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Various Artists: Swingin
by Stephen McGrath
Christmas brings us many delights, from holiday feasts to decorating the tree. One such delight is holiday music, a tradition almost every artist has embraced. The result runs the gamut from Nat King Cole's sublime “The Christmas Song”, to the strange, The Singing Dogs' “Jingle Bells”. Every year a new holiday album comes out, and this ...
Dave Douglas: The Infinite
by AAJ Staff
This is a wonderful CD! Once again Dave Douglas scores big. It seems that this talented trumpeter just came out of nowhere and is suddenly upon us like a wild leopard. He deserves all the credit he gets. I first ran into Dave Douglas at the 1999 Bell Atlantic 2nd Annual Jazz Awards in NYC. Dave ...
Art Blakey: A Night in Tunisia
by Matt Rand
Recorded in 1957, Art Blakey's A Night in Tunisia jumps right into powerful rhythms, pounding through a full two-and-a-half minutes before a melody begins. But once begun, the melody, the chord changes, and even the solos, are all just an afterthought to the music's driving force. The force is unrelenting: when the young bassist, Spanky De ...
Dave Douglas: The Infinite
by C. Andrew Hovan
When it comes to varied musical projects, trumpeter Dave Douglas seems to be almost schizoid in his zeal for not recreating himself. On a purely artistic level, that's a good thing. But for those trying to follow his career it can all seem to be a bit disjointed. You know, “I liked his last record, but ...
Dave Douglas: The Infinite
by David Adler
The Infinite is one of Dave Douglas's more “mainstream" dates, in that it features standard quintet instrumentation--save for Uri Caine's sparkling, superbly played Fender Rhodes. Paradoxically, though, this is also a record that finds Douglas loudly declaring his love for some current pop music. It opens with a tender reading of Rufus Wainwright's “Poses" and goes ...
Witness
By Dave Douglas
Label: Bluebird
Released: 2001
Track listing: 1. Ruckus 2. Witness 3. One More News 4. Woman at Point Zero 5. Kidnapping Kissinger 6. Mahfouz 7. Episode for Taslima Nasrin 8. Child of All Nations 9. Sozaboy
Dave Douglas: Witness
by David Adler
Although there have been notable exceptions, music that is intentionally political is often bad--preachy, parochial, sanctimonious, obvious. Instrumental music has an edge in that its messages, once-removed from spoken language, are necessarily indirect and subjective. With Witness, Dave Douglas's first overtly political album, the trumpeter/composer stimulates our imaginations even as he encourages us to confront global ...
