Post by The Tonearm

"I don't think you can separate the poetry of all the various forms of expression. Music is the one thing I practice, but the human voice is something we can all understand, and it can help us see things we may not have seen before." On 'Transcend,' his second record with the GIFTS quintet, Dave Douglas reflects on Ellington's Sacred Concerts, the slab paintings of Jack Whitten, and the moment Booker Little broke the dam for a generation of trumpeter-composers. The Tonearm's Lawrence Peryer is hearing voices. Dave Douglas — The Sacred and the Unfinished: