before
finally settling on the tenor. "I had played in all the school bands,
the whole way through junior high and high school : marching band,
concert band, dance band and orchestras." As a teen David was an ardent
admirer of Sonny Rollins and struck up a relationship with the elder
tenor player after seeing him countless times in the mid-'60s at the
Five Spot and the Village Vanguard. The two practiced together
intermittently in the '70s in Rollins' Brooklyn apartment; it was
Rollins who taught young Ware the art of circular breathing in 1966. Read complete bio from davidsware.com.
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