Dave Douglas - Witness

Dave Douglas / Witness (feat. Tom Waits)
Жанр: Modern Creative / Post-Bop / Avant-Garde
Год издания диска: 2001
Издатель (лейбл): Bluebird
Номер по каталогу: 09026 63763 2
Аудио кодек: (MP3 + FLAC) (*.flac)
Тип рипа: image+.cue
Битрейт аудио: (lossy + lossless)
Продолжительность: 66:53
: Источник - Авакс, релизер - lupus_cervarius
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Треклист:
01. Ruckus [04:45]
02. Witness [08:16]
03. One More News [03:03]
04. Woman at Point Zero [07:42]
05. Kidnapping Kissinger [03:06]
06. Mahfouz [23:55]
07. Episode for Taslima Nasrin [04:44]
08. Child of All Nations [07:16]
09. Sozaboy [04:00]

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One of the things that makes Dave Douglas such a compelling voice in avant-garde jazz is his open-mindedness. The New York-based trumpeter has made a point of exposing himself to a wide variety of music -- everything from Lester Bowie's innovations to classical to East European folk -- and his willingness to be influenced by so many different things has made for a lot of fresh, adventurous albums. Witness is no exception; this 2001 release finds the jazzman being affected by classical as well as Middle Eastern and North African music. This CD offers a continuous nine-part suite that was inspired by different political figures in various parts of the world, although Douglas doesn't get on the microphone and turn Witness into an album of protest songs à la Joan Baez, Ice-T, Bob Marley, or Rage Against the Machine; in fact, the disc is mostly instrumental. Nonetheless, Douglas was thinking of these political figures when he did the composing, and they range from Bangladeshi poet Taslima Nasrin on Episode for Taslima Nasrin to Egyptian doctor Nawal El Saadawi on Woman at Point Zero. Do you have to know anything about these people to appreciate Witness? Absolutely not; you don't have to know anything about Douglas' political beliefs (or even agree with all of them) to be moved by this CD. The trumpeter's melodies and improvisations are substantial regardless of how much you know or don't know about his politics. One track that isn't instrumental is the haunting Mahfouz, which boasts a spoken-word performance by Tom Waits. Some myopic jazz snobs might be offended that Douglas would feature a pop/rock artist, but that's their problem; the trumpeter is about openness, not dogma, and featuring Waits isn't out of character for him. Witness is yet another album that Douglas can be proud of.
(allmusic)

Состав

Dave Douglas, processed trumpet, sound effects, trumpet
Joe Daley, tuba
Josh Roseman , trombone
Chris Speed, clarinet, tenor sax, saxophone
Mark Feldman, violin
Erik Friedlander, cello
Drew Gress , bass
Yuka Honda, sampling
Ikue Mori, electronic percussion
Michael Sarin, drums
Tom Waits, vocals, voices