First performances in 1992 established the string group as a perfect outlet for Douglas' wide-ranging compositional aesthetic. The band includes some of the world's top improvisers on strings -- violinist Mark Feldman, cellist Erik Friedlander, bassists Mark Dresser and Drew Gress.

Together they arrive at a unique new sound incorporating contemporary clasical music, sound track, world music, theater music and jazz.

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Dave Douglas: trumpet

Mark Feldman: violin

Erik Friedlander: cello

Drew Gress: bass

Michael Sarin: drums

Recorded at Sound on Sound, New York, 1998

Recorded and Mixed by Jon Rosenberg

Graphic Design: Heidi Bullinga

Dave Douglas: trumpet

Mark Feldman: violin

Erik Friedlander: cello

Drew Gress: bass

Michael Sarin: drums

Recorded at East Side Sound, New York, 1995

Recorded and Mixed by Jon Rosenberg

Graphic Design: David Thorne

Dave Douglas: trumpet

Mark Feldman: violin

Erik Friedlander: cello

Mark Dresser: bass

Michael Sarin: drums

Recorded at Sear Sound, New York, 1993

Recorded and Mixed by Jon Rosenberg

Graphic Design: David Thorne

1. Chit Kyoo Thwe Tog Nyim Hmar Lar(Traditional Burmese)

2. Joe's Auto Glass

3. Tzotzil Maya

4. Meeting at Infinity

5. Desseins Eternels(Messiaen)

6. Bilbao Song(Weill)

Border Stories

7. The Story

8. The Elaboration

9. The Exaggeration

10. Apocrypha

11. Collateral Damages

12. Goodbye Tony

13. Nothing Like You(Dorough/Landesman)

1. Invasive Procedure

2. Mirrors (for Steve Lacy)

3. Going, Going (for Wayne Shorter)

4. Seven (for Mark Dresser)

5. Who Knows(T.Monk)

6. The Inflated Tear(R.R.Kirk)

7. Actualities (for Woody Shaw)

8. Knit Brow

9. Over Farrell's (for John Cage)

10. Mogador (for John Zorn)

1. Sehr Bewegt(Webern)

2. Parallel Worlds

3. In Progress

4. Remains

5. Piece For Strings

6. Ballad in Which MacHeath Asks Everyone to Forgive Him(Weill)

7. LOCO MADI(Ellington)

8. On Your Leaving

9. For Every Action

10. Grand Choral(Stravinsky)