Jazz Articles about Dave Douglas

Dave Douglas: Rue De Seine & Meaning And Mystery

by Tom Greenland
May 23, 2006

Dave Douglas, a dynamic improviser, composer, bandleader, stylistic envelope-pusher, and neo-traditionalist without parallel, is one of the sharpest knives on the cutting edge - and he's not resting on his laurels. Two new releases show the trumpeter in top form.

Martial Solal/Dave Douglas Rue De Seine CAM Jazz 2006

Rue De Seine, a duet album with European keyboard maven Martial Solal, takes on the challenge of creating cohesion in ...

Dave Douglas: Meaning and Mystery

by Troy Collins
May 5, 2006

Poll-winning trumpeter and composer Dave Douglas has led numerous diverse ensembles over the past decade. The quintet featured here is one of his more traditional lineups, at least compared to others which have employed fairly exotic instrumentation. This is Douglas' 24th release as a leader, and his fourth with this six year-old quintet. While it covers familiar territory, there are signs that the group is edging forward stylistically.

Other than the debut of new tenor saxophonist Donny McCaslin, ...

Dave Douglas Quintet: Meaning & Mystery

by John Kelman
April 11, 2006

Dave Douglas Quintet Meaning & Mystery Greenleaf Music 2006

Some artists use a revolving door policy to inspire them to take their music to new places. Others prefer to hone their sound with a constant group setting, letting time create the kind of shared trust that permits each member of the group to take risks with full confidence that the others will intuitively follow--or, conversely, take that risk and push in yet another direction. ...

Dave Douglas: Meaning and Mystery

by Paul Olson
April 10, 2006

Trumpeter/composer Dave Douglas continues his veritable deluge of fine recordings with Meaning and Mystery. After the one-off 2005 projects Mountain Passages and Keystone (Greenleaf Music), Douglas has returned to his eponymous quintet for a set of nine self-composed pieces. Strange Liberation (Bluebird, 2004) added guest Bill Frisell to the quintet; this is the first pure quintet studio recording from Dave Douglas since The Infinite (Bluebird, 2002). The leader receives support from longstanding group members Uri Caine on Fender Rhodes, James ...

Martial Solal / Dave Douglas: Rue De Seine

by Nic Jones
March 14, 2006

Here's a meeting of minds. For all of their stylistic differences, Dave Douglas and Martial Solal pull off the not inconsiderable feat on Rue De Seine of accommodating each other at the same time as they retain their own distinct musical identities. In an ideal world this should of course place quite naturally in the field of improvised music, but such is the quality of this release that, among other things, it reminds the listener just how infrequently this happens ...

Greenleaf Music

by Brian P. Lonergan
February 12, 2006

When Dave Douglas and Michael Friedman first met at a recording session in New York in the mid '80s, the young trumpeter made an indelible impression on the young drummer. “When Dave started playing, he galvanized the band and he had a certain presence and a freshness that is unforgettable, said Friedman, who would go on to head Premonition Records in Chicago. Still, at the time it would have been hard for either to imagine that two decades later they'd ...

John Zorn / Dave Douglas: The Stone, Issue One

by Brian P. Lonergan
February 2, 2006

One of the more striking aspects of the playing on The Stone, Issue One, especially the interplay between altoist John Zorn and trumpeter Dave Douglas, is the sense of immediacy and transparency about the music. It's as if you have a clear window into the improvisatory act, witnessing pure, unpremeditated creation as it happens for the very first time. Recorded at the nascent Alphabet City club known as The Stone, this disc is essentially an untitled suite ...