Results for "Dave Douglas"

Mark Lockheart: Ellington in Anticipation

by John Kelman
February 22, 2013

Ellington in Anticipation isn't Mark Lockheart's first album to employ an expanded lineup; the Polar Bear/Blue Touch Paper saxophonist collaborated with Germany's WDR Big Band on 2010's Days Like These (Fuzzy Moon) and first cut his teeth in Loose Tubes, the now-legendary large UK collective of then-up-and-comers that included pianist Django Bates, saxophonist Iain Ballamy and ...

Donny McCaslin: Lightness and Gravity

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
February 5, 2013

Saxophonist Donny McCaslin seems like a young player, given his energy and inventiveness. But he has been playing jazz for three decades. As a child, he was part of his father's jazz ensemble and a member of his high school jazz band. He led his own bands after moving to New York from his native California, ...

Montreal Jazz Festival to Feature Aretha Franklin, George Benson, Wynton Marsalis & More

February 3, 2013

The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, presented by TD in collaboration with Rio Tinto Alcan, has announced some of the initial concerts scheduled for the 34th edition which runs from June 28 to July 7. With a program featuring artists ranging from the music legends to bright new stars, this year’s participants includes Aretha Franklin, ...

TD Ottawa Jazz Festival's Jacque Emond (1934-2013)

January 8, 2013

Obit by James Hale, courtesy of Jazz Chronicles and CBC Music: Note: My longtime friend Jacques Emond, former programming director for the Ottawa International Jazz Festival, died Sunday night after suffering a stroke the previous day. Almost everywhere I've ventured in the global jazz community I've found them: obsessed, lifelong fans of the music with encyclopedic ...

Jonathan Saraga Quintet: First Vision

by Dan Bilawsky
January 2, 2013

When young artists release their first album, it's always tempting to say they “show potential" or “are off to a good start," but those comments tend to be kindly veiled takes on “you get an A for effort, but should have waited a bit longer." Jonathan Saraga need not worry about having such pacifying comments thrown ...

Be Still

By Dave Douglas

Label: Greenleaf Music
Released: 2012
Track listing: 01. Be Still My Soul; 02. High on a Mountain; 03. God Be with You; 04. Barbara Allen; 05. This Is My Father's World; 06. Going Somewhere with You; 07. Middle March; 08. Living Streams; 09. Whither Must I Wander?

Greenleaf Portable Series Volume 1: Rare Metals

By Dave Douglas

Label: Greenleaf Music
Released: 2012
Track listing: 01. Town Hall; 02. Night Growl; 03. Lush Life; 04. Thread; 05. Safeway; 06. My Old Sign. Le composizioni sono di Douglas tranne Lush Life, composta da Billy Strayhorn.

Greenleaf Portable Series Volume 2: Orange Afternoons

By Dave Douglas

Label: Greenleaf Music
Released: 2012
Track listing: 01. The Gulf; 02. Valori Bollati; 03. Solato; 04. Orologi; 05. Orange Afternoons; 06. Frontier Justice. Composizioni di Dave Douglas.

Greenleaf Portable Series Volume 3: Bad Mango

By Dave Douglas

Label: Greenleaf Music
Released: 2012
Track listing: 01. One More News; 02. Bad Mango; 03. Nome; 04. Witness; 05. Spider; 06. One Shot; 07. Time Leveler.

Be Still My Soul

Featuring the music of Dave Douglas
Duration: 5:14
December 26, 2012