Dave Douglas, Uri Caine, Andrew Cyrille,Devotion (Greenleaf)

Dave Douglas, Uri Caine, Andrew Cyrille,Devotion (Greenleaf) Release date: May 17

Devotion is trumpeter Dave Douglas and pianist Uri Caine’s follow-up to their acclaimed 2014 album Present Joys, on which they turned selections from the Sacred Harp songbook into jazz-rooted dialogues. Having played as a duo for many years, they are joined on Devotion by legendary drummer Andrew Cyrille, whose in-the-moment creativity provides the perfect rhythmic presence for Douglas and Caine’s interactions. Devotion is an album both intimate and buoyant; a collection of Douglas originals written in “devotion” to such great composers as Dizzy Gillespie, Carla Bley, Aine Nakamura, Mary Lou Williams and more. However, Douglas argues that it is also a tribute to his collaborators. “In this trio, I felt that a particular focus and intention were required,” he explains. “To play with Uri and Andrew, I needed to go to a particularly reverent space as a trumpeter.”

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by MATT MICUCCI

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