Leap of Faith (Dave Douglas album)

Leap of Faith
Studio album by
Dave Douglas
Released2000
RecordedSeptember 19–20, 1998
StudioAvatar, New York City
GenreJazz
Length64:23
LabelArabesque
ProducerDave Douglas
Dave Douglas chronology
Soul on Soul
(2000) 		Leap of Faith
(2000) 		A Thousand Evenings
(2001)

Leap of Faith is the 15th album by trumpeter Dave Douglas. It was released on the Arabesque label in 2000 and features performances by Douglas, Chris Potter, James Genus, and Ben Perowsky.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [4]

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3 stars stating "Listeners with attention spans that allow them to focus on this heady brand of creative modern jazz will easily hear this as one of many triumphs concocted by Douglas in the 1990s. This collaboration is among his better team efforts. Highly recommended".[3] On All About Jazz David Adler stated "Loose, natural interplay is the name of the game here, and Leap of Faith finds the quartet even more loose and natural than last time around. Douglas's writing also seems more varied and inventive".[5] In JazzTimes Peter Margasak wrote " His piano-less quartet on Leap of Faith-tenorist Chris Potter, bassist James Genus, and drummer Ben Perowsky-superficially recalls the telepathic unison playing of the classic Davis quintet with Wayne Shorter, but Douglas' complex, serpentine compositions and the way his rhythm section triggers and prods the front-line into action is worlds apart from that group".[6]

Track listing

  1. "Caterwaul" - 3:13
  2. "Leap of Faith" - 8:14
  3. "Another Country" - 6:07
  4. "Millennium Bug" - 6:37
  5. "Emmenthaler" - 1:20
  6. "Mistaken Identity" - 7:27
  7. "Guido's High Note" - 3:10
  8. "Continental Divide" - 9:55
  9. "Igneous" - 7:32
  10. "Western Haiku" - 5:53
  11. "Euro Disney" - 4:55
All compositions by Dave Douglas

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Roussel, P., Discography of Dave Douglas, accessed July 21, 2015
  2. ^ Jazzlists: Arabesque Jazz discography accessed May 14, 2018
  3. ^ a b Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed September 26, 2011
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 400. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Santella, J., All About Jazz Review, March 1, 2000
  6. ^ Margasak, P., JazzTimes Review, April, 2000