DAVE DOUGLAS QUINTET

It is evident that Dave Douglas has put his stamp on recent American music history. For years he has been voted best trumpet player in important polls. He has collaborated with a great variety of celebrities, from Tom Waits to John Zorn. Meanwhile, in the last 15 years he recorded no less than 30 albums of hugely divergent types of music. ‘Whoever records Ellington, Webern and Stravinsky alongside his own compositions must have a truly flexible mind’ (NRC).