Sanctuary (Dave Douglas album)
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Sanctuary is the seventh album by trumpet
er Dave Douglas
and his second live album. It was released on the Japanese Avant label in 1997 and features performances by Douglas, Cuong Vu
, Yuka Honda
, Anthony Coleman
, Mark Dresser
, Hilliard Greene, Chris Speed
and Dougie Bowne.
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...
and his second live album. It was released on the Japanese Avant label in 1997 and features performances by Douglas, Cuong Vu
Cuong Vu
is a jazz trumpeter and vocalist.Born in Saigon, he left Vietnam with his family at the age of five in 1975, settling in Bellevue, Washington...
, Yuka Honda
Yuka Honda
Yuka Honda is a Japanese musician who resides in New York City. She is a multi-instrumentalist musician, composer, record producer, and co-founder of the band Cibo Matto...
, Anthony Coleman
Anthony Coleman
Anthony Coleman is an American musician. Coleman is a piano and keys player, trombonist and vocalist mainly working within the free improvised and avant-garde jazz scenes in downtown New York during the late 1970s through to the present day.His greatest impact was during the 80s and 90s when he...
, Mark Dresser
Mark Dresser
Mark Dresser is an American double bass player and composer.-Biography:He has performed and recorded with many of the luminaries of "new" jazz composition and improvisation. For ten years he performed with the Anthony Braxton Quartet, as well as diverse groups led by Ray Anderson, Tim Berne,...
, Hilliard Greene, Chris Speed
Chris Speed
Chris Speed is an American saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.He studied classical piano from the age of five, and began clarinet at eleven. In high school he took up the tenor saxophone and began studying jazz...
and Dougie Bowne.
Track listing
- Part One (Disc 1)
- "Apparition" - 9:07
- "Three Beasts" - 6:27
- "Swoon" - 6:57
- "The Lethe" - 3:48
- "Dark Wood" - 5:20
- "The Dome" - 6:35
- "Heavenly Messenger" - 11:44
- "Among Frogs" - 4:23
- Part Two (Disc 2)
- "Limbo" - 6:36
- "The Great Cliff" - 4:43
- "The Lantern" - 11:52
- "Mad Dog" - 7:39
- "The Flower" - 9:13
- "Contemplation" - 5:50
- "Coins" - 9:34
- "Among Stars" - 2:44
- All compositions by Dave Douglas
- Part One (Disc 1) recorded at Knitting Factory, New York City on August 6, 1996; Part Two (Disc 2) recorded at Knitting Factory, New York City on August 27, 1996
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 - Cuong VuCuong Vuis a jazz trumpeter and vocalist.Born in Saigon, he left Vietnam with his family at the age of five in 1975, settling in Bellevue, Washington...
: trumpet - Yuka HondaYuka HondaYuka Honda is a Japanese musician who resides in New York City. She is a multi-instrumentalist musician, composer, record producer, and co-founder of the band Cibo Matto...
: sampler - Anthony ColemanAnthony ColemanAnthony Coleman is an American musician. Coleman is a piano and keys player, trombonist and vocalist mainly working within the free improvised and avant-garde jazz scenes in downtown New York during the late 1970s through to the present day.His greatest impact was during the 80s and 90s when he...
: sampler - Mark DresserMark DresserMark Dresser is an American double bass player and composer.-Biography:He has performed and recorded with many of the luminaries of "new" jazz composition and improvisation. For ten years he performed with the Anthony Braxton Quartet, as well as diverse groups led by Ray Anderson, Tim Berne,...
: bass - Hilliard Greene: bass
- Chris SpeedChris SpeedChris Speed is an American saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.He studied classical piano from the age of five, and began clarinet at eleven. In high school he took up the tenor saxophone and began studying jazz...
: tenor saxophone, clarinet - Dougie Bowne: drums