The complete Live at the Jazz Standard chronicles the Dave Douglas Quintet's 6-night run at the Jazz Standard

Jazz standard

Jazz standards are musical compositions which are an important part of the musical repertoire of jazz musicians, in that they are widely known, performed, and recorded by jazz musicians, and widely known by listeners. There is no definitive list of jazz standards, and the list of songs deemed to be...

 jazz club in New York City December of 2006. Douglas appears here playing the cornet rather than trumpet. Tenor saxophonist 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...

, maestro Uri Caine

Uri Caine

Uri Caine is an American classical and jazz pianist and composer.-Early years:The son of Burton Caine, a professor at Temple Law School, Caine began playing piano at seven and studied with French jazz pianist Bernard Peiffer at 12. He later studied at the University of Pennsylvania where he came...

 playing Fender Rhodes, bassist James Genus

James Genus

James Genus is an American jazz bassist. He plays both electric bass guitar and upright bass and currently plays in the Saturday Night Live Band. Genus has performed as a session musician and sideman throughout his career, with an impressive list of artists with whom he has worked.Genus was born...

, and drummer Clarence Penn join him.

Many compositions in the complete tracklist were debuted at these shows, and those songs were collected and released on a 2-CD set called Live at the Jazz Standard [2 CD

Live at the Jazz Standard

Live 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...

]. The complete series was released as a download-only series via Douglas' jazz record label

Record label

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 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...

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Track listing

December 5, Set I

1. Padded Cell 4:08
2. Invocation 11:53
3. October Surprise 9:58
4. Just Say This 7:25
5. Elk's Club 8:19
6. Argo 6:11
7. A Single Sky 9:29

December 5, Set II

1. Earmarks 5:54
2. Culture Wars 17:00
3. The Next Phase (For Thomas) 7:21
4. Tree and Shrub 6:01
5. Indian Point 9:51
6. Little Penn 8:42

December 6, Set I

1. Penelope 14:40
2. Painter's Way 5:51
3. Living Streams 5:25
4. Skeeter-ism 6:41
5. Meaning & Mystery 7:54
6. Seventeen 19:9

December 6, Set II

1. Waverly 15:10
2. Blues To Steve Lacy 8:04
3. Seth Thomas 6:34
4. Redemption 4:48
5. The Cornet Is A Fickle Friend 1:48
6. Ramshackle 5:09
7. The Team 15:53

December 7, Set I

1. Passing Through 13:26
2. Earmarks 5:58
3. Unison 9:40
4. Navigations 8:51
5. Twombly Infinites 3:55
6. Deluge 14:51

December 7, Set II

1. Strange Liberation 12:02
2. Leaving Autumn 8:36
3. Caterwaul 5:04
4. Elk's Club 8:17
5. The Next Phase (For Thomas) 7:21
6. War Room 5:16
7. Tim Bits 11:35

December 8, Set I

1. Invocation 12:53
2. Tree and Shrub 5:57
3. The Cornet Is A Fickle Friend 1:48
4. Blues To Steve Lacy 6:58
5. Argo 5:13
6. Ramshackle 7:01
7. Rock Of Billy 15:56

December 8, Set II

1. The Infinite 12:06
2. Living Streams 6:20
3. Crazy Games 7:02
4. Poses 8:15
5. Indian Point 11:11
6. Culture Wars 19:21

December 9, Set I

1. Penelope 13:34
2. Painter's Way 6:23
3. Frisell Dream 5:05
4. Nine Cloud Dream 9:17
5. Magic Triangle 6:52
6. A Single Sky 10:58

December 9, Set II

1. Deluge 12:36
2. Earmarks 5:37
3. Unison 10:24
4. Padded Cell 4:36
5. Elk's Club 6:37
6. Sheik Of Things To Come 8:48
7. Seventeen 13:34

December 10, Set I

1. Passing Through 13:31
2. Caterwaul 5:19
3. Tree and Shrub 3:45
4. Seth Thomas 10:19
5. Twombly Infinites 3:03
6. War Room 5:36
7. Just Say This 7:42
8. Little Penn 8:49

December 10, Set II

1. October Surprise 9:15
2. Tim Bits 11:15
3. Navigations 9:17
4. The Next Phase (For Thomas) 8:46
5. The Infinite 12:19
6. The Team 18:12

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...
  
  : cornet
• 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...
  
  : tenor saxophone
• Uri Caine
  Uri Caine
  Uri Caine is an American classical and jazz pianist and composer.-Early years:The son of Burton Caine, a professor at Temple Law School, Caine began playing piano at seven and studied with French jazz pianist Bernard Peiffer at 12. He later studied at the University of Pennsylvania where he came...
  
  : Fender Rhodes
• James Genus
  James Genus
  James Genus is an American jazz bassist. He plays both electric bass guitar and upright bass and currently plays in the Saturday Night Live Band. Genus has performed as a session musician and sideman throughout his career, with an impressive list of artists with whom he has worked.Genus was born...
  
  : bass
• Clarence Penn: drums, percussion