Moving Portrait

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Moving Portrait
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Studio album by
Released1998
RecordedDecember 29 & 30, 1997
Studio Avatar, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length64:36
Label DIW Records
DIW 934
Producer Dave Douglas & Kazunori Sugiyama
Dave Douglas chronology
Stargazer
(1997)
Moving Portrait
(1998)
Charms of the Night Sky
(1998)
Professional ratings
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Moving Portrait is the ninth album by the trumpeter Dave Douglas. It was released on the Japanese DIW label in 1997 and contains performances by Douglas, Bill Carrothers, James Genus and Billy Hart. It includes Douglas' interpretations of three compositions by Joni Mitchell. [3]

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Reception

On All About Jazz , Jim Santella stated: "Like all forms of art, the result is a session that includes drama, variety, and a story that attaches different meanings to each viewer or listener. Douglas' music evolves from the hard bop idiom, with special care given to the presentation of his unique ideas. The trumpeter uses a soft attack, round tone, fluid articulation, and unlimited imagination to honor beauty in various forms. ...Recommended". [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Dave Douglas except as indicated

  1. "The Nine Cloud Dream" – 5:17
  2. "Paradox" – 7:27
  3. "Moving Portrait" – 10:05
  4. "First Frost" – 6:30
  5. "Roses Blue" (Mitchell) – 2:52
  6. "My Old Man" (Mitchell) – 7:40
  7. "The Same Situation" (Mitchell) – 6:00
  8. "Movement" – 8:09
  9. "Romero" – 10:36

Personnel

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References

  1. Moving Portrait at AllMusic
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 399. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. Roussel, P., Discography of Dave Douglas, accessed July 21, 2015
  4. Santella, J., All About Jazz Review, December 1, 1998