Posts Tagged ‘Dave Douglas’
This is all happening at:
Abrons Art Center – Link for tickets and map.
466 Grand Street
(at the corner of Pitt Street)
Lower East Side, NYC
Wednesday, January 13 is a benefit concert for the organization, honoring Wilmer Wise. Socializing begins at 6, concert at 7:30pm. Wine and refreshments will be served.
Wilmer will play a few solo pieces written for him by Jimmy Owens.
Brass Ecstasy tunes and Improvisations will follow, with:
Dave Douglas, John Zorn, Nate Wooley, Marcus Rojas, Vincent Chancey, Marshall Gilkes, and Clarence Penn.
Check out the rest of the week for more great music in this series called Forward Flight.
Wanted to say a few words about FONT, the organization. We’re a nonprofit, meaning all the money goes to music programs. Our work is to:
- Present as broad a range of music as we can in festivals throughout the year.
- Commission several composers for new music each year.
- Offer free educational programs for schools and for the general public.
This grass-roots support for emerging creative artists welcomes musicians who sometimes don’t fit in anywhere else. Nothing like this existed when I entered the scene–musicians supporting musicians. FONT has presented almost 200 trumpeters in all sorts of venues. Festival of New Trumpet Music has acted as an umbrella for funding ambitious new music projects by artists such as Bill Dixon. The organization also celebrates living masters and creative pioneers who have given so much of their lives to music and deserve the spotlight and acclamation of their peers.
Our commissioning series has included:
- 2006: Peter Evans, Cuong Vu, Du Yun with Micah Killion and The Practical Trumpet Society, Amir El Saffar, Jonathan Finlayson-Common Thread;
- 2007: Huang Ruo, Jason Palmer Quintet, Forbes Graham, Laura Andel with Taylor Ho Bynum & Gamelan Son of Lion, Nate Wooley with Paul Lytton and David Grubbs;
- 2008: Chris DiMeglio’s Imaginary, Nabaté Isles + 5, Reut Regev and the Brassix Ensemble;
- 2009: Nadje Noordhuis, Ambrose Akinmusire, David Sanford
Our Award of Recognition has gone to:
- 2008: Wadada Leo Smith
- 2009: Bobby Bradford
This is an all-volunteer organization (this year we hired our first part-time staffer, but with the hours required I’d say it still ends up being basically a volunteer position). As the director, I am deeply indebted to the hard work of Taylor Ho Bynum, Richard Johnson, and the ongoing support of Laurie Frink, Ted Daniel, Roy Campbell, Lewis ‘Flip’ Barnes, Jeremy Pelt, John McNeil, Mark Gould, Erol Tamerman, Mark Isham, and Wilmer Wise, all of whom have been intricately involved in making FONT programs happen. I am honored to be in the presence of so many people whose dedication to music compels them to contribute their time, energy, and resources in this way.
Join us to honor Wilmer and celebrate with everyone at the organization.
A few links to pass on while we continue to roll out A Single Sky…
First, a great article by Neil Tesser in this month’s Jazziz spotlighting Nicole Mitchell with a short intro on Karyn’s Fresh Corner, one of my favorite places.
Jim Macnie’s Top 25 Records of the Decade? that includes DD’s Strange Liberation and 24 other heavy-hitting records.
Liner Notes Writer Extraordinaire Darcy James Argue was featured on NPR recently. I missed it, but it’s streaming here with extended words here.
And yet another awesome Han Bennink video via Peter Margasak’s blog…
The Brass Ecstasy Tiny Desk Concert made it to the front page on YouTube with now over 85,000 views. With 187 comments posted so far you get a wide variety of opinions on the short set.
Here’s just a few…
“Being a typical modern teenager, I never knew a brass ensemble would ever sound this pleasant to listen to until now. Thanks NPR for posting this
”
“you guys are awesome if you really work on that you be playing pro.”
“Best 17 min and 53 secs i spent ever”
“the trumpet players’ ray bans are sick.”
“man i love that trombone player”
“where is the vocals?”
“Thanks for the political jab at Bush, Douglas. Couldn’t help yourself, right? Twilight of the Dogs. What a clever, dyslexic title. 1-20-09 was such an inspirational day for you. Transfer of power, and all that. Here it is roughly seven months later. R U proud of the job your messiah is doing? So vastly superior to Bush, right? Uh huh. obama and his administration remind me a lot of your music. Cataphonic. Ever hear of separation of music and politics? Try it sometime. It’s nice.”
“they should play ska music, cause we all know the best music involving horns is ska, true story.”
“i agree with chewbacca”
Dave has a guest post on solo trumpet recordings at Destination : out.
Here’s a sample…
Solo Tubes : A guest post by Dave Douglas
June 30th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Dave Douglas, guest postsWe at D:O are incredibly honored to be able to present the following guest post from composer, trumpeter, blogger, label magnate, and all-around brass advocate Dave Douglas. If you like what you read and hear here, be sure to check out Dave’s own wonderful recent work. Enjoy.
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It’s an unusual breed, the solo trumpet recording. Surprisingly, the music is not really for specialists (not that there are many specialists anyway). More to the point, so much of the music goes beyond specifically instrumental interests. Though it is extremely demanding physically, the challenge is really compositional
Tracks by Lester Bowie, Toshinori Kondo, Kenneth Gaburo, Arve Hendriksen, Bill Dixon, Nate Wooley, Greg Kelley, Rob Mazurek, Baikida Carroll are discussed.
SFJazz Collective won best small ensemble at the jazz journalist awards this week. Congratulations to Sonny Rollins for winning Musician of the Year, as well as all the other recipients.
The Collective has a new album in the works for this this fall. Here’s a sneak peak at the track list…
Disc 1:
1. Fly with the Wind - McCoy Tyner (Aisha Music, BMI), arr. by Renee Rosnes
2. Three Flowers – McCoy Tyner (Aisha Music, BMI), arr. by Matt Penman
3. Yes, We Can – Victory Dance – Robin Eubanks (Robin Eubanks Music, SESAC)
4. Sycamore – Dave Douglas (Dave Douglas Music, Inc., BMI)
5. Jazz Free – Joe Lovano (Lovo Music, BMI)
6. No Filter – Miguel Zenón (Mazenon Music, BMI)
Disc 2:
1. Peresina – McCoy Tyner (Aisha Music, BMI), arr. by Dave Douglas
2. Four By Five – McCoy Tyner (Aisha Music, BMI), arr. by Miguel Zenón
3. Aisha – McCoy Tyner (Aisha Music, BMI) arr. by Joe Lovano
4. Consensus – McCoy Tyner (Aisha Music, BMI), arr. by Eric Harland
5. E-Collective – Eric Harland (Dusean Publishing, SESAC)
6. Indo Serenade/Parody – McCoy Tyner (Aisha Music, BMI), arr. by Robin Eubanks
7. Migrations – Renee Rosnes (Native Colors Music, BMI)
8. Yup, We Did – Matt Penman (Penperson Publishing, ASCAP)
Jazz on 3 will be broadcasting the DDQ performance from the Cheltenham Jazz Festival on May 25th. This is a show that received a lot of glowing reviews. The BBC posted a sneak peak of this performance recently. A new tune, too — “Handwritten Letter.” Killer.
Hear the rest of the Dave Douglas Quintet set at Cheltenham Jazz Festival on Jazz on 3 on May 25, 2009.
