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Dave Douglas

Dave Douglas (born March 24, 1963) is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and educator. His career includes more than ninety recordings as a leader and more than 500 published compositions. His ensembles include the Dave Douglas Quintet; Sound Prints, a quintet co-led with saxophonist Joe Lovano; Uplift, a sextet with bassist Bill Laswell; Present Joys with pianist Uri Caine and Andrew Cyrille; High Risk, an electronic ensemble with Shigeto, Jonathan Aaron, and Ian Chang; ENGAGE, a sextet with Jeff Parker, Tomeka Reid, Anna Webber, Nick Dunston, and Kate Gentile; Alloy, a sextet with trumpeters Alexandra Ridout and Dave Adewumi, and GIFTS Quintet with James Brandon Lewis, Tomeka Reid, Rafiq Bhatia and Ian Chang. • Illustration — Dave Douglas, Vision XIII Festival He has won a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Aaron Copland award, and received Grammy Award nominations.

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Name
Dave Douglas
Born
24 March 1963
Birthplace
Montclair, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation
Musician, composer, bandleader
Nationality
United States.
Fields
jazz.
Education
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and Phillips Exeter Academy.
Honours
Guggenheim Fellowship.

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  1. 01Biography
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  3. 03Honours and memberships
  4. 04Notes, references and evidence

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