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Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
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Tom Harrell
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
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David Berkman
David Berkman
American musician
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Horace Silver
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
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Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Sam Rivers
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
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J. J. Johnson
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Henry Threadgill
Henry Threadgill
American jazz musician
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Don Ellis
Don Ellis
American jazz musician
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Ryan Keberle
Ryan Keberle
American musician
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Masada
Masada
band
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Vijay Iyer
Vijay Iyer
American jazz musician
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Marcus Strickland
Marcus Strickland
American jazz soprano, alto, and tenor saxophonist
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George Adams
George Adams
musician
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Renee Rosnes
Renee Rosnes
Canadian pianist
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Kenny Clarke
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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John Hicks
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
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Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
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Michael Jefry Stevens
Michael Jefry Stevens
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Miles Davis Quintet
Miles Davis Quintet
American jazz quintet led by Miles Davis
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Billy Childs
Billy Childs
American jazz pianist
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Buster Williams
Buster Williams
American musician
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Flavio Boltro
Flavio Boltro
Italian musician
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Stafford James
Stafford James
American musician
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Mulgrew Miller
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
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Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Michael Garrick
Michael Garrick
English pianist
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Michael Moore
Michael Moore
American jazz musician
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Andrzej Trzaskowski
Andrzej Trzaskowski
Polish composer and jazz musician
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Charles Davis
Charles Davis
American musician
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Uri Caine
Uri Caine
American pianist
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Bill Cunliffe
Bill Cunliffe
American musician
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Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
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Tomasz Stańko
Tomasz Stańko
Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser
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Tim Ries
Tim Ries
American jazz saxophonist
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Alan Barnes
Alan Barnes
British musician
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Ian Carr
Ian Carr
British trumpeter
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John Taylor
John Taylor
British jazz pianist
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Art Farmer
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
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Chris Kelsey
Chris Kelsey
American musician
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Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
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Taylor Ho Bynum
Taylor Ho Bynum
American musician
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Ellery Eskelin
Ellery Eskelin
musician
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Jack Walrath
Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
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Kenny Wheeler
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
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Roy Hargrove
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
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Duke Pearson
Duke Pearson
American pianist
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Michael Mantler
Michael Mantler
Austrian musician
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Eric Dolphy
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
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Jon Irabagon
Jon Irabagon
American musician
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The Jazz Messengers
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
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Rich Halley
Rich Halley
American saxophonist
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Miles Davis
Miles Davis
American jazz musician (1926-1991)
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Sophia Domancich
Sophia Domancich
French pianist
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Rashied Ali
Rashied Ali
American jazz musician
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Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Bill Smith
Bill Smith
jazz musician and composer from the United States
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Vinny Golia
Vinny Golia
American musician
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Muhal Richard Abrams
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
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Chico Hamilton
Chico Hamilton
American musician
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Julius Hemphill
Julius Hemphill
American saxophonist
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Thomas Chapin
Thomas Chapin
American musician
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Cal Tjader
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
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John Scofield
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
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Woody Shaw
Woody Shaw
American musician
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John Surman
John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
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Paul Bley
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter

Dave Douglas

Intro
American jazz trumpeter
Genres
Awards Received
Guggenheim Fellowship

Dave Douglas (born March 24, 1963) is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and educator. His career includes more than fifty 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; and Engage, a sextet with Jeff Parker, Tomeka Reid, Anna Webber, Nick Dunston, and Kate Gentile.

He has won a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Aaron Copland award, and received Grammy Award nominations. As a composer, Douglas has received commissions from the Trisha Brown Dance Company, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Essen Philharmonie, The Library of Congress, Stanford University and Monash Art Ensemble, which premiered his chamber orchestra piece Fabliaux in March 2014.

From 2002 to 2012, he served as artistic director of the Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music at the Banff Centre in Canada. He is a co-founder of the Festival of New Trumpet Music in New York with trumpeter Roy Campbell Jr.. Since 2003, Douglas has served as director of the nonprofit festival. He is on the faculty at the Mannes School of Music and is a guest coach for the Juilliard Jazz Composer's Ensemble. In 2016, he accepted a four-year appointment as the artistic director of the Bergamo Jazz Festival.

In 2005 Douglas founded Greenleaf Music, a record labels for his albums, sheet music, podcasts, as well as the music of other modern jazz musicians. Greenleaf has produced over 70 albums.