Dave Douglas & Uri Caine to play "Present Joys" at SubCulture on 12/16

Don't miss a very special opportunity to see Dave Douglas and Uri Caine perform music from this year's release Present Joys on Tuesday, December 16. Time Out New York says, "In Present Joys, trumpeter Dave Douglas and pianist Uri Caine have made the year's most quietly arresting jazz LP. . .We've got high hopes for these duo sets in support of the release." And Nate Chinen in the New York Times writes: "Inspired by the music of the Sacred Harp tradition, it’s an album of duologue that manages to be at once intimate, soulful and irrepressibly buoyant."

Purchase tickets here.

Andy Clausen composes for #Businessweek85

Andy Clausen composed music for a video created to celebrate Bloomberg Businessweek's 85th Anniversary. The video, "The Great Disrupters" traces the most important business innovations that took place during the magazine's history.

"Present Joys" makes Hank Shteamer's 2014 Jazz Top Ten List

I'm not all that familiar with Dave Douglas's enormous body of work. I've enjoyed the handful of his records I've checked out during the past few years, and there are a few back-catalog titles I remember digging many years back (including the Booker Little tribute In Our Lifetime and the Tiny Bell Trio's Songs for Wandering Souls), but I'm no expert. That's even more true re: my knowledge of Uri Caine. But Present Joys immediately felt familiar and inviting to me, and it's stuck with me since its release over the summer. I think this is because it falls into a certain category of record that I have an affinity for—not just a horn/piano duo album, but one with a powerful unifying mood, a reason for existing.

Read the rest here.

"Present Joys" at SubCulture on December 16

Longtime friends and collaborators Dave Douglas and Uri Caine will bring their recent exploration of Sacred Harp songs to SubCulture in NYC on December 16. Don't miss the opportunity to see these two play in such an intimate setting. Tickets can be purchased here.

“4 stars “Alluring … a 2014 jazz highlight.”

— John Fordham, The Guardian/UK

Photo by Alberto Gallo

The Arts Desk reviews Sound Prints at the EFG London Jazz Festival

Charles Lloyd / Joe Lovano and Dave Douglas, Barbican

A jazz festival finale of rare brilliance

by Thomas Rees

It’s not easy to write about a gig when you’re still shaking with adrenaline, still less so when that gig is the grand finale of the 2014 EFG London Jazz Festival, the climax to a giddy ten days of world-class contemporary music. But it’s a cross I’ll have to bear, because last night’s performance from legendary saxophonist Charles Lloyd and jazz giants tenorist Joe Lovano and trumpeter Dave Douglas demands it.

Read the rest at theartsdesk.com.

Dave Douglas and Frank Woeste to collaborate on new repertoire

Dave Douglas will collaborate with French pianist Frank Woeste to create new repertoire for a jazz quartet comprised based on the work of Man Ray, the influential American modern artist who was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements of the 20th Century. Influenced by Ray’s works known as “readymades,” which were pieces created out of ordinary, everyday objects, the project, entitled, “The Art of Reinvention,” will include time for composition and rehearsals followed by a recording session in New York. Read more about the project's direction here.

FAJE is made possible through the generous support from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Florence Gould Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Institut Français, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, and Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs de Musique (“SACEM”).

Frank Woeste photo by Morgan Roudot

Dave Douglas photo by Austin Nelson

Joe Lovano/Dave Douglas Soundprints – Bold And Beautiful At Barbican

By Kevin Le Gendre

If ever gravitas was needed to close an event with a profile as high as that of the EFG London Jazz Festival then this was it. Tenor saxophonist Charles Lloyd in the second set and trumpeter Dave Douglas and tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano in the first was more a case of stellar double bill than headliner and support. Perhaps more importantly the combination provided fascinating food for thought on the way in which key historical figures in improvised music pervade the contemporary scene without stifling the creativity of their genuinely progressive scions.

Read the rest at jazzwisemagazine.com.

Dave Douglas Jazz Workshop Announces December 7 Class

Join renowned composer and bandleader Dave Douglas in an intimate setting for a workshop focused on drawing out the essence of working with your band.

Learn important insights into the process of composing for small ensembles and rehearsing them effectively in order to create a focused, fun and dynamic environment for improvisation

Price: $75

December 7, 2014; 1 - 4 PM

Michiko Studios - Stage Room

149 West 46th Street, New York, NY

RSVP by December 3

workshop@greenleafmusic.com

El País reviews Sound Prints at the Barcelona Jazz Festival

By Miquel Jurado

La sinergia también existe y tiene swing

Dave Douglas y Joe Lovano protagonizan EL concierto del Festival de Jazz de Barcelona

El Festival de Jazz de Barcelona ha pasado ya su ecuador, pero aún queda mucha música por escuchar. Pero no parece arriesgado aventurar que el concierto del pasado miércoles en el Auditori pasará a ser recordado como EL concierto del certamen. La intensidad y belleza de lo ofrecido por el quinteto de Dave Douglas y Joe Lovano es de las que hacen mella y se quedan clavadas en la historia musical. Un concierto memorable en todos sus aspectos que destiló una de las mejores caras del jazz contemporáneo.

Read the entire review here {in Spanish).

Cuadernos de Jazz reviews Sound Prints

Photo by Lorenzo Duaso

Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Quintet: Sound Prints

46º Festival Internacional de Jazz de Barcelona
L’Auditori
Barcelona, 12 de noviembre de 2014

By Enrique Turpin y Eduardo Hojman

En uno de los conciertos estilísticamente más audaces hasta ahora del Festival de Jazz de Barcelona, Joe Lovano y Dave Douglas, acompañados de un trío de lujo con un Joey Baron en estado de gracia, ofrecieron su particular homenaje a Wayne Shorter, pletórico en swing y en aperturas de nuevos caminos.

Read the rest here (in Spanish).