Trombonist and composer Andy Clausen is currently working on the score for a multi-part video series launched by the New York Times. The first is a seven minute long piece on the history and state of the city's many bridges, and can be seen here. Alongside his ongoing projects The Westerlies and The Wishbone Project, Andy is an acclaimed composer, receiving the 2009 Gerald Wilson Award for Jazz Composition from the Monterey Jazz Festival.
Dave Douglas talks lessons from working with Horace Silver
"It’s difficult to condense into a few words how much a person can learn from just being around someone as masterful as Horace Silver. Andy and Carl had been with Horace for some time; Vincent, Brian and I were new guys. We all learned from him in various ways, both on and off the bandstand. After leaving the band I remember writing a tune called “Unspoken Lessons,” reflecting my feelings about being in it. Horace rarely lectured or gave verbal instructions. His guidance was in the music, on the bandstand, in the heat of battle."
Riverside performing two dates in Canada November 6 & 7
Riverside will be performing at the Yardbird Festival of Canadian Jazz and JazzYYC Jazz Fest on November 6th and 7th. The quartet, co-led by Dave Douglas and Chet Doxas, will feature Jim Doxas on drums and Joe Grass on pedal steel guitar.
Tickets and information here :
Sound Prints at the Village Vanguard October 21 - 26
Dave Douglas and Joe Lovano bring their quintet Sound Prints to the Village Vanguard next week. The band is in the midst of a US and European tour previewing their forthcoming Blue Note debut to be released in early 2015.
From Nate Chinen in the New York Times:
★ Joe Lovano and Dave Douglas Quintet: Sound Prints (Tuesday through Oct. 26) The saxophonist Joe Lovano and the trumpeter Dave Douglas share a bustling, approachable vision of jazz, geared toward expedition while grounded in post-bop custom. Sound Prints — their well-traveled quintet with the pianist Lawrence Fields, the bassist Linda Oh and the drummer Joey Baron — has an album due out on Blue Note next year, which should provide much of the material for this engagement.
Dave Douglas' "Spark of Being" Live!
On October 14, see a screening of Bill Morrison's adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein with Dave Douglas & Keystone performing the soundtrack live.
This rare performance is part of the Museum of Modern Art's current exhibition on Bill Morrison. The retrospective, Bill Morrison: Compositions, runs from October 14 to November 21 and features several of his recent collaborations. "Spark of Being", created in 2010 as part of a joint residency at Stanford University, makes use of Frank Hurley's footage of Ernest Shackleton’s fated Antarctic expedition, as well as found footage from a variety of other sources.
See MoMA's full schedule here and get tickets and info for "Spark of Being" here.
Sound Prints kicks off Fall touring to preview upcoming Blue Note Records album release
Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Kick Off Fall Sound Prints Tour In U.S. & Europe Previewing New Blue Note Album To Be Released In Early 2015
This Fall saxophonist Joe Lovano and trumpeter Dave Douglas will launch a 22-date tour across the United States and Europe with their co-led quintet Sound Prints featuring pianist Lawrence Fields, bassist Linda Oh and drummer Joey Baron. Sound Prints will be previewing their forthcoming Blue Note debut which will be released in early 2015. Listen to a track from the album, which was recorded live at the 2013 Monterey Jazz Festival.
For almost twenty years, Lovano and Douglas have been prime moving forces in the jazz scene, their paths crossing often on stage and occasionally on record. Douglas appears on Lovano's 2001 Blue Note album Flights of Fancy: Trio Fascination Edition Two and they overlapped as members of the SFJAZZ Collective for three seasons during which the band performed the repertoire of Thelonious Monk, McCoy Tyner, and their mutual touchstone: saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter.
Sound Prints takes their inspiration from the music of Shorter – the band's name is a nod to his classic "Footprints" – however the quintet’s focus is on new original compositions by Lovano and Douglas, as well as new Shorter compositions in direct collaboration with Shorter himself. The band is fueled by a desire to push the boundaries of their music as far as they can stretch, similar to the expansive role Shorter has played in jazz since his debut with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in 1959.
US
10/15 – San Diego, CA – Jazz at TSRI
10/16 – Santa Cruz, CA – Kuumbwa Jazz
10/17 – Oakland, CA – Yoshi's Oakland
10/18 – Seattle, WA – Earshot Jazz Festival / Town Hall
10/19 – Vancouver, BC – Kay Meek Centre
10/21 - 26 – New York, NY – Village Vanguard
Europe
11/12 – Barcelona, Spain – Barcelona Jazz Festival
11/13 – Pontoise, France – Theatre Des Louvrais
11/14 – Offenburg, Germany – Reithalle im KulturForum
11/15 – Bielsko Bialo, Poland – Bielskie Centrum Kultury
11/16 – Munich, Germany – Jazzclub Unterfahrt
11/17 – Zurich, Switerland – Moods
11/18 – Rome, Italy – Sala Sinopoli
11/20 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Copenhagen Jazz House
11/21 – Oslo, Norway – Nasjonal Jazzscene
11/22 – Goteborg, Sweden – Nefertiti Jazzklubb
11/23 – London, United Kingdom – London Jazz Festival / Barbican Centre
Greenleaf Music releases Ryan Keberle's "Into The Zone"
Into The Zone represents trombonist and composer Ryan Keberle's first release on Greenleaf Music and features his band Catharsis with special appearances by veteran saxophonist Scott Robinson and Chilean-born vocalist Camila Meza.
The pianoless quartet Catharsis draws upon lessons learned as Keberle played alongside masters in a multitude of forms, including Sufjan Stevens, Maria Schneider, Darcy James Argue, Alicia Keys and Justin Timberlake.
“A young trombonist of vision and composure”
Ralph Farris composes for The Aquila Theatre
The Aquila Theatre's 2014-15 National Tour kicks off tonight in Lexington, VA with a production of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, followed on September 25 by William Shakespeare's The Tempest in Aurora, NY. Work on The Tempest marks the second collaboration between Aquila and composer Ralph Farris, who composed incidental music for last year's production of A Female Philoctetes at BAM.
See the company's entire tour schedule here.
Greenleaf Music releases Matt Ulery's “In the Ivory”
“In the Ivory” is bassist and composer Matt Ulery’s follow-up to his 2012 record “Wake An Echo”, named by NPR Music as one of the Top 50 Albums of the Year. This double-CD features pianist Rob Clearfield, drummer Jon Deitemeyer, violinist Zach Brock, vocalist Grazyna Auguscik and three-time GRAMMY®-winning new music ensemble eighth blackbird in a lush chamber setting.
Also, with every purchase of “In the Ivory” made before September 30th fans will receive a free one-month subscription to Greenleaf Music's innovative Cloud Player. This proprietary streaming player allows listeners access to the label's entire catalog on their desktop, phone or tablet.
Dave Douglas' FONT Announces Festival Line-Up
Founded by Dave Douglas and now in it's twelfth year, the Festival of New Trumpet Music takes place September 17th - 28th at venues throughout New York City. This year's festival highlights include: