eMusic Q&A: Dave Douglas
By Britt Robson, eMusic Contributor
The career of jazz composer and trumpeter Dave Douglas has been prolific and intrepid, brimming with brash experiments and interdisciplinary artistic collaborations. Born in 1963, Douglas has, for the past 30 years, written and played original music incorporating everything from Eastern European folk to avant-garde jazz to rock-ish electronica, all injected with the spontaneous improvisation and top-notch scholarship that are the yin and yang of jazz. Along the way, he has worked in the realms… more »