February 20, 2012
Listen to The Presidents by Dave Douglas. Happy Presidents Day from Greenleaf Music.
February 2, 2012
You can check out a free screening of Bill Morrison's film 'Spark Of Being' with accompanying soundtrack by Dave Douglas tonight, February 2nd, at World Financial Center's Winter Garden.
January 31, 2012
ast week, just after posting some in-depth thoughts on the workshop and mentorship process, Dave started working with students at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Lucky for all of us on this side of the Atlantic, guitartist Alex Roth gives us a detailed account of the week at the London Jazz blog.
January 17, 2012
Every time I see a teaching artist talk about music I learn something new...
Application deadline: January 23, 2012. Under the leadership of trumpeter/composer Dave Douglas and his hand-picked group of leading jazz faculty, this unique program leaves the rigid academic environment behind, encouraging creativity and facilitating leaps of artistic innovation. Participants benefit from daily master classes, small ensemble rehearsals, and common sessions with some of the world’s most inspiring jazz musicians.
January 12, 2012
Greg Garrison's Improvised Roots No. 2 with Dave Douglas in Denver, 1/13-14
January 4, 2012
As we sift through our epically full inboxes and move further and further away from vacation daze, we can't help but get a little nostalgic for 2011—even as it's just passed. There was a new website, a new music series, new artists, new albums... it seems everything was NEW last year. So before we can move on to all the going-on's we have scheduled this calendar year, a quick recap of some of the music we released in 2011 is necessary for us in this crazy hit-it-and-forget-it internet world we've all grown accustomed to.
December 20, 2011
The end of a year is always a time to look around at some excellent nonprofits and charities that we can help. And when we were at Jazz Standard celebrating GPS with four different groups, we took the time to have all the musicians sign the Three Views box set. We will be selling them and donating all the proceeds to charity.
December 19, 2011
The stream below was just too good to keep to ourselves while the others get finished. Moonshine—originally the title track on the 2006 release recorded by Dave Douglas & Keystone—as performed by the Key Motion Quintet is now available to stream below. Subscribers can expect a high-res download of this and some other choice cuts.
A few pictures that came in from the Jazz Standard shows last week courtesy of Zak Shelby-Szyszko.
December 16, 2011
Click to stream the rundown of the GPS series as collected in the Three Views box set on NPR's Fresh Air.
