El Trilogy
Encyclopedia
El Trilogy is the seventeenth album by trumpet
er Dave Douglas
. It was released on the BMG
label in 2001 and features music commissioned to accompany performances by the Trisha Brown Dance Company
performed by Douglas, Greg Cohen
, Mark Feldman
, Guy Klucevsek
, Gregory Tardy
and Susie Ibarra
.
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
er Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas (trumpeter)
Dave Douglas is an American jazz trumpeter and composer whose music derives from many non-jazz musical styles, including classical music, folk music from European countries and Klezmer. He has been a member of the experimental big band Orange Then Blue...
. It was released on the BMG
BMG
Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...
label in 2001 and features music commissioned to accompany performances by the Trisha Brown Dance Company
Trisha Brown
Trisha Brown is a postmodernist American choreographer and dancer.Brown was born in Aberdeen, Washington, and received a B.A. degree in dance from Mills College in 1958. Brown later received a D.F.A. from Bates College in 2000. For several summers she studied with Louis Horst at the American Dance...
performed by Douglas, Greg Cohen
Greg Cohen
A native of Los Angeles, bassist Greg Cohen has been playing in various acclaimed music groups since the '60s. He is perhaps best known for his work with John Zorn's Masada quartet; more recently he has been touring with Ornette Coleman, and performed on Coleman's much-praised Sound Grammar...
, Mark Feldman
Mark Feldman
Mark Feldman is an American jazz violinist.Feldman worked in Chicago from 1973 to 1980, and in Nashville, Tennessee from 1980 to 1986. He worked in New York City and Western Europe from 1986. Feldman often works with John Zorn, Sylvie Courvoisier, John Abercrombie, The Masada String Trio, Dave...
, Guy Klucevsek
Guy Klucevsek
Guy Klucevsek is an American-born accordionist and composer.Klucevsek is one of relatively few accordion players active in jazz and free improvisation....
, Gregory Tardy
Gregory Tardy
Greg Tardy is an American jazz saxophonist, who has released albums for the record labels SteepleChase Records, GRP Records, and Impulse! Records.-References:...
and Susie Ibarra
Susie Ibarra
Susie Ibarra is a Contemporary Composer and Percussionist who has worked and recorded with jazz, classical, world, and Indigenous musicians. She is known for her work as a performer in avant-garde, jazz, world and new music...
.
Reception
The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.Track listing
- "Five Part Weather Invention: Aerial Manoeuvres" - 1:11
- "Five Part Weather Invention: Aria One" - 4:48
- "Five Part Weather Invention: Bounding Lines" - 4:32
- "Five Part Weather Invention: Scherzo" - 2:19
- "Five Part Weather Invention: Aria Two" - 5:20
- "Rapture To Leon James: Part One" - 13:17
- "Rapture To Leon James: Part Two" - 8:19
- "Groove And Countermove: Prairie" - 5:08
- "Groove And Countermove: Escher" - 4:52
- "Groove And Countermove: Spring - 7:32
- "Groove And Countermove: Anton" - 1:19
- "Groove And Countermove: Fin" - 5:31
- All compositions by Dave Douglas
- Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York City in 1999 and 2000
Personnel
- Dave DouglasDave Douglas (trumpeter)Dave Douglas is an American jazz trumpeter and composer whose music derives from many non-jazz musical styles, including classical music, folk music from European countries and Klezmer. He has been a member of the experimental big band Orange Then Blue...
– trumpet - Greg CohenGreg CohenA native of Los Angeles, bassist Greg Cohen has been playing in various acclaimed music groups since the '60s. He is perhaps best known for his work with John Zorn's Masada quartet; more recently he has been touring with Ornette Coleman, and performed on Coleman's much-praised Sound Grammar...
– acoustic bass - Mark FeldmanMark FeldmanMark Feldman is an American jazz violinist.Feldman worked in Chicago from 1973 to 1980, and in Nashville, Tennessee from 1980 to 1986. He worked in New York City and Western Europe from 1986. Feldman often works with John Zorn, Sylvie Courvoisier, John Abercrombie, The Masada String Trio, Dave...
– violin (tracks 1-5 & 8-12) - Guy KlucevsekGuy KlucevsekGuy Klucevsek is an American-born accordionist and composer.Klucevsek is one of relatively few accordion players active in jazz and free improvisation....
– accordion (tracks 1-5) - Gregory TardyGregory TardyGreg Tardy is an American jazz saxophonist, who has released albums for the record labels SteepleChase Records, GRP Records, and Impulse! Records.-References:...
– clarinet, tenor saxophone (tracks 6-12) - Susie IbarraSusie IbarraSusie Ibarra is a Contemporary Composer and Percussionist who has worked and recorded with jazz, classical, world, and Indigenous musicians. She is known for her work as a performer in avant-garde, jazz, world and new music...
– drums, percussion (tracks 6-12)