About Dave Douglas

Dave Douglas is arguably the most prolific and original trumpeter-composer of his generation. Since 1993, he has released more than 30 recordings and created a composition catalogue that exceeds 400. His unique contributions to improvised music have garnered distinguished recognition some of which includes a Guggenheim Fellowship, Aaron Copland award, Grammy-nominations, trumpeter, composer, and jazz artist of the year by such organizations as the New York Jazz Awards, Down Beat, Jazz Times, Jazziz, and the Italian Jazz Critics’ Society and —most recently a recipient of the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation’s Jazz.NEXT grant. Douglas has developed his work for several unique ensembles with whom he’s currently active: the Dave Douglas Quintet, Keystone, Brass Ecstasy, and beginning in 2012, the Sound Prints Quintet with Joe Lovano, Lawrence Fields, James Genus, and Joey Baron. Since 2005, Douglas has operated his own record label, Greenleaf Music, releasing his own recordings, albums by other artists in the jazz idiom, and continues to prove himself as a forward-thinking leader in the realm of digital music distribution. He is in his 9th season serving as the artistic director of the Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music at The Banff Centre in Canada and is co-founder and director of the Festival of New Trumpet Music, which celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2012.

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At this time Dave is not available for private lessons and/or instruction, however, he highly recommends the trumpet teaching of Laurie Frink, who can be reached at: lauriefrink@mac.com.

Dave Douglas plays a silver Bach Stradivarius large bore trumpet with a #25 bell. He uses a Bach #3B mouthpiece.

For musical questions, you can reach Dave Douglas directly at dave [at] davedouglas [dot] com. Response times may vary. All messages will be gratefully received. Thank you.

Dave Douglas Discography

On Greenleaf (2005 – present)

Three Views Dave Douglas 2011 Greenleaf Music	GPS, V3: Bad Mango Dave Douglas & So Percussion 2011 Greenleaf Music	GPS, V2: Orange Afternoons Dave Douglas 2011 Greenleaf Music
GPS, V1: Rare Metals Dave Douglas 2011 Greenleaf Music	United Front Dave Douglas 2011 Greenleaf Music	Spark Of Being [3CD] Dave Douglas & Keystone 2010 Greenleaf Music
A Single Sky Dave Douglas 2010 Greenleaf Music	Spirit Moves [CD+DVD] Dave Douglas & Brass Ecstasy 2009 Greenleaf Music	Keystone: Live at Jazz Standard Dave Douglas & Keystone 2008 Greenleaf Music
Moonshine Dave Douglas & Keystone 2007 Greenleaf Music	Live at the Jazz Standard [2CD] Dave Douglas Quintet 2007 Greenleaf Music	Live at the Jazz Standard [12-set] Dave Douglas Quintet 2006 Greenleaf Music
Meaning & Mystery Dave Douglas Quintet 2006 Greenleaf Music	Keystone [CD+DVD] Dave Douglas 2005 Greenleaf Music	Mountain Passages Dave Douglas 2005 Greenleaf Music

Pre-Greenleaf (1994 – 2005)

Strange Liberation Dave Douglas Quintet 2004 RCA/Bluebird

Freak In Dave Douglas Septet 2003 RCA/Bluebird

The Infinite Dave Douglas Quintet 2002 RCA/Bluebird

Witness Dave Douglas 2001 RCA/Bluebird	El Trilogy Dave Douglas 2001 RCA Victor	A Thousand Evenings Charms of the Night Sky 2000 RCA Victor
Soul on Soul Dave Douglas 2000 RCA Victor	Leap of Faith Dave Douglas Quartet 2000 Arabesque	Songs for Wandering Souls Tiny Bell Trio 1999 Winter & Winter
Convergence Dave Douglas 1999 Soul Note	Charms Of The Night Sky Dave Douglas Quartet 1998 Winter & Winter	Magic Triangle Dave Douglas Quartet 1998 Arabesque
Moving Portrait Dave Douglas 1998 DIW	Stargazer Dave Douglas Sextet 1997 Arabesque	Live in Europe Tiny Bell Trio 1997 Arabesque
Sanctuary Dave Douglas 1997 Avant	Five Dave Douglas 1996 Soul Note	Constellations Tiny Bell Trio 1995 Hat Art
In Our Lifetime Dave Douglas 1995 New World	Tiny Bell Trio Tiny Bell Trio 1994 Songlines	Parallel Worlds Parallel Worlds 1994 Soul Note