Stargazer [Import]

Dave Douglas | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 21, 1997)
• Original Release Date: October 21, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Arabesque Recordings
• ASIN: B000000T5P
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #278,005 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Spring Ahead

2. Goldfish

3. Stargazer

4. Four Sleepers

5. On The Milky Way Express

6. Pug Nose

7. Dark Sky

8. Intuitive Science

9. Diana

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another excellent recording by Dave Douglas, January 5, 2001

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Douglas T Martin (Alpharetta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stargazer (Audio CD)

The follow-up recording to "In Our Lifetime" (a tribute to Booker Little), "Stargazer" is a tribute to saxophonist Wayne Shorter. I'm not familar enough with Wayne Shorter's solo work (previously he was with the great Miles Davis Quintet) to gauge how the Douglas-penned compositions touch on Shorter's compositional and performance styles. I do know that Douglas' compositions here are as strong as any of his other works and he has assembled a great band to perform them. Highly recommended.

Dave Douglas - trumpet, Chris Speed - tenor sax & clarinet, Josh Roseman - trombone, Uri Caine - piano, James Genus - bass, Joey Baron - drums.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars My Ears Glaze Over, July 10, 2009

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Karl W. Nehring (Ostrander, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stargazer (Audio CD)

Stargazer, recorded in 1997, features the same band employed in Douglas's Booker Little tribute recording, In Our Lifetime (Douglas on trumpet, Chris Speed on tenor sax and clarinet, Joshua Roseman on trombone, Uri Caine on piano, James Genus on bass, and Joey Baron on drums), this time around playing "music by and for Wayne Shorter." As with the earlier recording, but even more so this time, I found Stargazer to be quite tedious. Oncer again, there were some interesting moments, but the most part, the performances were overly earnest and overly busy. Drummer Baron especially overplays his part this time around, just overdoing it and not letting the music breathe. I think I could maybe have enjoyed this CD had a different, more subtle drummer been employed and I have heard Baron do much better on many other recordings -- not sure what the problem was on this outing), but in the end, this recording simply wore out my patience.

5.0 out of 5 stars Right on the money!, February 19, 2002

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Noah Lambert "Noah Lambert" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stargazer (Audio CD)

This is another great Dave Douglas album. Three of the songs Four Sleepers, Diana, and Pug Nose were written buy Wayne Shorter and the rest by Dave Douglas. This album is a tribute to Wayne Shorter, and his compositional spirit. I'm sure he is pleased to have such a fine set of tunes composed for him and dedicated to him. The playing is top notch. I love Joey Baron provides the steady beat and everyone has plenty of solo time. Standouts for me on this album included Dave Douglas (of course) and also Joshua Roseman, trombone who talks an awesome solo on Gold Fish. This album is very recommended to all Dave Douglas fans and other general jazz fans!