Strange Liberation
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| Studio album by Dave Douglas | ||||
| Released | 27 January 2004 | |||
| Recorded | January 2003 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Bluebird | |||
| Producer | Dave Douglas | |||
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Strange Liberation is the 21st album by jazz trumpeter Dave Douglas. It was released on the Bluebird imprint of RCA Records in 2004. The album features the Dave Douglas Quintet plus guest guitarist Bill Frisell. The album received widespread critical acclaim and did well on the jazz album charts, reaching number three on Billboard's and number one on CMJ's.
Trumpeter and bandleader Dave Douglas returns with his quintet that premiered on his 2002 album The Infinite. His band is composed of Chris Potter on tenor saxophone and bass clarinet, Uri Caine on Fender Rhodes, James Genus on bass, and Clarence Penn on drums, plus guest guitarist Bill Frisell. This is Douglas's first collaboration with Frisell, someone he wanted to work with since 1987. This is Douglas's sixth release on Bluebird Records and was recorded by engineer Joe Ferla in DSD
Prior to the album's release Douglas premiered the track "The Frisell Dream" at the 2003 Monterey Jazz Festival. The track "Just Say This" refers to the September 11 attacks and their aftermath. Douglas attempts to respond to an eight-year-old's attempt to play Thelonious Monk's "Blue Monk" with the tune "Skeeter-ism". The album's title is derived from a phrase used by Martin Luther King, Jr. in reference to America's involvement in the Vietnam War.
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