Parallel Worlds (album)

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Parallel Worlds
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Studio album by
Released1993
RecordedMarch 17–18, 1993
Genre Jazz
Length63:22
Label Soul Note
Producer Tim Berne & Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas chronology
Parallel Worlds
(1993)
The Tiny Bell Trio
(1994)

Parallel Worlds is the debut album by trumpeter Dave Douglas, released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1993. [1] It features six of Douglas' compositions and compositions by Anton Webern, Kurt Weill, Duke Ellington and Igor Stravinsky performed by Douglas, Mark Feldman, Erik Friedlander, Mark Dresser and Michael Sarin.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
The Village Voice A [4]

The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn states: "This isn't another hard bop outing or a completely free-wheeling session; instead, it's got elements of both, and a departure as well. It requires close scrutiny and a completely open mind, because Dave Douglas is following no direction except his own." [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Dave Douglas except as indicated

  1. "Sehr Bewegt" (Webern) - 1:29
  2. "Parallel Worlds" - 9:16
  3. "In Progress" - 5:37
  4. "Remains" - 7:07
  5. "Piece for Strings" - 6:55
  6. "Ballad in Which Macheath Begs All Men for Forgiveness" (Weill) - 6:05
  7. "Loco Madi" (Ellington) - 5:53
  8. "On Your Leaving" - 7:15
  9. "For Every Action" - 9:30
  10. "Grand Choral" (Stravinsky) - 4:15

Personnel

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References

  1. Roussel, P., Discography of Dave Douglas, accessed July 21, 2015
  2. AllMusic Review
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 398. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. Davis, Francis (Sep 27, 1994). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Vol. 39, no. 39. p. 86.
  5. Wynn, R. AllMusic Review accessed March 19, 2009