It’s our esteemed privilege to bring a new Dave Douglas album into the world yet again. And he’s outdone himself on this one—as he always does!
You can read more on Time Travel here on Greenleaf, or by following the #ddTimeTravel hashtag on Twitter.
Time Travel Release Day!
Time Travel also available at:
Garden State – Live, in-studio performance by Dave Douglas Quintet from the album Time Travel
From the forthcoming album Time Travel, available for preorder at iTunes. This video premiered on Tuesday at JazzTimes.
Recorded & mixed by Joe Ferla at Avatar Studios, April 2012 at the same sessions that yielded the album Be Still [2012] which Stereophile called “one of the best sounding records we’ve heard by any one in quite awhile.” This all-instrumental album features Dave’s new Quintet with Jon Irabagon on tenor saxophone, Matt Mitchell on piano, Linda Oh on bass, and Rudy Royston on drums.
CD preorder coming soon to Dave’s Bandcamp.
Preorder now available!
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Dave Douglas Quintet “Time Travel” advance look
Watch a 60-second advance bit of video from the forthcoming album “Time Travel” by Dave Douglas featuring Jon Irabagon, Matt Mitchell, Linda Oh, and Rudy Royston.
Album: Time Travel
Audio: “Law Of Historical Memory”
Release Date: April 9th, 2013
Label: Greenleaf Music
Recorded & Mixed by Joe Ferla
Film by Christoph Green
More videos coming soon.
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Two Dave Douglas concerts in Italy: Quintet with Aoife O’Donovan, Big Band
Dave Douglas Quintet
with special guest Aoife O’Donovan
with Walter Smith III, Matt Mitchell, Linda Oh, Rudy Royston
Playing music from Be Still
March 3rd – Teatro Manzoni
Via Manzoni 42,
20121 Milano, Italy
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Dave Douglas with Rome Auditorium Jazz Orchestra
Playing music from A Single Sky and more new music
March 6 – Auditorium Parco della Musica
Viale Pietro De Coubertin, 30,
00196 Rome, Italy
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Linda Oh Quartet Showcase – January 13th
Where
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Stage Room @ Michiko Rehearsal Studios
149 West 46th Street
(between 6th ave & 7th Ave)
New York, NY 10036
(212) 302-4011
Schedule:
Welcome Coffee 11:30
Linda Oh Quartet 12:00 – 11:00
Linda Oh – bass
Fabian Almazan – piano
Rudy Royston – drums
Dayna Stephens – tenor sax
Sara Serpa “Crossing Oceans” 1:00 – 2:00
Sara Serpa- vocals
André Matos- guitar
Dan Blake- tenor sax
Jacob Garchik- trombone
Linda Oh- bass
Tomas Janzon Duo 12:00 – 13:00
Tomas Janzon – guitar
Don Moore – bass
Thank You Coffee
3:00 – 3:30
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The Many Voices…
Will Layman has written a fantastic article called The Many Voices of Trumpeter and Composer Dave Douglas at PopMatters. Dave’s latest album Be Still is represented, but also some kind words about other label releases from Donny McCaslin and Linda Oh and how they fit into the “big tent” that is the musical world of DD.
The Many Voices of Trumpeter and Composer Dave Douglas
By Will Layman
The most moving music of 2012 for me has surely been the collection Be Still, by trumpeter Dave Douglas. A serene and shimmering marriage between jazz and devotional hymns, Be Still was inspired by the death of Douglas’s mother—and it extinguished any notion that jazz is all cerebellum and no heart.
That this great work should come from Douglas in 2012 is hardly a surprise. Douglas has been a critical voice—and recently a critical mentor to younger players—in jazz for 20 years. And that it should mean that much to me is also not surprise. Douglas and I grew up in the place and time as I did, and—as he reflects the loss of his parents in his music—has many of my own concerns in his heart.
His music is personal. Putting aside Be Still, that may seem odd, as he is mainly a voice in today’s post-modern jazz, a realm of much abstraction not usually given to autobiography or confession. But Douglas’s work is personal because its incredible range and diversity, taken as a whole, is a portrait of a brilliant and complete man.
The last year shows this with perfect clarity. You can forget the broad swath of his work from previous years: his music for silent movie soundtracks, his use of turntables and electronics, his immersion in Balkan music and his album of Joni Mitchell covers. Douglas’s released music in the last 12 months is enough to suggest that he is the most interesting and heartfelt jazz musician in recent times.
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Video: Be Still My Soul
Track 1 from Dave Douglas’ album Be Still featuring Aoife O’Donovan of Crooked Still, Jon Irabagon, Matt Mitchell, Linda Oh, and Rudy Royston.
Digital preorder at iTunes | Physical preorder at Greenleaf Music
Words by Katharina A. von Schlegel, adapted by Aoife O’Donovan, music by Jean Sibelius, arranged by Dave Douglas.
Be still, my soul: for God is on your side.
Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain.
Trust in your God, your savior and your guide
Who through all changes faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul: your best, your heavenly friend
Through thorny waves leads to a peaceful land.Be still, my soul: for God will undertake
To guide the future surely as the past
Your hope, your confidence let nothing shake
All now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul: the waves and wind shall know
The voice that calmed them in this world will roarBe still, my soul: the hour is hastening on
When we shall dwell with God for evermore
When disappointment, grief and fear are gone,
Sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored.
Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past
All safe and blessèd we shall meet at last.
