The new Dave Douglas album Secular Psalms has been chosen as a “Best of April 2022” release by Stereogum!

Phil Freeman chose the album for his “The Month in Jazz” column of best new releases and said the following:

This isn’t religious music, exactly; it doesn’t take traditional hymnlike forms, but on a piece like “Agnus Dei,” Reid’s cello surges, with Leroux’s guitar and Warelis’s piano providing support as Deman sings softly, with Douglas harmonizing like a soft echo, barely audible beside her. His voice on the trumpet, by contrast, is fierce and powerful.

You can read the full review here.

Secular Psalms is available on CD and digital via Bandcamp and other outlets here.

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