Greenleaf Music
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Greenleaf Music is an independent jazz record label
owned by American trumpeter/composer Dave Douglas
. Founded in 2005 by Douglas and Mike Friedman, Greenleaf Music has released albums by Dave Douglas
, Donny McCaslin
, Nicole Mitchell
/ Harrison Bankhead / Hamid Drake
, Kneebody, Michael Bates
, and Curtis Macdonald. The label operates in Chicago and New York and is distributed worldwide.
Record label
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owned by American trumpeter/composer 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...
. Founded in 2005 by Douglas and Mike Friedman, Greenleaf Music has released albums by 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...
, Donny McCaslin
Donny McCaslin
Donny McCaslin is an American jazz saxophonist.McCaslin's father was a vibraphonist, and he played in his father's ensemble at the age of twelve. He had his own group in high school which played three years at the Monterey Jazz Festival. He studied under Paul Contos and Brad Hecht, both of whom...
, Nicole Mitchell
Nicole Mitchell (musician)
Nicole Mitchell is an American jazz flautist and former president of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians .-Biography:...
/ Harrison Bankhead / Hamid Drake
Hamid Drake
Hamid Drake is an American jazz drummer and percussionist. He lives in Chicago, IL but spends much of his time traveling around the world for concerts and studio dates....
, Kneebody, Michael Bates
Michael Bates
Michael Bates may refer to:* Michael Bates , British actor born in Jhansi, India* Michael Bates , sprinter and American football kick returner...
, and Curtis Macdonald. The label operates in Chicago and New York and is distributed worldwide.
Discography
- 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...
- Mountain PassagesMountain PassagesMountain Passages is the twenty-third album by trumpeter Dave Douglas. It was released on the Greenleaf Music label in 2005 and features performances by Douglas, Michael Moore, Marcus Rojas Peggy Lee, and Dylan van der Schyff.-Reception:...
, 2005 - Kneebody - Self-Titled, 2005
- 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...
& Keystone - Keystone (album)Keystone (album)Keystone is the twenty-fifth album by trumpeter Dave Douglas. It was released on the Greenleaf label in 2005 and features performances by Douglas, Jamie Saft, DJ Olive, Gene Lake, Marcus Strickland, and Brad Jones...
, 2006 - 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...
Quintet - Live at the Bimhuis Set 1 & 2Live at the Bimhuis Set 1 & 2-Track listing:# "Penelope" - 23:57# "The Infinite" - 12:22# "Poses" - 9:22# "Caterwaul" - 3:37# "Waverly" - 17:35# "The Frisell Dream" - 5:12# "Unison" - 11:44# "Ramshackle" - 7:57# "Deluge" - 23:09-Personnel:...
, 2006 - 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...
Quintet - Meaning and MysteryMeaning and MysteryMeaning and Mystery is the twenty-sixth album by trumpeter Dave Douglas. It was released on the Greenleaf label in 2006 and features performances by Douglas, Donny McCaslin, Uri Caine, James Genus and Clarence Penn.-Reception:...
, 2006 - 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...
Quintet - Live at the Jazz Standard (Complete Book)Live at the Jazz Standard (Complete Book)The complete Live at the Jazz Standard chronicles the Dave Douglas Quintet's 6-night run at the Jazz Standard jazz club in New York City December of 2006. Douglas appears here playing the cornet rather than trumpet...
, 2006 - 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...
Quintet - Live at the Jazz StandardLive at the Jazz StandardLive at the Jazz Standard is the twenty-seventh album by trumpeter Dave Douglas and the first to feature him exclusively on cornet. It was released on the Greenleaf label in 2007 and features live performances by Douglas, Donny McCaslin, Uri Caine, James Genus and Clarence Penn...
, 2007 - 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...
& Keystone - Keystone: Live in Sweden, 2007 - Nicole MitchellNicole Mitchell (musician)Nicole Mitchell is an American jazz flautist and former president of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians .-Biography:...
/ Harrison Bankhead / Hamid DrakeHamid DrakeHamid Drake is an American jazz drummer and percussionist. He lives in Chicago, IL but spends much of his time traveling around the world for concerts and studio dates....
- Indigo Trio: Live in Montreal, 2007 - 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...
& Keystone - Keystone: Live at Jazz Standard (Complete Book), 2008 - Donny McCaslinDonny McCaslinDonny McCaslin is an American jazz saxophonist.McCaslin's father was a vibraphonist, and he played in his father's ensemble at the age of twelve. He had his own group in high school which played three years at the Monterey Jazz Festival. He studied under Paul Contos and Brad Hecht, both of whom...
- Recommended Tools, 2008 - Michael Bates' Outside Sources - Clockwise, 2008
- Michael Bates' Outside Sources - Live in New York, 2009
- 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...
& Brass Ecstasy - Spirit MovesSpirit MovesSpirit Moves is the twenty-ninth album by trumpeter Dave Douglas. It was released on the Greenleaf Music label in 2009 and features Douglas band Brass Ecstasy.-Reception:...
, 2009 - 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...
- A Single SkyA Single SkyA Single Sky is the 30th album by Dave Douglas. It was released on the Greenleaf Music label in 2009 and features Douglas with Grammy-winning arranger/conductor Jim McNeely and the Frankfurt Radio Bigband. It is notable for being Dave Douglas's first big band album.-Reception:The Allmusic review...
, 2009 - Nels ClineNels ClineNels Cline is an American guitarist and composer, currently the lead guitarist of alternative rock band Wilco. David Carr of the New York Times describes Cline as "one of the best guitarists in any genre."-Career:...
& Norton Wisdom - Stained Radiance [DVD], 2010 - 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...
& Keystone - Spark Of BeingSpark of BeingSpark Of Being is a 3-disc box set of music written by Dave Douglas and performed by his electric band, Keystone. Written for the Bill Morrison film by the same name, Spark Of Being was commissioned by Stanford Lively Arts, and was recorded at the Center For Computer Research in Music and...
, 2010 - Donny McCaslinDonny McCaslinDonny McCaslin is an American jazz saxophonist.McCaslin's father was a vibraphonist, and he played in his father's ensemble at the age of twelve. He had his own group in high school which played three years at the Monterey Jazz Festival. He studied under Paul Contos and Brad Hecht, both of whom...
- Perpetual MotionPerpetual motionPerpetual motion describes hypothetical machines that operate or produce useful work indefinitely and, more generally, hypothetical machines that produce more work or energy than they consume, whether they might operate indefinitely or not....
, 2011 - 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...
- United Front: Brass Ecstasy at Newport, 2011 - Curtis Macdonald (saxophonist) - Community Immunity, 2011
- 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...
- GPS, V1: Rare MetalsGPS, V1: Rare MetalsGPS, V1: Rare Metals is an album by trumpeter Dave Douglas. It was released on Douglas' Greenleaf Music label in 2011 and features music by Dave Douglas for his band Brass Ecstasy, Vincent Chancey, Luis Bonilla, Marcus Rojas, and Nasheet Waits. GPS stands for Greenleaf Portable Series...
, 2011 - 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...
- GPS, V2: Orange AfternoonsGPS, V2: Orange AfternoonsGPS, V2: Orange Afternoons is an album by trumpeter Dave Douglas. It was released on Douglas' Greenleaf Music label in 2011 and features music by Dave Douglas with Ravi Coltrane, Vijay Iyer, Linda Oh, and Marcus Gilmore. GPS stands for Greenleaf Portable Series...
, 2011 - 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...
- GPS, V3: Bad Mango, 2011