Dave Douglas News

When hatOLOGY put it out back in summer 2009, pianist Horace Tapscott 's mother lode of groove, The Dark Tree , originally released in 1991, looked like a serious contender for best reissue of the year.

Jazz News: New Releases From Hat Hut Records: Dave Douglas, Manuel Mengis Gruppe 6, Ran Blake/Anthony Braxton and more New Releases From Hat Hut Records: Dave Douglas, Manuel Mengis Gruppe 6, Ran Blake/Anthony Braxton and more Dave Douglas - trumpet Brad Shepik - guitar Jim Black - drums Constellations is a new set of songs written and arranged for ...

December 9, 2009 from WBGO - It's one thing to say that Dave Douglas is prolific.

Mike Mainieri-Marnix Busstra Quartet "Twelve Pieces" is just that, but if the album were totally honest it would be called "Twelve Clever Pieces." Vibes quartets often take on a smoke-filled nightclub sound, but this one stays far from that with Mainieri's forceful approach.

PIPE DREAM Clarinetist Don Byron reconvenes the jazz combo behind his history-making if unlikely ode to klezmer king Mickey Katz.

Porto Franco Records Give three imaginative artists a yearlong residency in a performance space, located in a breeding ground for creative music and the results hopefully will turn out to be something like Here Comes The Nice Guy Trio .

Ars Nova Workshop is pleased to commence our season-long celebration of the work and life of multi-instrumentalist and composer Don Cherry .

Moodswing Orchestra Moodswing Orchestra El Destructo ESSENTIAL "Sweet Adelaide'' Moodswing Orchestra plays at the Lizard Lounge on Thursday.

Holshouser, Bennink and Moore. For the uninitiated it probably sounds like the name of a law firm, but the trio of musicians -- accordionist Will Holshouser , drummer Han Bennink and reedsman Michael Moore -- is on the cutting edge of modern improvisational music.

The 11th album of their storied 18 year career, Memphis is only the fourth studio recording of the venerable Fonda/Stevens Group, making this release a delightful surprise.

Who would have thought that it would be a drummer to finally, and successfully bridge the worlds of jazz, minimalism, and improvisation? But, it is indeed Tyshawn Sorey, maybe known best for his work with the almost always frenetic players Vijay Iyer and Steve Lehman in the band Fieldwork, or through gigs with Dave Douglas , Steve Coleman and ...

One of the most interesting jazz arrivals in recent years has been the emergence of South Asian guitarist Rez Abbasi , pianist Vijay Iyer and saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa .

In the current Philadelphia Weekly : New Directions Chamber Brass Wed., Sep. 16, 9pm.

Three big jazz festivals in the area this weekend, each completely different. Way different describes the Angel City Jazz Festival at the Ford Amphitheatre.

Although he was the youngest ever winner of Denmark's International Jazzpar Prize, the sadly-now-suspended most prestigious and lucrative award in jazz, saxophonist Chris Potter has been better known as a super-sideman than as a leader over the course of his two-decade career, having been a prominent member of bands led by everyone from bebop ...

For its 30th birthday last year the Chicago Jazz Festival threw one hell of a party, opening with Sonny Rollins, closing with Ornette Coleman, and presenting commissioned work along the way from four undisputed heavyweights - pianist Vijay Iyer, trumpeter Dave Douglas, bandleader Gerald Wilson, and trombonist T.S. Galloway.

27, 2009 Elrod's Rule The new chairman of the Hoopa Valley Tribe says he'll banish drug dealers from the reservation.

JAZZ STANDARD Swings Into October with Return Visits from Saxophonist Joshua Redman and the 7th Annual Festival of New Trumpet Music JAZZ STANDARD, one of the nation's premier jazz clubs, presents another month of great jazz in October.

A ubiquitous presence in the Downtown New York scene, drummer Ben Perowsky founded and co-led the proto-fusion band Lost Tribe, served in Elysian Fields, Joan as Policewoman, and the Lounge Lizards , while continuing to perform sideman duties for Steven Bernstein , Uri Caine , Dave Douglas , and John Zorn , among others.

The Redwood Jazz Alliance's 2009-2010 season begins on Thursday, Sept. 3 with trumpeter Dave Douglas and his group Brass Ecstasy in concert at the Arcata Theater Lounge.