Mountain Passages is the twenty-third album by trumpet

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 Music

Greenleaf Music

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...

 label in 2005 and features performances by Douglas, Michael Moore, Marcus Rojas

Marcus Rojas

Marcus Rojas is a tubist from New York City, best known for his work in jazz.He is a graduate of New York City's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and holds a B.M. degree from the New England Conservatory of Music.A longtime member of Spanish Fly, he has played...

 Peggy Lee, and Dylan van der Schyff.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "Mountain Passages is another large compositional step for Douglas, whose aesthetic ambition is boundless and whose ability to execute that vision is seemingly limitless".

Track listing

1. "Summit Music" - 3:55
2. "Family Of The Climber" - 4:17
3. "Gnarly Schnapps" - 2:02
4. "Gumshoe" - 3:38
5. "Twelve Degrees Proof" - 4:15
6. "North Point Memorial" - 4:32
7. "Cannonball Run" - 4:43
8. "Palisades" - 3:21
9. "A Nasty Spill" - 7:27
10. "Purple Mountains Majesty" - 1:49
11. "Off Major" - 2:45
12. "Bury Me Standing" - 7:41
13. "Encore: All Is Forgiven" - 3:33

All compositions by Dave Douglas

• Recorded in Vancouver, BC (Canada) in June 2004

Personnel

• 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...
  
  : trumpet
• Michael Moore: alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
• Marcus Rojas
  Marcus Rojas
  Marcus Rojas is a tubist from New York City, best known for his work in jazz.He is a graduate of New York City's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and holds a B.M. degree from the New England Conservatory of Music.A longtime member of Spanish Fly, he has played...
  
  : tuba
• Peggy Lee: cello
• Dylan van der Schyff: drums