October 25, 2011
Photo Gallery from the Celebrating Kenny Wheeler event at Jazz Standard put on by the Festival of New Trumpet Music (fontmusic.org).
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.
October 5, 2011
The 9th annual Festival of New Trumpet Music celebrates Trumpeter/Composer Kenny Wheeler at the Jazz Standard, October 20 - 23, 2011, and a special reading Wheeler's music with Dave Douglas at NYU Steinhardt Jazz Studies.
September 27, 2011
We're happy to announce the third GPS release of the year. This one finds Dave working with the rhythm masters So Percussion on a set of music called Bad Mango. Subscribers get the first listen of this music at the Greenleaf Cloud Player. Non-subscribers can check out the title track as part of the Featured Tracks playlist.
September 22, 2011
VIDEO: Orologi from GPS2: Orange Afternoons with Dave Douglas, Ravi Coltrane, Vijay Iyer, Linda Oh, and Marcus Gilmore.
Dave Douglas & Brass Ecstasy - A Benefit Concert in Memory of Emily Douglas. Friday, September 30 - 7:30pm, Amherst South Congregational Church, 1066 South East Street, Amherst MA 01002.
