Passage to Music

Passage to Music is an album by American jazz saxophonist David S. Ware recorded in 1988 and released on the Swedish Silkheart label. Besides tenor sax Ware plays saxello, a variant of the soprano sax played by English jazz musician Elton Dean, and stritch, a straight alto sax associated with multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk. The CD edition adds two bonus tracks.

Reception
In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow states "David Ware's searching improvisations reward repeated listenings by open-eared listeners." The Penguin Guide to Jazz states "Passage To Music has something of Ayler's and Sander's Afro-mysticism and constitutes something of a personal initiation".

Track listing

 * All compositions by David S. Ware


 * 1) "An Ancient Formula" - 6:00
 * 2) "Ancient Visitors" - 7:30
 * 3) "Passage To Music"- 10:46
 * 4) "African Secrets" - 10:47
 * 5) "The Elders Path" - 13:20
 * 6) "Phonetic Hymn" - 9:00
 * 7) "Mystery" - 11:43
 * 6 & 7 does not appear on original LP

Personnel

 * David S. Ware - tenor sax, saxello, stritch
 * William Parker - bass
 * Marc Edwards - drums