Keystone (album)
Encyclopedia
Keystone is the twenty-fifth album by trumpet
er 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. The music was written to accompany Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle's silent film
s and a DVD containing the complete film Fatty and Mabel Adrift
(1916) and a collage of Arbuckle's scenes set to "Just Another Murder" is included with the album.
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 2005 and features performances by Douglas, Jamie Saft
Jamie Saft
Jamie Saft is a keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist, composer, sound engineer and producer living in upstate NY. Saft was born in Flushing Queens, New York in 1971 and is a graduate of both Tufts University and the New England Conservatory of Music. He has performed and recorded with John Zorn,...
, 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. The music was written to accompany Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle's silent film
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
s and a DVD containing the complete film Fatty and Mabel Adrift
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
Fatty and Mabel Adrift is a 1916 Keystone short comedy film starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Mabel Normand, and Al St. John.- Plot :The story involves Arbuckle as a farm boy marrying his sweetheart, Normand. They have their honeymoon with Fatty's dog Luke, at a cottage on the seashore. At high...
(1916) and a collage of Arbuckle's scenes set to "Just Another Murder" is included with the album.
Track listing
- "A Noise from the Deep" - 6:54
- "Just Another Murder" - 4:51
- "Sapphire Sky Blue" - 4:55
- "Butterfly Effect" - 6:14
- "Fatty's Day Off" - 2:31
- "Mabel Normand" - 4:47
- "The Real Roscoe" - 4:31
- "Famous Players" - 6:52
- "Barnyard Flirtations" - 1:42
- "Hollywood" - 4:19
- "Tragicomique" - 5:18
- All compositions by Dave Douglas
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 - Jamie SaftJamie SaftJamie Saft is a keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist, composer, sound engineer and producer living in upstate NY. Saft was born in Flushing Queens, New York in 1971 and is a graduate of both Tufts University and the New England Conservatory of Music. He has performed and recorded with John Zorn,...
: Wurlitzer 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