Tag: Keystone

3
Mar

On Dave Douglas

This review appears in the March 2011 issue of The New York City Jazz Record: — Dave Douglas & Keystone Spark of Being: Soundtrack/Expand/Burst (Greenleaf) By David R. Adler Something about trumpeter Dave Douglas’s electric band Keystone lends itself to film projects. The first two records, Keystone (2006) and Moonshine (2008), took silent film icon Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle as their

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5
Jul

New York @ Night: July 2010

In the July 2010 issue of All About Jazz-New York: — When Dave Douglas and Keystone played (Le) Poisson Rouge in the prime 8:20 p.m. slot of the Undead Jazzfest (June 12), DJ Olive was not there to provide his sonic trickery, which has done much to define the group since its 2005 inception. But Adam Benjamin’s heavily tweaked Fender

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