Dave Douglas ‘Overcome’ to be released on June 17

After a successful Bandcamp campaign to put Dave Douglas’ album Overcome on vinyl, we’re releasing the album worldwide on June 17.

The original campaign took place in Spring 2022 and all of the pledgers are now (finally!) receiving their LPs in the mail. We’ve got a limited number of 12″ heavyweight LPs that will go on sale and the album will be available on all digital platforms for the first time. For now, you can purchase a digital version from our Bandcamp store here.

Check out the full album details below. And watch for more news in the coming weeks.


Album details:

Liner Notes:

The project began in discussions with Ryan Keberle about what more we could do to address the changes towards justice we both see as crucial to our country and our society. Racial justice. Climate justice. Voting justice. Gender justice. Scientific justice. And now the push for science to begin to push back the virus so we can all gather together again. We decided we could make music devoted to civic engagement and speaking out on these issues. And in an election year, we saw the band touring in swing states around the country. Without any touring, those plans changed. But I was determined to follow through on the creative vision for the project and began writing in earnest in April 2020.

The first thing that came naturally to the project was my arrangement of We Shall Overcome. We’ve been singing that for years and felt like with two vocalists like Fay and Camila, we could make a new unique version of the piece. Camila chose the verse, “We Are Not Afraid,” from among several available. It’s so strong. Then I began writing the original pieces. The word “Overcome” started to take on new resonances through the depth of feeling and resilience during this time of isolation. We began the process of recording in July 2020, and passed files back and forth over the next few months.

Once complete, it was hard for any of us to imagine we had not been in the same room when this music was made. I am so grateful to Jorge, Rudy, Ryan, Fay and Camila for helping me pull this off. I’m all grateful to Tyler McDiarmid for helping us out with engineering throughout the whole process. We are Overcome. We Shall Overcome. Enjoy.

Dave Douglas

Personnel:
Dave Douglas, trumpet
Ryan Keberle, trombone
Fay Victor, voice
Camila Meza, voice and guitar
Jorge Roeder, bass
Rudy Royston, drums

Production Credits:
Co-Executive Producers: Dave Douglas and Mark Weiss
Producer: Dave Douglas
Recorded by each musician, in NY, remotely, between July and September, 2020.
Mixed and mastered by Tyler McDiarmid
Engineering assistant to Mr. Roeder, Mark Goodell
Photos by Dave Douglas
Design by Lukas Frei & Robyn Ardagh

Special thanks to Mark Weiss at ‘Lions with Wings’ and ‘Earthwise Productions’ for co-sponsoring this project.

All arrangements by Dave Douglas

Track 1, traditional
Tracks 2, 3, 5, music by Dave Douglas (Dave Douglas Music / BMI)
Track 6, music and words by Dave Douglas (Dave Douglas Music / BMI)
Track 2, words by Camila Meza (Ambar Music / ASCAP) and Fay Victor (ZooToon Publishing / ASCAP)
Track 3, words by Langston Hughes
Track 4, music by Rudy Royston (Rudy Royston Publishing / ASCAP)
Track 5, words by Camila Meza (Ambar Music / ASCAP)