Three exclusive tracks from the live shows in December 2011.

Dave Douglas, trumpet; Vincent Chancey, horn; Luis Bonilla, trombone; Marcus Rojas, tuba; Rudy Royston, drums.

You Are Not Alone. A new arrangement for the brass mob — of a beautiful tune from the recent Mavis Staples record, composed by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy. The band played this a lot last summer, and this is the only recording available of the Brass Ecstasy version.

Safeway. Dave moved into a residency at the Aaron Copland house on January 7, 2011. On January 8, Rep. Gabby Giffords was shot in Tuscon, Arizona at a public meeting in front of a grocery store. This piece came about in response, and it was also the first thing Dave began to write in his residency. Safeway is an acknowledgement of Copland’s public citizenship. There is also a pronounced use of open fifths that are a tip of the hat to the master’s presence and his generosity.

Great Awakening. You may know this tune from Spirit Moves, the first recording of Brass Ecstasy. It’s about being in church, and getting kicked in the ass by Lester Bowie. Luis Bonilla plays a typically vibrant and powerful solo. As Maude always says, “That was fun.”

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Equal parts Keystone and Perpetual Motion, the Key Motion Quintet is co-led by Dave Douglas and Donny McCaslin with Adam Benjamin, Tim Lefevbre, and Mark Guiliana.  These three cuts are from the GPS: Live at Jazz Standard celebration December 2011 which was one of only two performances with this band—you can check out two tunes from the other performance at JazzBaltica over here.

“Moonshine” by Dave Douglas originally appeared as the title track to Dave’s 2006 album—a nod to an all-but-forgotten silent film by Buster Keaton and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle that you can view here.

Donny McCaslin’s tune “L.Z.C.M.”—a fuzzed-out bow to the greatness of Led Zeppelin and Christian McBride—is one of the liveliest cuts from his 2011 electro-infused album Perpetual Motion, played here with equal urgency.  The otherworldly magic of the Adam/Tim/Mark rhythm section is a definite feature here.

“Handwritten Letter” is one of a collection of Quintet tunes by Dave that has not yet appeared on a studio album. It was first heard at the Dave Douglas Quintet Village Vanguard shows that broadcast on WBGO in 2009—a set that you can hear at the Cloud Player and download here.  Fair warning: this tune blazes. Monitor your volume knob injudiciously.

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Three tunes from the Dave Douglas & So Percussion performances at the GPS: Live at Jazz Standard celebration, December 2012.

Old Put, written with the sounds of the New York and Putnam Railroad in mind.

Ictus, written by Carla Bley and performed here with multiple metronomes.

And Spider, from the GPS3: Bad Mango sessions.

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Dave Douglas and Donny McCaslin co-lead this electrifying band with Jason Linder, Tim Lefebvre, and Mark Guiliana.

These two cuts, one by Douglas and one by McCaslin, were recorded at the 2011 JazzBaltica Festival in Salzau and are now available for download in MP3 and FLAC formats.

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As we re-celebrate the Brass Ecstasy performance at Newport last year with the release of United Front: Brass Ecstasy at Newport, we are also gearing up for the first release in a new digital-only series called the Greenleaf Portable Series. This cut is the studio version of the song United Front, and a bonus track from the first GPS session.

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Recorded by WBGO backstage at the 2009 Montreal Jazz Festival, this Cole Porter classic is played by Donny McCaslin solo tenor saxophone. And it rips!

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Dave Douglas Quintet is: Dave Douglas, trumpet; Donny McCaslin, tenor saxophone; Uri Caine, acoustic piano; James Genus, bass; Clarence Penn, drums

Tracklist

1. Handwritten Letter *
2. Bridge To Nowhere *
3. The Law Of Historic Memory *
4. The Presidents
5. Variable Current *
6. Blockbuster
7. War Room

* New compositions.

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Two bonus sets from the Spirit Moves two record release shows at Jazz Standard in June of 2009. Set 1 from June 18th, and Set 2 from June 19th are available for purchase at our webstore.

Brass Ecstasy – June 18th, Set 2

1. Great Awakening
2. Mr. Pitiful
3. Rava
4. Fats
5. Twilight Of The Dogs
6. The View From Blue Mountain
7. Spirit Moves

Brass Ecstasy – June 19th, Set 1

1. This Love Affair
2. Orujo
3. Bird: The Construction Company
4. The Brass Ring
5. Bowie

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An unreleased track from Michael Bates’ Greenleaf debut, Clockwise called Poor Man’s Cure.

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An alternate take of the title track from Donny McCaslin’s Recommended Tools.

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