DAVE DOUGLAS

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER / APRIL 10

Trumpeter, composer, and educator Dave Douglas has, since the 1980s, had a distinguished career with more than 60 recordings and more than 500 compositions. Hailing from New Jersey, he has won a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Aaron Copeland Award, and has earned multiple GRAMMY Award nominations. He is on the faculty at the Mannes School and The New School. He is known for stylistic breadth and for simultaneously keeping diverse ensembles and projects active. At JALC, he is part of an ensemble that will give the world premiere, celebrating 10 extraordinary women who shaped history from Hedy Lamar to Lena Horne. Dave will appear with pianist Helen Sung, sax and clarinetist Chet Doxas, cellist Marika Hughes, bassist Simón Wilson, drummer Eliza Salem and vocalist Aubrey Johnson. DJS