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Track Listing
1. Poses
2. Infinite, The
3. Penelope
4. Crazy Games
5. Waverly
6. Yorke
7. Unison
8. Deluge
9. Argo
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Dave Douglas (trumpet); Chris Potter (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet); Uri Caine (Fender Rhodes piano); James Genus (bass); Clarence Penn (drums).
Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, New York in December 2001.
THE INFINITE was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Instrumental Album.
The lead-off acknowledgement of gratitude on the cd booklet for THE INFINITE is "An infinite thank you to Miles Davis," which should come as little surprise to people who have followed Dave Douglas's career. Besides both musicians playing trumpet and occasional keyboard, Mr. Douglas shares Miles's intensely inquisitive sensibility and is at least as prolific a recording artist. He is involved in numerous bands, with the quintet on this recording perhaps being the most direct homage to Miles's storied second quintet of the 1960s. Like his predecessor, Mr. Douglas doesn't shy away from pop if he senses a worthy musical vehicle for his arranging and improvisational prowess. And so included in this set amongst his fine originals are tunes by Rufus Wainwright, Mary J. Blige, and Bjork, which fit in with the overall proceedings effortlessly. In fact Bjork's "Unison" is one of the stronger ensemble pieces here. Nice touches throughout the album are Uri Caine's Fender Rhodes playing, Chris Potter's sumptuous long tones on bass clarinet and the considerable heat generated by the rhythm section of James Genus and Clarence Penn.
Industry Reviews
...His playing throughout proves consistently inventive, strong and resonant...
JazzTimes (06/01/2002)
4.5 out of 5 stars - ...Although he possesses techincal prowess that [Miles] Davis never approached, Douglas has been more deeply influenced by him than any other musician...
Down Beat (06/01/2002)
4.5 out of 5 stars - ...Although he possesses techincal prowess that [Miles] Davis never approached, Douglas has been more deeply influenced by him than any other musician...JazzTimes (6/02, p.86) - ...His playing throughout proves consistently inventive, strong and resonant...
Down Beat (06/01/2002)
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