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data-original-title="" title="">John Zorn's Masada quartet, trumpeter Dave Douglas has emerged as one of modern jazz's freest thinkers, with a seemingly endless flow of ideas. Over nearly 20 years, he's created an almost unparalleled number of memorable groups, including Keystone, Charms of the Night Sky and Tiny Bell Trio, in addition to a number of forward-thinking one-off projects like Witness (RCA/Bluebird, 2001).
A lot has happened since All About Jazzspoke with him in 2006, and so contributor Dave Wayne grabbed the opportunity to speak with the busy trumpeter about what he's been up to, specifically his recently inaugurated Greenleaf Portable Series, a collection of three new sets of music for three different groups that, while originally intended as download-only, has been so well-received that Douglas has bowed to demand and released themRare Metals, with his Brass Ecstasy quintet, Orange Afternoons, by a brand new, all-acoustic quintet, and Bad Mango a first-encounter with intrepid new music ensemble
But that's not all. To celebrate Douglas' Greenleaf Portable Series, AAJ is bringing you three days of features, a review, of the series, free download tracks from each volume and video footage. Here's the lineup:
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data-original-title="" title="">Linda May Han Oh and drummer Marcus Gilmore;
Wednesday, December 7: Download Bad Mango's title track featuring Douglas and the members of So PercussionEric Beach, Adam Sliwinski, Jason Treuting and Josh Quillen.
All About Jazz is committed to bringing you the most extensive coverage anywhere surrounding new releases, so be sure to check out all the buzz surrounding Dave Douglas and Greenleaf Portable Series, today at AllAboutJazz.com!
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