Dave Douglas

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Dave Douglas

David Deuel "Dave" Douglas (* 24. March 1963 in Montclair , New Jersey ) is an American jazz - trumpet player and composer .

Live and act

Douglas grew up in New Jersey and learned the piano , trombone and trumpet as a child . He studied music in Barcelona and Boston , then at Berklee College of Music and at the New England Conservatory . In 1984 he moved to New York, where he studied at New York University. In 1987 he made his first European tour with Horace Silver . Together with Michael Jefry Stevens , he directed the Mosaic Sextet between 1988 and 1990 , whose album Today, this Moment ( Konnex Records / GM Recordings ) is now one of the classics of the genre.

Since 1993 Douglas has recorded more than 20 own albums. He has worked with numerous musicians, including in particular with John Zorn in his Masada project as well as with Horace Silver , Jack McDuff , the SFJazz Collective and accordionist Guy Klucevsek . In his compositions he uses material from musicians such as Duke Ellington , Thelonious Monk , Roland Kirk and Kurt Weill , but also elements of Eastern European folklore. He has recorded several albums that he sees as a tribute to Booker Little , Mary Lou Williams ( Soul on Soul ) and others. On more recent recordings, there is a clear reference to the fusion music of the early 1970s, for example by Miles Davis . Dave Douglas also includes electronic instruments in his music. Due to his broad musical spectrum, which he is constantly expanding, he is one of the most innovative jazz trumpeters in the USA today.

He has already been awarded the National Endowment Jazz Fellowships twice. His album Charmes of the Night Sky received the 1999 German Record Critics' Prize .

In 2005 Douglas ended the record deal with RCA-Bluebird and founded his own record label Greenleaf Music together with Mike Friedman .

Discography

title year Label
Parallel Worlds 1993 Soul note
In Our Lifetime 1994 New World
The Tiny Bell Trio 1994 Songlines
Constellations 1995 hatHAT
Five 1995 Soul note
Live in Europe 1997 Arabesque
Sanctuary 1997 Avant
Stargazer 1997 Arabesque
Moving portrait 1998 DIW
Charms of the Night Sky 1998 Winter & winter
Magic Triangle 1998 Arabesque
Convergence 1999 Soul note
Songs for Wandering Souls 1999 Winter & winter
Soul on Soul 2000 RCA
Leap of Faith 2000 Arabesque
A thousand evenings 2000 RCA
Witness 2001 RCA
El Trilogy 2001 BMG
The Infinite 2002 RCA
Freak in 2003 Bluebird
Strange Liberation 2004 RCA
Bow River Falls 2004 cook
Mountain Passages 2005 cook
Keystone 2005 Greenleaf
Meaning and Mystery 2006 Greenleaf
Live at the Jazz Standard 2007 cook
Moonshine 2007 Greenleaf
Spirit moves 2008 Greenleaf
DD - 50: Special Edition 50th Birthday Recordings 2013 Greenleaf
High risk 2015 Greenleaf
Little Giant Still Life 2017 Greenleaf
Dave Douglas with the Westerlies & Anwar Marshall: Little Giant Still Life 2018 Greenleaf
Dave Douglas / Joe Lovano Sound Prints: Scandal 2018 Greenleaf
Dave Douglas, Uri Caine , Andrew Cyrille : Devotion 2019
Dave Douglas: Dizzy Atmosphere: Dizzy Gillespie at Zero Gravity 2020 Greenleaf

Dave Douglas is represented on several works of the Masada project by John Zorn.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Allaboutjazz.com, February 12, 2006: Greenleaf Music
personal data
SURNAME Douglas, Dave
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Douglas, David Deuel (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz trumpeter and composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Montclair, New Jersey