Moonshine (Dave Douglas album)
Encyclopedia
Moonshine is the twenty-eighth album by trumpet
er Dave Douglas
. It was released on the Greenleaf label in 2007 and features a live performance recorded in a studio in front of an audience by Douglas, Adam Benjamin, DJ Olive
, Gene Lake, Marcus Strickland
, and Brad Jones.
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 Greenleaf label in 2007 and features a live performance recorded in a studio in front of an audience by Douglas, Adam Benjamin, DJ Olive
DJ Olive
DJ Olive is an American disc jockey and turntablist active in free improvisation, jazz and illbient music. He is often credited with coining the latter term....
, Gene Lake, Marcus Strickland
Marcus Strickland
Marcus Strickland is a jazz soprano, alto and tenor saxophonist who grew up in Miami, Florida who currently lives in New York...
, and Brad Jones.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "This is not "jazz" in the conventional (read: conservative) sense, but without the jazz heritage, this creative tour de force of 21st century jazz-funk wouldn't -- and probably couldn't -- exist. Moonshine is a(nother) monster outing by Douglas".Track listing
- "Dog Star" - 5:01
- "Moonshine" - 7:30
- "Married Life" - 9:43
- "Silent Stars" - 8:39
- "Scopes" - 2:39
- "Flood Plane" - 7:42
- "Kitten" - 4:23
- "Tough" - 10:54
- All compositions by Dave Douglas
- Recorded May 4, 2007
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 - Adam Benjamin: Fender Rhodes piano
- DJ OliveDJ OliveDJ Olive is an American disc jockey and turntablist active in free improvisation, jazz and illbient music. He is often credited with coining the latter term....
: turntables - Marcus StricklandMarcus StricklandMarcus Strickland is a jazz soprano, alto and tenor saxophonist who grew up in Miami, Florida who currently lives in New York...
: saxophone - Brad Jones: bass
- Gene Lake: drums