Flight of I is an album by American jazz saxophonist
David S. Ware recorded in 1991 and released by the Japanese
DIW label and through a temporary licensing arrangement in the United States by
Columbia Records. This is the last recording of the David S. Ware Quartet's original lineup with drummer
Marc Edwards, who would be replaced by
Whit Dickey. Unlike previous albums, Ware only plays tenor sax and tackles two of his favorite standards,
Harry Warren's "
There Will Never Be Another You" and
Jerome Kern's "
Yesterdays", and the ballad "Sad Eyes", composed by free jazz saxophonist
Arthur Jones.[1]
In his review for
AllMusic, Thom Jurek states "There is plenty of magic here, and more mystery to be discovered by anyone willing to take a chance on one of the most original tenor players in free jazz."[2]The Penguin Guide to Jazz says that "'Flight of I' and 'Infi-Rhythms' are soaring, prayerful meditations, the saxophone roars and declaims like a storefront preacher, and Shipp plays like a man possessed."[3]
Track listing
All compositions by David S. Ware except as indicated
"Aquarian Sound" - 7:51
"There Will Never Be Another You" (
Harry Warren) - 9:31