Dave Douglas | Strange Liberation
When listening to Dave Douglas and his groups, you can be guaranteed to experience a refreshing sense of exploration and unpredictability within the music. True to form here, Douglas and his revamped quintet featuring special guest Bill Frisell, work through eleven original compositions that impressively take the listener through variety of interesting melodies, dynamic modes, rhythms and improvised textures. Douglas’ playing is superb and energized as is special guest guitarist Frisell. The two artists share a symbiotic musical match and that is showcased throughout the entire album. A strong collective work from fellow band members James Genus, Clarence Penn, Chris Potter and Uri Caine round out Strange Liberation. This is progressive jazz at it’s best. - from JazzOnline