Five (Dave Douglas album)

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Five
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Released1996
RecordedJuly 31–August 1, 1995
Genre Jazz
Length59:42
Label Soul Note
Producer Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas chronology
Constellations
(1995)
Five
(1996)
Live in Europe
(1997)
Professional ratings
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Five is the fifth album by trumpeter Dave Douglas and the second to feature his string group following Parallel Worlds (1993). [3] 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.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "Trumpeter Dave Douglas' unusual string group is reminiscent in some ways of Ornette Coleman's free-jazz quartet despite not playing any of Ornette's originals and having a very different instrumentation. All of the musicians function as equals, the interaction is often intuitive, and the improvising... is on a high level. Well worth exploring". [4]

Track listing

  1. "Invasive Procedure" - 0:41
  2. "Mirrors (for Steve Lacy)" - 2:56
  3. "Going, Going (for Wayne Shorter)" - 5:40
  4. "Seven (for Mark Dresser)" - 8:54
  5. "Who Knows" (Monk) - 4:35
  6. "The Inflated Tear" (Kirk) - 6:16
  7. "Actualities (for Woody Shaw)" - 13:31
  8. "Knit Brow" - 0:55
  9. "Over Farrell's (for John Cage)" - 8:04
  10. "Mogador (for John Zorn)" - 8:10
All compositions by Dave Douglas except as indicated

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic Review
  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 Archived 2015-07-22 at the Wayback Machine , accessed July 21, 2015
  4. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 19, 2009