Bow River Falls

Bow River Falls is the 22nd album by trumpeter Dave Douglas. It was released on the Koch label in 2004 and features performances by Douglas, Louis Sclavis, Peggy Lee, and Dylan van der Schyff.Roussel, P., Discography of Dave Douglas, accessed July 21, 2015

Reception

The Allmusic review by Matt Collar awarded the album 4 stars stating "Bow River Falls is a highly rewarding listen and ranks with the best of Douglas' recordings".Collar, M. Allmusic Review accessed September 26, 2011 On All About Jazz Sean Patrick Fitzell said "The colors and textures assembled on Bow River Falls reflect its diverse cast and the flowing results suggest that the musicians found common ground to communicate. Hopefully, this will be an auspicious start for continuing collaboration".Fitzell, S. P., All About Jazz Review, October 3, 2004 In JazzTimes, Aaron Steinberg wrote "Having so many distinctive composers on hand, Douglas splits the program between tunes by himself, Lee and Sclavis. It's great fun hearing the band go at one another's instantly recognizable themes. Lee's music focuses on texture and serves as atmospheric interludes between Sclavis' and Douglas' playful, melodic music".Steinberg, A., JazzTimes Review, January/February 2005

Track listing All compositions by Dave Douglas except as indicated "Blinks" (Lacy) - 2:32 "Bow River Falls" - 5:12 "Fete Forraine" (Sclavis) - 5:12 "Window" (Lee) - 4:24 "Maputo" (Sclavis) - 7:08 "Petals" - 5:19 "Retracing 2" (Lee) - 6:37 "Dernier Regards/Vol" (Sclavis) - 3:02 "Woman at Point Zero" - 8:16 "Dark Water" (Douglas, Lee, Sclavis, van der Schyff) - 5:22 "Paradox" - 5:23

Personnel Dave Douglas: trumpet Louis Sclavis: clarinet, bass clarinet Peggy Lee: cello Dylan van der Schyff: drums, laptop

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