Chris Potter / Dave Douglas "Igneous"

The Quartet started with the intention of performing books of contemporary jazz "tunes" -- new "standards" for improvisers by composers such as Steve Coleman, Michael Moore, Henry Threadgill, Bill Frisell, Tim Berne, Don Byron and others. After establishing a repertoire of these pieces, it became clear how difficult it would be to find a common ground among the many voices. Another difficulty was to perform them with one small ensemble with a fixed instrumentation.
Original pieces eventually overwhelmed the "covers" and exploring these tunes written for the band has become the raison d'etre fo the group. So far two books of "tunes" have been documented by this ongoing ensemble.
The idea of a group performing contemporary jazz "tunes" is still an intriguing one. It's something Dave hopes to explore in the future.
Dave Douglas: trumpet
Chris Potter: tenor saxophone
James Genus: bass
Ben Perowsky: drums
Recorded at Avatar, New York, September 19 & 20, 1998.
Recorded and mixed by Jim Anderson
Douglas moved to New York in 1984, initially working with jazz and funk bands on the street while finishing a degree in music at New York University's Gallatin Division in 1986. From 1987 to 1990, Dave Douglas went on an international tour with Horace Silver, Vincent Herring, Dr. Nerve and the Bread and Puppet Theatre. In 1993, he made his solo debut and recorded the album Parallel Worlds which was released in 1994 by the Soul Note label. A year later, Dave Douglas produced his first album under the name of his trio: Tiny Bell Trio. Since then, he has been touring the world with his own groups. He is also a member of John Zorn's Masada and plays on records by Myra Melford, Anthony Braxton, Don Byron, Uri Caine, Cibo Matto, Sean Lennon, Fred Hersch, Mark Dresser and Tim Berne. As a composer and trumpeter, Dave Douglas explores paths outside traditional jazz and experiments with e.g. Hindustani music, mixing together Western and Indian instruments. Bill Carrothers's sideman credits have included some of the greatest names in jazz, including Joe Beck, Scot t Colley, Buddy DeFranco, Dave Douglas, Curtis Fuller, Eric Gravatt, Drew Gress, Tim Hagans, Billy Higgins, Ari Hoenig, Lee Konitz, James Moody, Gary Peacock, Dewey Redman, Charlie Rouse, James Spaulding, Bill Stewart, Ben Street, Ira Sullivan, Toots Thielemans, and Benny Wallace.

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• Chris Potter
• Dave Douglas
• James Genus
• jazz
• sax
• trumpet

[01JazzMonk]

great players, great rhythmic agility, but this track really doesn't go anywhere. The tenor solo starts out really cool then kind of meanders off.