sounds of Amsterdam
Dave Douglas Quintet (Dave Douglas, trumpet, compositions; Jon Irabagon, tenor saxophone; Marta Warelis piano; Nick Dunston, bass; Rudy Royston, drums), live, Amsterdam, 1/19/23
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random sights
other day, Chicago
tonight in Chicago
They’re playing at Constellation.
Dave Douglas (trumpet) and Elan Mehler (piano) with Dominique Eade (vocals), John Gunther (reeds), et al: “If There Are Mountains” (D. Douglas with words by Santoka Taneda [1882-1950], translated from the Japanese by John Stevens: “If there are mountains, I look at the mountains; / On rainy days I listen to the rain. / Spring, summer, autumn, winter. / Tomorrow too will be good. / Tonight too will be good.”), studio, 2020
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
like nobody else
John Zorn’s Acoustic Masada (JZ, 1953-, alto saxophone, compositions; Dave Douglas, trumpet; Greg Cohen, bass; Joey Baron, drums), live, Vienne (France), 2006
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
It must have been a comfort, when she was dying, to be able to say to her son, whose trumpet she’d heard since he was a little boy, these are the songs I want you to play at my memorial service.
Dave Douglas Quintet* with guest Aoife O’Donovan (vocal), “Be Still My Soul” (words by Katharina A. von Schlegel, adapted by Aoife O’Donovan, music by Jean Sibelius, arranged by Dave Douglas), recording session (Be Still, 2012)
*DD, trumpet; Jon Irabagon, saxophone; Matt Mitchell, piano; Linda Oh, bass; Rudy Royston, drums.
The last band I heard with this lineup—trumpet, violin, accordion, bass—was, uh, let’s see . . .
Dave Douglas (trumpet), Charms of the Night Sky*
Live, Germany (Frankfurt), 1999
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
I am moved by more music now than I have ever been. Trying to see it from a wider and deeper perspective only makes it clear that the lake itself is wider and deeper than we thought.
—David Byrne, How Music Works (2012)
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*With Mark Feldman (violin), Guy Klucevsek (accordion), Greg Cohen (bass).
Here’s a different take—one deeply indebted to Lester Bowie—on the
brass band.
Dave Douglas & Brass Ecstasy
DD, trumpet; Louis Bonilla, trombone; Vincent Chancey, horn (AKA French horn); Marcus Rojas, tuba; Nasheet Waits, drums
“Bowie,” recording session (Spirit Moves, 2009)
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“Spirit Moves,” “This Love Affair,” “Twilight of the Dogs”
Live, Washington, D.C., 2009
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reading table
How can I possibly sleep
This moonlit evening?
Come, my friends,
Let’s sing and dance
All night long.—Ryokan (1758-1831), trans. John Stevens
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