The Sextet began in 1994 with a recorded homage to Booker Little, "In Our Lifetime" (New World). All of the sextet projects take the music of legendary jazz composers as a point of departure for new compositions and arrangements. The second recording was "Stargazer", on Arabesque, which presents music by and for Wayne Shorter. "Soul on Soul", celebrating Mary Lou Williams, arrives in February, 2000 on BMG/RCA Victor. The Dave Douglas Sextet will celebrate the release of the album at the Village Vanguard February 29 through March 5, 2000.

"In my work for jazz sextet, I've found it helpful to closely examine the music of highly influential jazz musicians, transcribing and rearranging their music and filtering the elements that I find through my own sensibilities. I try to rediscover the original sense of discovery and freshness in the work, helping me to write new music for the musicians of today."

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Dave Douglas: trumpet

Chris Speed: clarinet, tenor saxophone

Greg Tardy: clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone

Joshua Roseman: trombone

Uri Caine: piano

James Genus: bass

Joey Baron: drums

Recorded at Avatar Studios NYC, 1999

Engineer: Joe Ferla

Art & Design: stephenbyram

Dave Douglas: trumpet

Chris Speed: clarinet, tenor saxophone

Joshua Roseman: trombone

Uri Caine: piano

James Genus: bass

Joey Baron: drums

Recorded at Systems Two Recording, Brooklyn NY 1996

Recorded by Joe Marciano

Art & Design: Ikue Mori

Dave Douglas: trumpet

Chris Speed: clarinet, tenor saxophone

Joshua Roseman: trombone

Uri Caine: piano

James Genus: bass

Joey Baron: drums

Recorded at Power Station, NYC 1994

Engineer: Joe Ferla

Design: Stephen Byram

1. Blue Heaven

2. Ageless

3. Soul on Soul

4. Moon of the West

5. Canticle

6. Aries(Williams)

7. Mary's Idea(Williams)

8. Waltz Boogie(Williams)

9. Multiples

1. Kyrie

11. Zonish

12. Eleven Years Old

13. Play it Momma(Williams)

1. Spring Ahead

2. Goldfish

3. Stargazer

4. Four Sleepers

5. On the Milky Way Express(Shorter)

6. Pug Nose(Shorter)

7. Dark Sky

8. Intuitive Science

9. Diana(Shorter)

1. In Our Lifetime

2. Three Little Monsters

3. Forward Flight(Little)

4. The Persistence of Memory

5. Out in the Cold

6. Strength and Sanity

(Little)Four Miniatures after Booker Little

7. Sappho

8. At Dawn

9. Shred

10. Rapid Ear Movement

11. Moods in Free Time(Little)

12. Bridges(for Tim Berne)