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Derek Douget: Perpetual Motion

Read "Perpetual Motion" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
November 6, 2002

Saxophonist Derek Douget's roots run deep in Louisiana: a native of the city of Gonzales, a degree in Jazz Studies at The University of New Orleans, the musical diretor of The Ellis Marsalis Quintet, performing stints with Nicolas Payton, Jason Marsalis, Delfeayo Marsalis and Roland Guerin. Perpetual Motion is Douget's first outing as a leader, and the Marsalis influence is evident right from the start, on the opener, "G.O.A.", a post-bop cooker--think early Wynton, compostionally--that features some glowing ...