The Allmusic review by Alex Henderson awarded the album 4 stars stating "One of the things that makes Dave Douglas such a compelling voice in avant-garde jazz is his open-mindedness. The New York-based trumpeter has made a point of exposing himself to a wide variety of music -- everything from Lester Bowie's innovations to classical to East European folk -- and his willingness to be influenced by so many different things has made for a lot of fresh, adventurous albums. Witness is no exception; this 2001 release finds the jazzman being affected by classical as well as Middle Eastern and North African music... Witness is yet another album that Douglas can be proud of".[2] On All About Jazz David Adler stated "With Witness, Dave Douglas's first overtly political album, the trumpeter/composer stimulates our imaginations even as he encourages us to confront global injustice".[3] In JazzTimes Doug Ramsey wrote "Dave Douglas focuses his artist's conscience and political acuity on our time and finds plenty to protest. His Witness, initially inspired by arms profiteering during the war in Yugoslavia, also concerns itself with the suppression of political rights, social justice and feminist aspirations. The music calls on the tradition of his jazz predecessors and contemporaries but also draws from Balinese, African and Middle Eastern forms and, heavily, from modern classical composers like Lutoslawski, Ligeti, Stockhausen and, one suspects, Steve Reich ...How would the music stand on its own if a listener didn't know it was protest music? Pretty well. It's interesting stuff. There might be puzzlement about his category, but there would be no doubt about Douglas' passion".[4]
witness, dave, douglas, album, witness, 18th, album, trumpeter, dave, douglas, released, label, 2001, features, performances, douglas, chris, speed, daley, mark, feldman, erik, friedlander, drew, gress, bryan, carrott, michael, sarin, ikue, mori, joshua, rosem. Witness is the 18th album by trumpeter Dave Douglas It was released on the RCA label in 2001 and features performances by Douglas Chris Speed Joe Daley Mark Feldman Erik Friedlander Drew Gress Bryan Carrott Michael Sarin Ikue Mori Joshua Roseman and Yuka Honda with Tom Waits providing vocals on one track 1 WitnessStudio album by Dave DouglasReleased2001RecordedDecember 13 amp 14 2000StudioAvatar New York CityGenreJazzLength66 47LabelRCAProducerDave DouglasDave Douglas chronologyEl Trilogy 2001 Witness 2001 The Infinite 2002 Contents 1 Reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 ReferencesReception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2 The Allmusic review by Alex Henderson awarded the album 4 stars stating One of the things that makes Dave Douglas such a compelling voice in avant garde jazz is his open mindedness The New York based trumpeter has made a point of exposing himself to a wide variety of music everything from Lester Bowie s innovations to classical to East European folk and his willingness to be influenced by so many different things has made for a lot of fresh adventurous albums Witness is no exception this 2001 release finds the jazzman being affected by classical as well as Middle Eastern and North African music Witness is yet another album that Douglas can be proud of 2 On All About Jazz David Adler stated With Witness Dave Douglas s first overtly political album the trumpeter composer stimulates our imaginations even as he encourages us to confront global injustice 3 In JazzTimes Doug Ramsey wrote Dave Douglas focuses his artist s conscience and political acuity on our time and finds plenty to protest His Witness initially inspired by arms profiteering during the war in Yugoslavia also concerns itself with the suppression of political rights social justice and feminist aspirations The music calls on the tradition of his jazz predecessors and contemporaries but also draws from Balinese African and Middle Eastern forms and heavily from modern classical composers like Lutoslawski Ligeti Stockhausen and one suspects Steve Reich How would the music stand on its own if a listener didn t know it was protest music Pretty well It s interesting stuff There might be puzzlement about his category but there would be no doubt about Douglas passion 4 Track listing editAll compositions by Dave Douglas Ruckus 4 45 Witness 8 16 One More News 3 03 Woman at Point Zero 7 40 Kidnapping Kissinger 3 02 Mahfouz 23 51 Episode for Taslima Nasrin 4 41 Child of All Nations 7 14 Sozaboy 3 59Personnel editDave Douglas trumpet Mark Feldman violin Chris Speed tenor saxophone clarinet Joe Daley tuba Erik Friedlander cello Drew Gress bass Bryan Carrott vibraphone marimba Michael Sarin drums Ikue Mori electronicswith guests Joshua Roseman trombone 1 4 6 9 Yuka Honda sampling keyboard 1 6 Tom Waits vocals 6 References edit Roussel P Discography of Dave Douglas accessed July 21 2015 a b Henderson A Allmusic Review accessed September 26 2011 Adler D All About Jazz Review September 1 2000 Ramsey D JazzTimes Review November 2000 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Witness Dave Douglas album amp oldid 1194382340, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
