Recent Dave Douglas

[jazzypaul]

Live Keystone? Oh shit! That's gotta be bad ass!

I agree with the person who said Douglas' initial efforts with his groups tend to be his most satisfying (live discs not included). The Infinite was clearly one of the baddest CD's I had heard in a long time. Strange Liberation was great, but not nearly as awe-inspiring (for me, anyway). Meaning and Mystery is great, but it isn't on the same level as the other two. However, live at the bimhaus was AMAZING!

All of that said, Douglas is by far my favorite trumpeter playing right now. Hell, he's one of my favorite bandleaders, period.

[Head Man]

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Dave Douglas has a new release just out, in the paperback series. This one is Keystone: Live in Sweden. I'm eyeing it, as I really enjoyed the previous paperback set, Live at Bimhuis. The band includes Gene Lake, Marcus Strickland, Adam Benjamin, Brad Jones, and DJ Olive.

Anybody order this one yet?

Yep - downloaded mine today!

I've only played it once but it sounds great. Whilst most of the tunes are already available on the original 'Keystone' CD this seems to be one of the times when the 'live' versions sound as good as, or perhaps even better than, the studio ones. It is taken from a live broadcast by Swedish Radio and is very well recorded with all the instruments up front in the mix. Dave Douglas has never sounded better!

If you liked the 'Live at Bimhuis' then I'm sure you'll like this one. For $7.99 it's a steal!

[jlhoots]

Bump...

Dave Douglas has a new release just out, in the paperback series. This one is Keystone: Live in Sweden. I'm eyeing it, as I really enjoyed the previous paperback set, Live at Bimhuis. The band includes Gene Lake, Marcus Strickland, Adam Benjamin, Brad Jones, and DJ Olive.

Anybody order this one yet?

Ordered the CD today.

[Aggie87]

...New downloadable Dave Douglas music at Greanleaf/Musicstem. $7 per set, or $69.99 for all 12 sets. I wish at least some of this was released in the paperback series...

Dave Douglas: Live at the Jazz Standard - The Full Book

Between December 5 and 10, 2006, the Grammy-nominated Dave Douglas Quintet settled into New York's Jazz Standard for a six night run. Greenleaf Music recorded all 12 sets the group played that week. This project represents the broadest documentation of this critically acclaimed band to date. Each set, 60 minutes in length, features a unique combination of compositions and improvisations culled from previous albums -- The Infinite (2001), Strange Liberation (2003) and Meaning and Mystery (2006) -- as well as a book of new pieces recently road-tested on the Quintet's November, 2006 European tour.

Includes:

* 44 different compositions.

* 14 new pieces never before heard on record.

* 79 high-quality, excellent-sounding MP3s in 12 complete one-hour sets.

* New arrangements of Bjork, Beck, Mary J. Blige and Rufus Wainwright.

* Printable .pdf booket and tray card for each of the 12 sets

The Dave Douglas Quintet is: Dave Douglas - Cornet; Donny McCaslin - Tenor Saxophone; Uri Caine - Fender Rhodes; James Genus - Bass; and Clarence Penn - Drums.

[Aggie87]

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Dave Douglas is releasing a 2 cd set of material from the recent 12 disc Jazz Standard material. It includes all of the new material that was on the 12 disc set (I guess his favorite versions of them (?)), plus two older tracks that hadn't been released live before. Available from Greenleaf Music for $16.98, plus free shipping.

1. Earmarks 5:56

2. Tree and Shrub 4:00

3. War Room 5:16

4. Indian Point 11:13

5. The Cornet Is A Fickle Friend 1:52

6. The Next Phase (For Thomas) 7:23

7. October Surprise 9:18

8. Seth Thomas 10:20

9. Meaning & Mystery 7:57

10. Navigation 8:48

11. Redemption 4:53

12. Little Penn 8:24

13. Living Streams 6:26

14. Leaving Autumn 8:38

15. Magic Triangle 6:58

16. A Single Sky 10:37