A Noise From The Deep with Dave Douglas: Recent Episodes
Dave Douglas
Trumpeter Dave Douglas leads conversations with significant jazz artists on music, composition, improvisation, and concerts. Guests include Henry Threadgill, Miles Okazaki, and Jon Irabagon, among others. Presented by Douglas’ record label Greenleaf Music.
In this re-released episode, pianist and composer Marta Warelis, originally from Poland and now based in the Netherlands, joins Dave Douglas for a wide-ranging and engaging conversation about her creative practice. The episode opens with a newly recorded introduction in which they reflect on the album Four Freedoms, offering fresh insight and context before returning to their original exchange. From there, they discuss her work inside and outside the piano. Composition and improvisation, creation of sound on objects and her great collaborations.
Marta is currently touring with Dave and the quartet, alongside bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and drummer Rudy Royston. Come say hello after the show.
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A return to Dave’s 2022 conversation with Patricia Brennan - exploring her Veracruz roots, creative process, and new collaborations.
Dave and Terry talk about his approach to painting and process, and how connections to music have informed his work.
Dave and Michael Sarian talk about using effects on the trumpet, how to develop it, and how to use them in different settings.
Christian talks with Dave about memory and remembrance, family, and how it has brought new dimensions to his music.
Nick and John sit down with Dave Douglas to discuss Wheeler’s creative process, his lasting influence, and how his music continues to inspire.
They introduce each other and they talk about Chilean and Galician music and influences.
Dave has a fantastic in depth interview with musician and frequent bandmate Rafiq Bhatia
New on Greenleaf Music! Arba, by trumpeter and composer Itamar Borochov, comes to visit the podcast. Dave sits down across the time zones with Itamar to talk about trumpet playing, quarter tones, band leading, and the original voices and cultural derivations in his music. For the extra, Itamar brings in previous pod guest Becca Stevens and Secret Trio and their new piece, Flow In My Tears.
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Edited by Will Chernoff.
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Joe shares with Dave his insights both about his time in the Bill Evans Trio, and also about his broader work as a drummer and bandleader.
Great saxophonist, composer general all around genius Tim Berne joins Dave Douglas in conversation about several of his recent projects.
Kalia Vandever is a trombonist and composer with a beautiful new solo record called We Fell In Turn, featuring her trombone with layers of sound and electronics. You can hear Kalia all over the world in improvising groups, including a spring tour with Mary Halvorson that’s already under way. We focus on concept and composition for the new solo record plus her earlier ensemble album, Regrowth, and in the EXTRA she brings the album Promises by Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, and the London Symphony Orchestra for discussion. Subscribe to Greenleaf Music for access to all podcast EXTRAs.
Edited by Will Chernoff.
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Vocalist and composer Dominique Eade joins Dave Douglas in a wide-ranging discussion about sound, meaning, words, performance and Dominique’s long career not only as a vocalist and bandleader, but also as a mentor to countless young musicians who have come through her studio at New England Conservatory. Dominique is an important part of the new Greenleaf Music release, If There Are Mountains, being released and performed on tour this month.
In the Extra, Dominique talks about Duke Ellington and Mahalia Jackson’s performance of Come Sunday, from Black, Brown and Beige. Join Greenleaf Music to get details and hear more.
Edited by Will Chernoff.
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Elan Mehler is a pianist and composer who teamed up with Dave Douglas in 2019 on a recorded setting of Haikus called, If There Are Mountains. A full track is snuck in on this podcast! Official release date is March 24, 2023. Dave and Elan talk about composition, haikus, his collaborations with Becca Stevens, his alter ego, and his artistic direction of Newvelle Records, a vinyl only specialty record label.
In the Extra, they discuss Money Jungle with Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Max Roach. Join Greenleaf Music to get details and hear more.
Edited by Will Chernoff.
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Marta Warelis, pianist and composer originally from Poland, living in the Netherlands, joins Dave Douglas for a great talk about her work inside and outside the piano. Composition and improvisation, creation of sound on objects and her great collaborations. Marta will be joining Dave Douglas’s Quintet throughout Europe in January.
In our new EXTRA, Marta talks about the iconic ECM trio Codona (Don Cherry, Collin Walcott, and Nana Vasconcelos) and brings a track of theirs for you to check out.
Edited by Will Chernoff.
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To start the new year, Dave talks to bassist, composer and multi-instrumentalist Nick Dunston! Nick will be joining the Dave Douglas Quintet this month for a tour around Europe. This episode features excerpts of Nick’s many projects and different compositional styles.
In the EXTRA for subscribers, Nick brings us a track from Moor Mother, and has some brilliant insights. Thanks for listening.
Edited by Will Chernoff.
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Oren and Dave listen to his new recordings and talk about songwriting, lyrics, and owning and managing a music venue in New York.
In appreciation of Enrico’s Award of Recognition from the grassroots Festival of New Trumpet Music
Trish joins Dave Douglas to talk about the album, about her efforts supporting refugees and about her chamber and orchestral works.
Dave chats with multilingual vocalist, composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, dancer and performance artist, Jen Shyu.
Great vibraphone/marimba player and composer Patricia Brennan joins Dave Douglas via Zoom for a wide ranging conversation.
Chicago based drummer, composer, programmer, organizer and cultural space creator Mike Reed joins Dave Douglas in a wide ranging discussion.
Kazemde and Sami join Dave to discuss Kazemde’s debut release on Greenleaf Music, ‘I Insist.’
The Checkout, A Noise From The Deep, and Jazz United all come together to celebrate ‘Other Worlds’ on Greenleaf Music.
Composer and conductor David Sanford talks with Dave about composing for big band and his new record on Greenleaf Music.
The project works on adding the name Sonny Rollins to the Williamsburg Bridge, connecting Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Dave sits down with brilliant pianist and composer Manuel Valera to talk both about the music on his latest album.
Melissa Aldana joins the podcast with music from several of her releases, including the recent Visions, inspired by Frida Kahlo and other Latina artists.
Vocalist and shamisen player Emi Makabe joins Dave Douglas for a conversation about her new album, Anniversary.
Nick sat down with Dave Douglas, via Zoom, for a wide ranging conversation about music making, trumpet playing, family, referencing heroes, the influence of geography on music, and more.
Dave Douglas in conversation with arranger and trombonist Mike Fahie, whose new recording on Greenleaf Music is out now: Urban(e).
Dave sits down with saxophonist and composer Jaleel Shaw to talk about his extraordinary playing and composing.
His extraordinary new recording on Pyroclastic Records, Accelerate Every Voice, brings Cory Smythe into conversation with Dave Douglas
Pianist and composer Fabian Almazan joins Dave in conversation about his music, his community of players, and his leadership at Biophilia Records.
Dave Douglas chats with MacArthur Fellowship recipient violinist Regina Carter about her wide ranging experience in all sorts of music.
Dave follows up with Aubrey Johnson to clarify some things they passed by in the main episode.
Listen as Dave and Angela discuss her new big band recording, Both Are True, made in partnership with Anna Webber.
Aubrey Johnson shares her thoughts about text and writing, about band leading and producing, and about her uncle, Lyle Mays.
Kyoko Kitamura joins Dave Douglas to talk about her role as Executive Director for the Tri-Centric Foundation.
Dave sits down with saxophonist and composer Jane Ira Bloom to talk about her inspirations, her collaboration with NASA, etc.
Ted Gioia, the author of Music: A Subversive History (Basic Books), joins Dave to talk about dangerous and subversive music.
Steve Lehman talks about his composing, and his various approaches to ensemble writing and playing.
Dave's conversation with saxophonist, composer, educator Darius Jones about his work organizing large groups and improvising with players like Matthew Shipp and Matt Mitchell.
Dave talks to Mareike Wiening about her new recording for Greenleaf Music. Producing the session, creating the music, leading the musicians through her music.
Dave visits legendary drummer and composer Andrew Cyrille to talk about how he organizes his music, why he calls Dave “David,” and his recent record Lebroba with Wadada Leo Smith and Bill Frisell.
Bassist and composer Alexis Cuadrado joins Dave to talk about his background in Barcelona and his influences from Flamenco, jazz, poetry and more.
Dave talks to Sam Newsome about being a solo soprano saxophonist, how he creates his recordings, and the basic underlying decisions that guide his work.
Special edition: This is a recording made by NY trombonist Ryan Keberle about his new record 'The Hope I Hold', which we're releasing on June 28.
Delighted to speak with Tomeka Reid about her work as a cellist and improviser/composer.
Dave and Anna talk about how she develops her elaborately wrought compositions and her surprising sources and inspirations. Her path as a player of flutes and saxophones.
Extraordinary drummer, composer, percussionist Kate Gentile talks with Dave about her compositions, her album, Mannequins, and her wide ranging collaborations.
NSI Universal recording artist Nabaté Isles joins Dave to discuss his new album Eclectic Excursions.
Pianist and composer Marilyn Crispell joins Dave Douglas to discuss her music, collaborations, composition and her life as a self-described “traveling bum.”
Special edition: Recording made and edited by Rudy Royston about his new record Flatbed Buggy on Greenleaf Music - release date October 26, 2018. Thrilled to post this on the Greenleaf podcast feed.
Dave talks to Linda Briceño - also known as Ella Bric - trumpeter, songwriter, singer and producer.
Dave joins Jaimie Branch at Pioneer Works in Red Hook, Brooklyn to get the real story behind this brilliant and visionary trumpeter and composer.
Dave sits down with Sara Serpa to listen to some her new album on Clean Feed as well as talk about her varied and diverse musical interests and practices.
Guitarist, composer, educator, author Rory Stuart talks to Dave about arrival in New York, composing and rhythmic devices, and his new series of books, The Rhythm Book, volumes one through six.
Dave talks to multi-reed player, composer, Blue Note recording artist Marcus Strickland. Aside from leading his own bands, Marcus has had a long stints with both Roy Haynes and Jeff ’Tain’ Watts.
Dave and Ted talk about New York in the 1970s, studying the trumpet, the meaning of influences, listening to 78s, being a side musician, and more.
Evan talks about his early musical experiences in, and out of, botany school, as well as his development of solo performance and his compositions for large ensembles of improvisers.
The great trumpeter and composer Ingrid Jensen joined Dave Douglas for an afternoon chat.
Panel discussion led by Dave Douglas with Charles Tolliver (FONT Award Winner), Keyon Harrold (The Mugician), and Meghan Stabile (Revive Music).
Dave travels north to visit Carla Bley and Steve Swallow in their home, where countless gigantic recordings were made.
Dave was invited as a guest on the WKCR Musician Show with host Matt Landes. It was a three hour broadcast, which is split into three episodes of approximately one hour each.
Dave was invited as a guest on the WKCR Musician Show with host Matt Landes. It was a three hour broadcast, which is split into three episodes of approximately one hour each.
Dave was invited as a guest on the WKCR Musician Show with host Matt Landes. It was a three hour broadcast, which is split into three episodes of approximately one hour each.
Dave sat down with tenor saxophonist and composer James Brandon Lewis in April of 2017 in Bergamo, Italy.
Joe Lovano talks about his long-time home and session pad in the loft at 23rd Street and 6th Avenue in New York.
Trombonist and composer Roswell Rudd has been a force in American music for over 60 years.
Pianist-composer Kris Davis has blossomed as one of the singular talents on the New York jazz scene, a deeply thoughtful, resolutely individual artist who offers “uncommon creative adventure,” according to JazzTimes.
In this episode four great trumpeters: Nadje Noordhuis, Michael Rodriguez, Dave Ballou and Keyon Harrold, along with myself, discuss their experiences and practices of studying with Laurie Frink!
Award winning alto-saxophonist and MC Soweto Kinch is one of the most exciting and versatile young musicians in both the British jazz and hip hop scenes.
Jonathan Finlayson has been recognized by the New York Times as "...an incisive and often surprising trumpeter," who is "...fascinated with composition."
With music from "Perfect Animal" (Universal Music Classics) featuring The Becca Stevens Band with Liam Robinson, Chris Tordini, and Jordan Perlson.
I Asked (Becca Stevens) Be Still (Becca Stevens) Tillery (Becca Stevens)
The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier To Paint Ambrose Akinmusire (Blue Note) Our Basement (Ed) (Becca Stevens) While You Were Sleeping Jose James (Blue Note) Dragon (Becca Stevens)
Learn more about Becca at her website.
Episode 32 features topics found here: Franz Casseus, Content Creators Coalition, Fair Play for Fair Pay, Ad Sponsored Piracy.
Special Edition of the podcast features Dave's journey to Trentino to play a sunrise concert with cello soloist Mario Brunello and the four cellists of Cello4Ever.
In our special 10 anniversary edition of ANFTD, Dave Douglas talks with Michael Bates about the history and the music of Greenleaf Music.
The ANFTD team often gets nerdy about music but here they go truly deep into the world of brass geekdom with cornetist/composer Kirk Knuffke.
Dave Douglas talks with Brandon Peckman of WNYU about upcoming events in the trumpet festival. Meet Dave Douglas at any of the events found on above web site.
Intrepid award-winning and somewhat professional podcasters Dave Douglas and Michael Bates interview Mary Halvorson to see how she comes up with her astoundingly original music for various ensembles.
Saxophonist, Composer, and ECM recording artist Mark Turner joins Dave Douglas, Michael Bates, and Levi.
Ingrid's latest CD on Intakt is "The Zürich Concert” with Ted Reichman (accordion), Ben Davis (cello), Tom Arthurs (trumpet), Liam Noble (piano), Mary Halvorson (guitar), Ingrid Laubrock (tenor + soprano saxophones), Drew Gress (bass) and Tom Rainey (drums + xylophone).
Saxophonist Lenny Pickett joins ANFTD to talk about his very extraordinary career in music.
Trumpeter and composer Steph Richards gets deep with the ANTD team and talks composition, improvisation, music w/ theatrical elements.
A man of many extraordinary talents, Geoff Countryman joins Dave and Michael to play his music and talk about touring with Dave's Keystone band, working at SNL, composing for his own groups and sundry projects, and the current state of the notation software, Sibelius.
Mark Dresser, a singular double bassist and composer, joins the ANFTD team to talk about his many projects.
Invertabrate Zoologist, Apurva Narechania joins Dave and Michael to play science related music and talk about some really smart stuff: emergence properties, dinosaurs, DNA as mass storage, exoplanets and the possibility of life on other planets.
In this episode Dave and Michael talk with drummer Rudy Royston about his 2014 recording “303” on Greenleaf Music.
Hosts Dave Douglas and Michael Bates continue the podcast with episode 15 in which they chat with saxophonist composer Greg Osby about generating creative ideas, finding new musicians, and more.
Part 2 of Dave Douglas' sit down with John Zorn recorded on September 12th, 2013 at WNYU Studios.
Miguel Zenon and Dave Douglas talk about Miguel's music including his latest self-released album "Oye!!! Live In Puerto Rico," as well as his recent travels.
The ANFTD team welcomes trumpeter/composer and former Dave Douglas teacher John McNeil for a trumpet geekfest.
Saxophonist and composer John O'Gallagher joins the ANFTD team to discuss his Anton Webern Project, and a new book he authored on Twelve-Tone Improvisation.
Artist Steve Bryam joins Dave and Michael for a talk about his process and his works including album art for Tim Berne's Screwgun Records, the Beastie Boys, Slayer, Dave Douglas, and many more. Also included is a brief Paul Motian tribute with audio from Dave's latest release "Time Travel" and another entry in the future inventions series.
Myra Melford joins the ANFTD team for a discussion of her music including a new solo piano album, being inspired by nonmusical art forms, and collaborations in improvisational music and food. Dave discusses his early days of street performing, Michael talks future inventions we've all been waiting for, and the two sing the theme to Hockey Night in Canada (ouch!).
This ANFTD episode sets aside the interview format as Dave delves into the music on "Time Travel" and Michael talks about spinning Shostakovich into his latest album "Acrobat."
A lively conversation with saxophonist & composer Jon Irabagon about his latest recording released on his own label, Irabbagast Records, winng the Monk Competition, and drawing equal inspiration from Wayne Shorter and Parker Posey. Also, Michael talks vinyl, and Dave shines a light on the music of Booker Little.
Dave Douglas and Michael Bates host a conversation with American guitarist Miles Okazaki about how nature informs structure in his music, Dave talks about his Greenleaf Music record label, and the music of Herbie Nichols is spotlighted.
Dave & Michael talk with bassist Dezron Douglas about his music and the Hartford jazz scene. And Dave answers a letter from one of our listeners.
Michael and Dave talk to composer and pianist Matt Mitchell about his etudes, about Ches Smith, about his work with Tim Berne, and about playing on Dave's most recent records. We talk about Herb Robertson and listen to some of Tim Berne's earlier work. Dave gets nerdy about firewood, Michael gets nerdy about practicing scales. All in a day's podcast.
A talk with Henry Threadgill about composition and touring; Interesting concert venues; and, The Lagond School of Music.