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CURRENT PROJECTS/WORKING BANDS

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DAVE DOUGLAS QUINTET

New music for trumpet, tenor saxophone, fender rhodes, acoustic bass, and drums. One of Dave's most popular and enduring projects, the quintet has been in existence for over seven years. Current members are Donny McCaslin, Uri Caine, James Genus, and Clarence Penn. With a repertoire of dozens of original tunes, the quintet spans a wide range of contemporary jazz sounds in a lyrical, driving fashion. They broke new ground this year with Live at the Jazz Standard, releasing a whole week of music including 44 different compositions in 12 unique sets of music. It's all available for download at Greenleaf Music Dave's music production company. Sheet music is also available for these releases. Other recordings: Meaning and Mystery, a studio recording from February 1, 2006, consists of original Dave Douglas Quintet compositions. Strange Liberation (2004) featured special guest Bill Frisell on guitar. Their first album, The Infinite, was nominated for a Grammy as best instrumental jazz album in 2003. The band was launched at the Village Vanguard, NYC, in February 2000, and continues touring around the world. Greenleaf Music recently released a 2-CD live recording of the Quintet at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam from 2002 on their specially priced Paperback Series.

 

Please check the Events page for upcoming U.S. and South American performances.

 

DAVE DOUGLAS & KEYSTONE

New music for electric sextet with trumpet, tenor/soprano sax, rhodes, electric bass, drums, and turntables. Inspired by films, written for films, both new and old. Keystone, the studio recording and DVD, is available at Greenleaf Music Music as a two disc package: one CD of just the music, and one DVD containing two 1916 Arbuckle silent films with new musical accompaniment. This package was nominated for a Grammy in 2006. A live recording from Umea, Sweden from October 2005 is also available on Greenleaf Music's specially priced Paperback Series. The recording captures the band with Gene Lake, Marcus Strickland, Adam Benjamin, Brad Jones, and DJ Olive. The New York City premiere of this project took place at Zankel Hall on February 18, 2006 as part of John Adams' In Your Ear series.

 

Please check Events for upcoming US and European dates and new recordings.

 

DAVE DOUGLAS & BRASS ECSTASY

Trumpet, two trombones, tuba, and drums. In homage to Lester Bowie, Brass Ecstasy plays original music and brassified covers of contemporary pop music.

 

 

DAVE DOUGLAS GOLDEN HEART QUARTET

Trumpet, tenor sax, bass, drums. The music of Don Cherry, cornetist and composer, celebrating many different periods and visions of this artist's work.

 

 

DON CHERRY'S SYMPHONY FOR IMPROVISERS

A special double quartet coming together to perform this seminal 1966 work. Roy Campbell, trumpet, Mixashawn, sax, William Parker, bass, Hamid Drake, drums. Dave Douglas, trumpet, JD Allen, sax, Henry Grimes, bass, Andrew Cyrille, drums.

 

 

MUSIC OF RANDY WESTON

New arrangements for trumpet, sax/flute, trombone, tuba, electric keyboards, and drums. Well known and lesser known compositions by the American Master.

 

 

BLUE LATITUDES

New Dave Douglas composition for 3 improvising soloists and 14 piece chamber orchestra.

 

 

SFJAZZ COLLECTIVE

Dave recently became a member of this extraordinary Bay Area super-group of players and composers. Other members include Joe Lovano, Miguel Zenon, Andre Hayward, Renee Rosnes, Stefon Harris, Matt Penman, and Eric Harland.

 

 

BY SPECIAL REQUEST:


TINY BELL TRIO

With Jim Black (drums) and Brad Shepik (guitar), this is the band that recorded:

Songs for Wandering Souls (1999)
Live in Europe (1998)
Constellations (1996)
Tiny Bell Trio (1994)

CHARMS OF THE NIGHT SKY

With Guy Klucevsek (accordion), Mark Feldman (violin), and Greg Cohen (bass), this is the band that recorded:

A Thousand Evenings (2000)
Charms of the Night Sky (1997)

DAVE DOUGLAS SEXTET

A group dedicated to celebrating some of the great visionaries of jazz.

Features trumpet, reeds, trombone, piano, bass, drums.

Soul on Soul (for Mary Lou Williams) (2000)
Stargazer (for Wayne Shorter) (1997)
In Our Lifetime (for Booker Little) (1994)

DAVE DOUGLAS QUARTET

Original tunes for trumpet, tenor sax, bass, and drums.

Leap of Faith (2000)
Magic Triangle (1996)

PARALLEL WORLDS

Also known as The String Group.

Originals and arrangements for trumpet, violin, cello, bass, and drums.

Convergence (1998)
Five (1996)
Parallel Worlds (1994)

SANCTUARY

The double quartet that recorded the two 60 minute suites comprising the piece Sanctuary.

2 trumpet, 2 samplers, 2 basses, tenor sax and drums.

Sanctuary (1997)

FOUR IN ONE: DOUGLAS/MENGELBERG/JONES/BENNINK

Four in One (2001)

EL TRILOGY: TRISHA BROWN DANCE COMPANY

El Trilogy(2000)





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