| Leap of Faith | ||||
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| Released | 2000 | |||
| Recorded | September 19–20, 1998 | |||
| Studio | Avatar, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 64:23 | |||
| Label | Arabesque | |||
| Producer | Dave Douglas | |||
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Leap of Faith is the 15th album by trumpeter Dave Douglas. It was released on the Arabesque label in 2000 and features performances by Douglas, Chris Potter, James Genus, and Ben Perowsky. [1] [2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3 stars stating "Listeners with attention spans that allow them to focus on this heady brand of creative modern jazz will easily hear this as one of many triumphs concocted by Douglas in the 1990s. This collaboration is among his better team efforts. Highly recommended". [3] On All About Jazz David Adler stated "Loose, natural interplay is the name of the game here, and Leap of Faith finds the quartet even more loose and natural than last time around. Douglas's writing also seems more varied and inventive". [5] In JazzTimes Peter Margasak wrote " His piano-less quartet on Leap of Faith-tenorist Chris Potter, bassist James Genus, and drummer Ben Perowsky-superficially recalls the telepathic unison playing of the classic Davis quintet with Wayne Shorter, but Douglas' complex, serpentine compositions and the way his rhythm section triggers and prods the front-line into action is worlds apart from that group". [6]
Dave Douglas is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and educator. His career includes more than fifty recordings as a leader and more than 500 published compositions. His ensembles include the Dave Douglas Quintet; Sound Prints, a quintet co-led with saxophonist Joe Lovano; Uplift, a sextet with bassist Bill Laswell; Present Joys with pianist Uri Caine and Andrew Cyrille; High Risk, an electronic ensemble with Shigeto, Jonathan Aaron, and Ian Chang; and Engage, a sextet with Jeff Parker, Tomeka Reid, Anna Webber, Nick Dunston, and Kate Gentile.
Chris Potter is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist.
Scott Colley is an American jazz double bassist and composer. He has performed in bands led by Herbie Hancock, T. S. Monk, Jim Hall, Andrew Hill, Michael Brecker, Chris Potter, Pat Metheny, Carmen McRae, Edward Simon, Adam Rogers, Brian Blade, David Binney, Antonio Sanchez, and Kenny Werner.
Ben Perowsky is an American drummer, percussionist, composer, and music producer. He is the drummer on stage in the 8 TONY award winning Broadway musical Hadestown. Perowsky leads the Ben Perowsky Trio, Moodswing Orchestra and Upstream Trio with Chris Speed and John Medeski. He is a founding member of the electric jazz group Lost Tribe. A prolific sideman, Perowsky has performed with Roy Ayers, John Scofield, The Lounge Lizards, Joan As Police Woman, Elysian Fields, Darryl Jenifer, Uri Caine, Dave Douglas, Mike Stern, Bob Berg, Walter Becker, Steven Bernstein., and John Zorn.
The Tiny Bell Trio is the second album by trumpeter Dave Douglas and the first to feature his Tiny Bell Trio. It was released on the Canadian Songlines label in 1994 and features performances by Douglas, Brad Shepik and Jim Black.
In Our Lifetime is the third album by trumpeter Dave Douglas. It was released on the New World label in 1995 and features performances by Douglas, Josh Roseman, Chris Speed, Marty Ehrlich, Uri Caine, James Genus and Joey Baron. The album features Douglas' interpretations of three compositions by Booker Little and nine of his originals.
Five is the fifth album by trumpeter Dave Douglas and the second to feature his string group following Parallel Worlds (1993). It was released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1996 and features performances by Douglas, Mark Feldman, Erik Friedlander, Drew Gress and Michael Sarin.
Live in Europe is the sixth album by trumpeter Dave Douglas, his first live album, and the third to feature his Tiny Bell Trio. It was released on the Arabesque label in 1997 and features performances by Douglas, Brad Schoeppach and Jim Black.
Stargazer is the eighth album by jazz trumpeter Dave Douglas. It was released in 1997 on Arabesque Records. The album features performances by Douglas, Chris Speed, Josh Roseman, Uri Caine, James Genus and Joey Baron, and includes Douglas' interpretations of three compositions by Wayne Shorter.
Magic Triangle is the eleventh album by the trumpeter Dave Douglas. It was released on the Arabesque label in 1998 and contains performances by Douglas, Chris Potter, James Genus, and Ben Perowsky.
The Infinite is the 19th album by American jazz trumpeter Dave Douglas. It was released on the RCA label in 2002 and has performances by Douglas, Chris Potter, Uri Caine, James Genus and Clarence Penn.
Strange Liberation is the 21st album by jazz trumpeter Dave Douglas. It was released on the Bluebird imprint of RCA Records in 2004. The album features the Dave Douglas Quintet plus guest guitarist Bill Frisell. The album received widespread critical acclaim and did well on the jazz album charts, reaching number three on Billboard's and number one on CMJ's.
Meaning and Mystery is the 26th album by trumpeter Dave Douglas. It was released on the Greenleaf label in 2006 and features performances by Douglas, Donny McCaslin, Uri Caine, James Genus and Clarence Penn.
Green Street is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded and released on the Blue Note label in 1961. Green is backed by bassist Ben Tucker and drummer Dave Bailey. The CD reissue features two alternate takes from the same session as bonus tracks.
Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac is a live album by American jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie featuring performances recorded in 1967 for the Impulse! label.
The Plot is an album by Italian jazz trumpeter and composer Enrico Rava recorded in August 1976 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet features rhythm section John Abercrombie, Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen.
Oceans of Time is an album by American jazz drummer Billy Hart recorded in 1996 and released on the Arabesque label.
Unspoken is the sixth studio album by jazz saxophonist Chris Potter released by Concord Jazz in 1997. It features Potter in a quartet with guitarist John Scofield, bassist Dave Holland and drummer Jack DeJohnette.
Rhyme & Reason is an album by saxophonist Ted Nash which was recorded in 1998 and released on the Arabesque label the following year.
Above Blue is an album by pianist Myra Melford's group The Same River, Twice which was recorded in 1999 and released on the Gramavision label.
