Dave Douglas

• DIGIPACK EDITION

Douglas, 56, is good at pulling musicians together in contexts that support their musical voices but sound different from what they typically do. That’s the case with Engage, a new ensemble that features five younger improvisers, each aligned with a different corner of the avant-garde. As Engage, they play low-boil, medium-tempo music soaked in lovely harmonies; it’s not about centrifugal motion or free improvising so much as it’s about depth and connection and body.

PERSONNEL:

• DAVE DOUGLAS, trumpet
• JEFF PARKER, guitar
• TOMEKA REID, cello
• ANNA WEBBER, alto and bass flutes and tenor saxophone
• NICK DUNSTON, bass
• KATE GENTILE, drums

The Bunker Studios, New York, December 3, 2018

TRACKS:

• 01. Showing Up
• 02. In It Together
• 03. How Are the Children?
• 04. One Sun, A Million Rays
• 05. Where Do We Go From Here
• 06. Sanctuary Cities
• 07. Everywhere But Here
• 08. Faith Alliance
• 09. Free Libraries
• 10. Whole Souls
• 11. Living Earth
• 12. Heart Science