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Keystone features Douglas compositions inspired by the great and unfairly maligned Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, one of America's earliest and funniest movie stars. Focusing on his early works for the Keystone production company (1915-1916), the new music attempts to mirror the humor and drama, the tragedy and hilarity of Arbuckle's films and his life. The electric invoked scores are warm, funny, funky, and experimental, perfectly capturing the atmosphere of the films.
Keystone is a two-disc release: a CD and a DVD. The CD contains eleven music tracks which present themes Dave Douglas composed for Arbuckle's films. The DVD contains two items; first, Roscoe Arbuckle's 1915 film "Fatty and Mabel Adrift", accompanied by Dave Douglas' new score (comprised of the above-mentioned songs plus about seven minutes of additional music Dave wrote for this film). Also included is "Just Another Murder", a music video for this Keystone track compiled and edited from the film "Fatty's Tin-Type Tangle", directed by Arbuckle in 1915.
The Village Voice has said of Keystone: "Fatty Arbuckle isn't a dude who usually gets a nod on jazz discs, but Dave Douglas isn't a dude who does things the usual way. The trumpeter's forthcoming CD is made by a new band with funk, dub, pop and outcat groove on its mind. Noisy and graceful -- no wonder Fatty is its cause celebre."
Musicians: Dave Douglas, trumpet; Jamie Saft, keyboards; Gene Lake, drums; Marcus Strickland, saxophones; Brad Jones, bass; DJ Olive, turntables.
(Note: because of the length of the DVD portion of Keystone, it will not be available for download.)
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