''Leap of Faith'' is the 15th album by trumpeter
Dave Douglas. It was released on the
Arabesque
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label in 2000 and features performances by Douglas,
Chris Potter,
James Genus
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, and
Ben Perowsky
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.
Reception
The
Allmusic
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review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3 stars stating "Listeners with attention spans that allow them to focus on this heady brand of creative modern jazz will easily hear this as one of many triumphs concocted by Douglas in the 1990s. This collaboration is among his better team efforts. Highly recommended".
[Nastos, M. G]
Allmusic Review
accessed September 26, 2011 On
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David Adler stated "Loose, natural interplay is the name of the game here, and ''Leap of Faith'' finds the quartet even more loose and natural than last time around. Douglas's writing also seems more varied and inventive". In
JazzTimes
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Coverage
After a decade ...
Peter Margasak wrote " His piano-less quartet on Leap of Faith-tenorist Chris Potter, bassist James Genus, and drummer Ben Perowsky-superficially recalls the telepathic unison playing of the classic Davis quintet with Wayne Shorter, but Douglas' complex, serpentine compositions and the way his rhythm section triggers and prods the front-line into action is worlds apart from that group".
[Margasak, P.]
JazzTimes Review
April, 2000
Track listing
# "Caterwaul" - 3:13
# "Leap of Faith" - 8:14
# "Another Country" - 6:07
# "Millennium Bug" - 6:37
# "Emmenthaler" - 1:20
# "Mistaken Identity" - 7:27
# "Guido's High Note" - 3:10
# "Continental Divide" - 9:55
# "Igneous" - 7:32
# "Western Haiku" - 5:53
# "Euro Disney" - 4:55
:''All compositions by Dave Douglas''
Personnel
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Dave Douglas: trumpet
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Chris Potter: tenor saxophone
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James Genus
James Genus (born January 20, 1966) is an American jazz bassist. He plays both electric bass guitar and upright bass and currently plays in the Saturday Night Live Band. He also occasionally fills in for Mark Kelley of the hip hop band The Roots. ...
: bass
*
Ben Perowsky
Ben Perowsky (born May 12, 1966) is an American drummer, percussionist, composer, and music producer. He is the drummer on stage in the 8 TONY award winning Broadway musical Hadestown. Perowsky leads the Ben Perowsky Trio, Moodswing Orchestra and ...
: drums
References
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2000 albums
Dave Douglas (trumpeter) albums
Arabesque Records albums
Albums recorded at Power Station