Spirit Moves is the twenty-ninth album by trumpeter 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 2009 and features Douglas band Brass Ecstasy.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "In sum, Spirit Moves is a welcome departure for Douglas, who has been working with his longtime electric band and more recently with his great Keystone group. It's beautiful because, though it moves radically from the concerns of his other groups, it does indeed restate his deep love for the tradition while expressing his forward-thinking notions of group interplay as well as his own healthy, warm sense of humor".

Tracklist

1. This Love Affair (Rufus Wainwright
   Rufus Wainwright
   Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. He has recorded six albums of original music, EPs, and tracks on compilations and film soundtracks.-Early years:...
   
   ) - 3:25
2. Orujo - 3:38
3. The View From Blue Mountain - 4:53
4. Twilight of the Dogs - 4:06
5. Bowie - 6:27
6. Rava - 5:36
7. Fats - 3:48
8. The Brass Ring - 7:56
9. Mr. Pitiful (Redding
   Otis Redding
   Otis Ray Redding, Jr. was an American soul singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger and talent scout. He is considered one of the major figures in soul and R&B...
   
   /Cropper
   Steve Cropper
   Steve Cropper , also known as Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T...
   
   ) - 3:05
10. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Williams, Sr) - 4:18
11. Hope (bonus) - 6:05
12. Prayer For Baghdad (bonus) - 5:18

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
• Vincent Chancey
  Vincent Chancey
  Vincent Chancey is an American jazz hornist.Chancey, a French horn player, attended the Southern Illinois University School of Music and then studied under Julius Watkins in New York City...
  
  : French horn
• Luis Bonilla
  Luis Bonilla
  Luis Bonilla is an American Afro-Cuban jazz and Latin jazz trombonist born in Los Angeles, California of Costa Rican descent. He is a Grammy Award- winning performer, composer, and Music Professor, about whom the New York Times has described as the artist who "explodes the usual musical structures...
  
  : trombone
• 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
• Nasheet Waits
  Nasheet Waits
  Nasheet Waits is an American jazz musician who plays drum set.Son of legendary percussionist Freddie Waits; Nasheet is a New York native who has been active on the jazz scene since early in his life. Before pursuing a music career, he studied psychology and history at Morehouse College in Atlanta....
  
  : drums