November 23, 2011
As many around the jazz internet saw yesterday, Vijay Iyer has been announced as the successor to Dave as the director of the Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music starting in 2013. Details on the Banff Workshop for this, Dave's last year as director, are below.
November 21, 2011
Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Quintet, Sound Prints; an all-star ensemble including up and coming pianist Lawrence Fields, bassist James Genus, and drummer Joey Barron. Performing new repertoire as well as brand new Shorter compositions in direct collaboration with Shorter, the quintet is less an homage to Wayne Shorter and more of a unique convergence of three unparalleled trajectories.
November 7, 2011
Due to the overwhelming response for the Greenleaf Portable Series, and multiple requests for a physical format issue, we present Three Views: GPS Vol 1-3 [3CD Box]. Available now for preorder.
November 2, 2011
In 2011, Greenleaf launched a new series of releases dubbed the Greenleaf Portable Series. These three recordings found Dave Douglas leading recording sessions with different groups and players harkening back the shorter, more informal sessions that were the backbone of jazz recording for many years. GPS releases were designed to be digital-only releases to be distributed quickly here at the Greenleaf store, on iTunes, and through the Greenleaf Cloud Player. Due to the overwhelming response for the series and after multiple requests for a physical format issue, we present Three Views chronicling the three GPS releases from 2011.
October 26, 2011
New gigs posted at the /Shows page including two dates with the new band Sound Prints—Joe Lovano, Dave Douglas, Lawrence Fields, James Genus, Joey Barron—and the four-night, four-band run at Jazz Standard celebrating GPS 2011 this December.
October 18, 2011
Dave recently gave an interview to Peter Hum at the Ottawa Citizen blog talking about trumpeter Kenny Wheeler. The full 4-question interview can be read at the Ottawa Citizen blog. Below is an excerpt detailing some of Dave's favorite recordings of Kenny.
October 13, 2011
Searching around the Youtube today for anything related to Dave, Greenleaf, and our artists, I stumbled upon some great videos from the Tea For 3 tour this past summer. For those of us not on the East side of the pond wondering what this killer lineup sounded like, look no further than the T43 playlist (above) we just compiled with some of these cuts from various locations around Europe.
October 12, 2011
Experimental filmmaker Bill Morrison has been recently making the rounds at film festivals with his film Spark Of Being. Those in Madrid got to see the film this past week, and Spark continues showing in a few other countries in the next month. Details and trailer below.
October 11, 2011
Happy release day. The 3rd GPS release, Bad Mango, with Dave Douglas & So Percussion is available now for instant download here at the Greenleaf store (MP3/FLAC) and at iTunes.
The third volume of the Greenleaf Portable Series (GPS), Bad Mango features Dave Douglas with So Percussion. Pairing his plaintive trumpet with a myriad of percussion instruments including marimba, drumset, glockenspiel, and a whole host of nontraditional percussion like musical saw, toy bells, shruti box, crotales, et al, Douglas leads this unique ensemble through new compositions and revisitations of songs from his works catalog.
October 7, 2011
This Saturday, Dave Douglas & Brass Ecstasy hit the AngraJazz Festival in Acores, Portugal playing music from the Brass Ecstasy book—including music from the most recent title United Front: Brass Ecstasy at Newport.
October 6, 2011
Check out photos from the GPS, Vol 3: Bad Mango recording session at the So Percussion Studio while listening to the title track from the album.
