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Albums by the Webber/Morris Big Band and the Manuel Valera Cuban Express Big Band made the list!

Dave Sumner says, "Morris and Webber made the big band album of the year."

Will Layman says, "The band is given lots of room and lots of responsibility, and each member repays what Douglas asks of them."

Will Layman says: "Webber and Morris' expanded range of options breaks new ground while referencing a grand tradition."

The album was included in Giovanni Russonello's list of ten outstanding albums from this year.

John Shand calls it, "a Douglas album, with his love of mixing surging rhythms, angular lines and sections that float by like white clouds across a summer sky."

Will Layman says, "The Webber/Morris Big Band jumps out like a joy."

Watch the studio recording video of Fahie's reimagining of Chopin's "Prélude, Op. 28 no. 20."

Here are some poignant thoughts from the co-leaders of the Webber/Morris Big Band.

Michael J. West calls the album's original compositions, "cloaked in Douglas' own envelope-pushing conception."

Stream and download this great track from the album 'Both Are True.'

J.D. Considine says, "Metropolis Paradise is full of sly rhythmic interplay, cleverly constructed compositions."