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Article: Dave Douglas: Freak In.(Sound Recording Review)
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- Guitar Player
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- June 1, 2003
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On this simultaneously retro and modern-sounding recording, immensely innovative trumpeter/composer Dave Douglas takes more than a page from the early-'70s Miles Davis playbook. But he updates everything with samples, loops, electronics, and other contemporary colors, and morphs it all into intriguing and occasionally stunning arrangements using cutting-edge, computer-based editing techniques.
Joining Douglas are keyboardist/programmer Jamie Soft, bassist Brad Jones, drummer Joey Baron, electronic percussionist Ikue Mori, and guitarist Marc Ribot, with additional contributions from a half-dozen others (including master sox men Seamus Blake and Chris Speed). The CD ...