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Carla Bley Composition Competition 2020
The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance is pleased to announce its first Carla Bley Composition Competition.
Announcing the debut album from the Webber/Morris Big Band
Co-led by Anna Webber and Angela Morris, we'll be releasing their debut album of original large ensemble music on Friday, April 3rd.
Celebrating 15 Years Of Creativity
We are grateful to the community of musicians and listeners who share our passion for creative music. Without you, we would not be here celebrating our 15th anniversary.
The Music of Pythagoras
Been reading The Music of Pythagoras: How an Ancient Brotherhood Cracked the Code of the Universe and Lit the Path from Antiquity to Outer Space, by Kitty Ferguson.
ANFTD #74: Jane Ira Bloom
Dave sits down with saxophonist and composer Jane Ira Bloom to talk about her inspirations, her collaboration with NASA, etc.
A Message From Dave
Hi, this is Dave Douglas. Thanks for visiting the site. Lots of music here. Take a look around the recordings, subscriptions and special content. Read more.
Upcoming Events
| Date | Artist | City | Venue | Country |
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| TOUR: Album Release Tour with Rich Perry, Alex Goodman, Glenn Zalesky & Johannes Felscher | ||||
| January 29, 2020 | Mareike Wiening | Ingolstadt | Jazz and More | Germany |
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| January 30, 2020 | Mareike Wiening | Nuremberg | Musikhochschule Nuremberg | Germany |
| January 31, 2020 | Mareike Wiening | Neuberg | Birdland Jazz Club | Germany |
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MAREIKE WIENING – METROPOLIS PARADISE
An in-demand sidewoman on the fertile jazz scenes of both New York City and her native Nuremberg, Germany, drummer Mareike Wiening [pronounced: mar-eye-kuh vee-ning] asserts her extraordinary talents as composer, player and bandleader on Metropolis Paradise, her first full-length CD and debut on the Greenleaf Music label. A follow up to her ambitious 2014 EP, Crosswalk, Wiening’s latest outing once again features Nuremberg-born bassist Johannes Felscher, outstanding Toronto-born guitarist Alex Goodman (a New York resident since 2012 and winner of the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival Guitar Competition in 2014) and veteran tenor saxophonist Rich Perry (longstanding member of the Maria Schneider Orchestra and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra).
Metropolis Paradise was released on November 1st.
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ENGAGE is a direct descendant of UPLIFT, the 2018 set of compositions dedicated to positive action. We will be following up with all the organizations and causes invoked in that piece. And engaged in community and activism. People showed up in 2018, and our hope is that this trend will continue. We are going to need to be engaged to make the changes that will save our environment, our equality, our sciences and humanities. My hope is that everyone, in every field, will be involved and engaged in this work. Writing and performing these pieces is a reminder to myself not to get mired in the negativity — to stay positive and engaged through music daily.