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Dezron Douglas // ATALAYA LP

Dezron Douglas // ATALAYA LP

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This is a record released by American Connecticut bassist Dezron Douglas in December 2022 from Chicago's long-established jazz label International Anthem.

Contains 10 songs ranging from uptempo to ballads.

Labels and other works Click here for more information. ///Click here to see more International Anthem releases available at Tobira. 

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60g Classic Black LP in Heavyweight Reverse-Board Jacket, with IARC OBI strip & dome-pattern inner sleeve.

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International Anthem:

"ATALAYA is new work by bassist Dezron Douglas, and it is alive. That is, 'alive' in all the ways that jazz is at its best – as a pure and personal expression of Black Music channeled through time-honored traditions by a group of musicians who practice sonic coherence through musical unity. As Dezron puts it in the opening statement of his liner notes for the album: “Mysticism, Magic, Faith, Love, Power, Discernment! These are words that embody the creative process of Music. ”

Followers of contemporary jazz might recognize Dezron for his bass work behind Pharoah Sanders, Louis Hayes, or Ravi Coltrane. Others might know him as the newest full-time member of the Trey Anastasio Band. Steady International Anthem listeners might remember him from the New York side of Makaya McCraven's Universal Beings. More recently we presented Force Majeure, Dezron's sublime duo record with harpist Brandee Younger, which compiled the best of livestream performances from their Harlem apartment during the original covid lockdown. That album, which came out in December of 2020 , reflected the speed and feeling of the moment while somehow simultaneously distracting from the harsh reality of it. on double bass, sharing his power and truth without abandon.

ATALAYA, similarly, wasn't processed in the lab, but rather, captured in the room. Again, let's defer to Dezron here: “Welcome to the Black Lion rocket ship.”

With Emilio Modeste on saxes, George Burton on keys, and Joe Dyson Jr. on drums, Dezron's crew summons the dynamism of Coltrane's classic Quartet, or Dave Holland's Quintet on Prime Directive, or Charles Mingus on Nostalgia In Times Square… swinging virtuosically and firing on all 4 cylinders. But there's nothing remotely revisionist here – Dezron and his quartet embody poetry, presence, artistic and emotional clarity in every note they play. Free and dissonant, sweet and consonant, sweeping and pure… This is the band you hope is playing every time you walk into a club.
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Artist : Dezron Douglas

Label: International Anthem

This is a record released by American Connecticut bassist Dezron Douglas in December 2022 from Chicago's long-established jazz label International Anthem.

Contains 10 songs ranging from uptempo to ballads.

Labels and other works Click here for more information. ///Click here to see more International Anthem releases available at Tobira. 

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60g Classic Black LP in Heavyweight Reverse-Board Jacket, with IARC OBI strip & dome-pattern inner sleeve.

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International Anthem:

"ATALAYA is new work by bassist Dezron Douglas, and it is alive. That is, 'alive' in all the ways that jazz is at its best – as a pure and personal expression of Black Music channeled through time-honored traditions by a group of musicians who practice sonic coherence through musical unity. As Dezron puts it in the opening statement of his liner notes for the album: “Mysticism, Magic, Faith, Love, Power, Discernment! These are words that embody the creative process of Music. ”

Followers of contemporary jazz might recognize Dezron for his bass work behind Pharoah Sanders, Louis Hayes, or Ravi Coltrane. Others might know him as the newest full-time member of the Trey Anastasio Band. Steady International Anthem listeners might remember him from the New York side of Makaya McCraven's Universal Beings. More recently we presented Force Majeure, Dezron's sublime duo record with harpist Brandee Younger, which compiled the best of livestream performances from their Harlem apartment during the original covid lockdown. That album, which came out in December of 2020 , reflected the speed and feeling of the moment while somehow simultaneously distracting from the harsh reality of it. on double bass, sharing his power and truth without abandon.

ATALAYA, similarly, wasn't processed in the lab, but rather, captured in the room. Again, let's defer to Dezron here: “Welcome to the Black Lion rocket ship.”

With Emilio Modeste on saxes, George Burton on keys, and Joe Dyson Jr. on drums, Dezron's crew summons the dynamism of Coltrane's classic Quartet, or Dave Holland's Quintet on Prime Directive, or Charles Mingus on Nostalgia In Times Square… swinging virtuosically and firing on all 4 cylinders. But there's nothing remotely revisionist here – Dezron and his quartet embody poetry, presence, artistic and emotional clarity in every note they play. Free and dissonant, sweet and consonant, sweeping and pure… This is the band you hope is playing every time you walk into a club.
 "

Artist : Dezron Douglas

Label: International Anthem