The Trio Plays Ware is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp performing music composed by saxophonist David S. Ware, which was recorded in 2003 and released on the Italian Splasc(H) label. The trio with Shipp, bassist William Parker and drummer Guillermo E. Brown was at the time of the recording the rhythm section of the David S. Ware Quartet.

The Trio Plays Ware
Studio album by Matthew Shipp
Released	2004
Recorded	April 19, 2003
Studio	The Studio, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	51:55
Label	Splasc(H)
Producer	Matthew Shipp
Matthew Shipp chronology
The Sorcerer Sessions (2003) The Trio Plays Ware (2004) Harmony and Abyss (2004)

Reception

In a double review for All About Jazz, Jeff Stockton notes that "You keep waiting for Ware to burst in, but he doesn't, and you're left with Shipp's densely barometric piano, Parker's stirring contrabass and Brown's structural drumming."[1]

Track listing

All compositions by David S. Ware

1. "Manu's Ideal" – 5:31
2. "Godspelized" – 6:56
3. "Dinosauria" – 4:49
4. "Lexicon" – 8:28
5. "Reign of Peace" – 5:09
6. "Wisdom Through Time" – 4:26
7. "Dao Forms" – 8:33
8. "Mystic March" – 7:53

Personnel

• Matthew Shipp - piano
• William Parker - bass
• Guillermo E. Brown - drums

References