Dave Douglas :: projects
Trumpet, French Horn, Trombone, Tuba, and Drums. Born out of the Festival of New Trumpet Music in 2005, Brass Ecstasy nods to the ever-evolving spirit of brass music through soul inflected compositions. The debut recording from this band, Spirit Moves, features Dave joined by Vincent Chancey on french horn, Luis Bonilla on trombone, Marcus Rojas on tuba, and Nasheet Waits on drums and releases on Greenleaf Music - June 16, 2009.
The band follows the release with performances in the United States and Europe. Please check the shows page for detailed tour information.
Dave Douglas 3 is a brand new project first appearing in January 2008. The project presents new, drummer-less trio music composed by Dave. There are currently three versions of this project: Strings, Winds, and Keys. In Autumn 2008, Dave Douglas 3 toured Europe with the string group -- Mark Feldman on violin, Scott Colley on contrabass and the composer on trumpet. Dave Douglas 3 have also appeared in festivals around the world in 2008 with the Winds group of Donny McCaslin on saxophone and Luis Bonilla on trombone. The Keys group has performed with Uri Caine on piano and Bryan Carrott on vibes.
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 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.
Other recordings:
Please check the Events page for upcoming U.S. and South American performances.
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. MOONSHINE, the newest album from trumpeter/composer Dave Douglas' Grammy-nominated band Keystone, is an album that moves musical genres forward into uncharted territory. There are many details buried in these tracks, and perhaps the most remarkable thing is that the basis for this recording was a single performance in front of a live studio audience. After this release, Douglas brought this band to the Jazz Standard for 5 nights, and recorded it all as part of Greenleaf Music's download-only Full Book series. Go to Greenleaf Music to explore this title.
Keystone, the first DD&K studio recording, is available at Greenleaf 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.
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.
New arrangements for trumpet, sax/flute, trombone, tuba, electric keyboards, and drums. Well known and lesser known compositions by the American Master.
Dave Douglas' first major suite for Big Band
New Dave Douglas composition for 3 improvising soloists and 14 piece chamber orchestra.
Dave became a member of this extraordinary Bay Area super-group of players and composers in 2007. Members of the 2009 season include Joe Lovano, Miguel Zenon, Robin Eubanks, Renee Rosnes, Matt Penman and Eric Harland.
Dave has been the artistic director since 2003, collaborating in performances and master classes with Bill Frisell, John Abercrombie, George Lewis, Jason Moran, Mark Turner, Louis Sclavis, The Bad Plus and many others.
Dave is the founder and co-curator of the annual Festival of New Trumpet Music, an original music festival based in New York and dedicated to presenting the broadest possible spectrum of new music being made by and for trumpeters.
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)
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)
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)
Original tunes for trumpet, tenor sax, bass, and drums.
Leap of Faith (2000)
Magic Triangle (1996)
Also known as The String Group.
Originals and arrangements for trumpet, violin, cello, bass, and drums.
Convergence (1998)
Five (1996)
Parallel Worlds (1994)
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 (2001)
El Trilogy(2000)