Episode 47:: What Are you Doing, Dave?

Considered by some to be among the most original, creative, and exciting musicians active in jazz today, trumpeter Dave Douglas is a man of many hats (but only 1 hair do: sorry Dave). Whether performing with the various iterations of his quartet/quintet, delving into special commissions for orchestra, dance, or cinema, or pairing up with other major movers and shakers of the vast musical world, Douglas is a unique voice as composer and performer, and a catalyst in a variety of prestigious settings. Add onto all this his work as an educator (Director, Banff Festival for Creative Music), talent scout (founder, Festival of New Trumpet Music), and record producer (owner, Greenleaf Music), and it's not hard to see that Dave Douglas is as involved in the practice and performance of modern jazz as he is in its continuing artistic development.

So why not spend an hour(ish) listening to what he has to "say?"

Audio

Playlist

1. Dave Douglas' Tiny Bell Trio - Taking Sides - Constellations (1995)
2. Dave Douglas Quintet - Painter's Way - Meaning & Mystery (2006)
3. Dave Douglas Sextet - The Persistence of Memory - In Our Lifetime (1995)
4. Dave Douglas Group - Prarie - El Trilogy (2001)
5. Dave Douglas Quintet - Crazy Games - The Infinite (2001)
6. Dave Douglas & Nomad - Twelve Degree Proof - Mountain Passages (2005)
7. Dave Douglas & Martial Solal - Elk's Club - Rue de Seine (2006)
8. SFJAZZ Collective - Criss Cross - Live 2007 Season (2007)
9. Dave Douglas & Keystone - Tragicomique - Keystone (2005)
10. Dave Douglas & Keystone - Kitten - Moonshine (2007)
11. Dave Douglas' Brass Ecstacy - Bowie - Spirit Moves (2009)

::WSRP:: Play that Funkodelic-ambiacountry-technoclassic-bebop, white boy.