Dave Douglas - Mountain Passages
Dave Douglas' Mountain Passages is an album of music inspired by the myths and the spirit of rural mountain culture. The first live performance of the material, which features Dave's band NOMAD, took place high in the Italian Dolomites, as part of the festival I Suoni delle Dolomitti. Partially inspired by Douglas' love of world folk music, Mountain Passages also carries the spirit of jazz that informs all of Dave's music.
The record is a profound and playful mix that veers between the solemnity of solitary contemplation and the drunken debauchery of ecstatic celebration. The ensemble of trumpet, clarinet, cello, tuba and percussion, envisioned as an imaginary traveling band, play 12 stunning new Douglas compositions making Mountain Passages Douglas' most emotive new work since the very popular "Charms of the Night" recordings.
CD Info
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01. Summit Music
02. Family Of The Climber
03. Gnarley Schnapps
04. Gumshoe
05. Twelve Degrees Proof
06. North Point Memorial
07. Cannonball Run
08. Palisades
09. A Nasty Spill
10. Purple Mountains Majesty
11. Off Major
12. Bury Me Standing
13. Encore: All Is Forgiven
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