dave douglas

talking to karnage's pal dave from jersey, was made aware of dave douglas, a trumpeter / composer who's been making waves in da real jazz world the last decade or so. dave recommended douglas' series of sextet recordings in which he pays tribute to various influences like pianist mary lou williams, tenorman wayne shorter, and trumpeter booker little, not just by playing their toons, but by penning homages to their compositional styles -- a much trickier proposition, in the manner of mingus tipping his hat to morton ("my jelly roll soul"), ellington ("open letter to duke," among others) and parker ("gunslinging bird"). will have to check 'em out.