FWIW, I feel he does the 'jazz/miles/blue note thing' (particularly the mid-late-60's miles thing) better on 'strange liberation' than on 'the infinite'. As for frisell, he fits in better than I expected - when I've heard him guest (e.g., with zony mash, or with masada), he often seems hesitant and not really integrated - but in this case he fits in nicely. The interplay between Caine on fender rhodes and frisell is nice, given that the two could have easily interfered with one another. Potter is strong as usual. As for 'the frisell dream', i heard the quartet play it in april 1999, so it was nice to see it finally show up on an album, and with none other than frisell participating. The two versions (quartet vs. sextet) are signifcantly different to discourage comparison for me. Overall, this is probably my favorite Douglas album since the first 'charms of the night sky' recording. cheers, whit np - stereolab, 'margarine eclipse' On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Julian wrote:
Also, any thoughts on the latest Dave Douglas 'Strange Liberation' (i.e. the second quintet album, with Bill Frisell guesting on some tracks)? From the little I've listened to it, seems like it's a solid album, but I must admit I'm tiring a bit of Dave's current jazz/Miles/Blue Note thing - looking forward to hearing something new. As for the Frisell guest-spot, it seems like it should be a perfect match, but to me the results aren't quite so convincing - eg. 'The Frisell Dream' sounded far better when I saw the Quintet live a little while ago... but hey, I've only heard good things about this album so maybe it's just me!
Julian.
_______________________________________________ zorn-list mailing list zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com To UNSUBSCRIBE or Change Your Subscription Options, go to the webpage below http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/zorn-list
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Whit Schonbein http://artsci.wustl.edu/~wwschonb/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------