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Dave Douglas: Family of the Climber (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music June 10, 09

Dave Douglas is well-known for his ability to compose in many styles, and his album Mountain Passages provides yet an...

Dave Douglas: Culture Wars (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 20, 08

Donny McCaslin had Chris Potter's big shoes to fill when he joined the Dave Douglas quintet, and on the trumpeter's M...

Dave Douglas: Circular (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 27, 09

The Dave Douglas quartet with Chris Potter, which later became a quintet with pianist Uri Caine and now features saxo...

Dave Douglas: Unison (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music August 06, 08

Dave Douglas stands alone as the most distinctive trumpeter on today's scene. His playing nods to comparatively minor...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE NEW STANDARDS

Jazz musicians have always used popular music for improvisational vehicles. Songs from Broadway, Tin Pan Alley, eve...

Dave Douglas & Keystone: Moonshine (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music December 26, 08

A driving über-funky drumbeat, a rumbling Rhodes and booming, amped-up upright bass introduce "Moonshine" with a bedr...

Dave Douglas: Poses (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

Jazz musicians have traditionally turned to pop music for vehicles for instrumental improvisation. Today’s progressiv...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL MODERN JAZZ TRUMPET SOLOS

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Dave Douglas: Unison (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music September 21, 09

The trumpeter Dave Douglas’s take on “Unison” is no match for Bjork’s sublime and bouncy original recording. Absent f...

Dave Douglas featuring Chris Potter: The Infinite (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music March 04, 08

This Dave Douglas composition is built on relatively simple harmonic and rhythmic material because like most of ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL CHRIS POTTER

Chris Potter is a powerful force in the world of modern jazz. His work as a sideman and as a leader demonstrates a br...

Dave Douglas: Soul on Soul (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music August 28, 08

Dave Douglas recorded three critically acclaimed tributes in the 1990's, to Booker Little (In Our Lifetime), Wayne Sh...

Dave Douglas: Vanitatus Vanitatum (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music February 27, 08

The original Robert Schumann piano/cello piece is actually titled "Vanitas Vanitatum," but who will sue Dave Douglas ...

Dave Douglas: Spring Ahead (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music August 19, 09

Douglas recorded three "tribute" CDs in the '90's, to Booker Little (In Our Lifetime), Wayne Shorter (Stargazer), and...

Patricia Barber: I Could Eat Your Words (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music April 02, 09

A Chicago native, Patricia Barber still lives and works in the Windy City, despite her worldwide critical acclaim. Wi...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 JAZZ DIVAS YOU NEED TO KNOW

       Singer in Red, artwork by Suzanne Cerny “Jazz singer” used to ...

Masada: Khebar (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music May 13, 08

Masada, John Zorn's "radical Jewish" quartet, has been electrifying audiences with their arranged interplay for 15 ye...

Douglas, Dave (David Dewel) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Douglas, Dave (David Dewel), trumpet, composer; b. East Orange, NJ, 24 March 1963. Dave Douglas began playing improvi...

Johnson, Dean (Douglas) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Johnson, Dean (Douglas), bassist; b. Renton, WA, 12 September 1956. Grew up in Renton and Bellevue, WA, and also 5 ea...

Burrell, Dave (Herman Davis) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Burrell, Dave (Herman Davis), pianist, composer; b. Middletown, OH, 10 September 1940. He grew up mostly in Honolulu,...

Is the Laptop a Jazz Instrument? posted in The Jazz.com Blog April 14, 08

Eugene Marlow, who recently covered the Bobby Sanabria Kenya concert for jazz.com, offers his account below of Dave...

Perowsky, Ben posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Perowsky, Ben, drummer, percussion, electronics; b. New York City, NY, 12 May 1966. His father is saxophonist/clarine...

Friedlander, Erik (Verner) posted in Encyclopedia October 19, 09

Cellist Erik Friedlander has cultivated a personal style which blends the techniques of classical music with the impr...

Dresser, Mark posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Dresser, Mark, bass; b. Los Angeles, CA, 26 September 1952. His mother is Norine Dresser (b. 1931) and his father is ...

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