Jazz Arts Group's Inside Track series - Dave Douglas & Keystone: "Spark of Being" February 5, 2011

Two-time Grammy-nominated jazz musician Dave Douglas is arguably the most prolific and original trumpeter-composer of his generation. From his New York base, where he has lived since the mid 1980s, Mr. Douglas has continued to earn lavish national and international acclaim including prizes from such organizations as the New York Jazz Awards, Down Beat, JazzTimes, Jazziz, and the Italian Jazz Critics Society. His solo recording career began in 1993 with Parallel Worlds on Soul Note Records, and he has since released more than 30 recordings. This year brings a new collection of work with his electronic sextet Keystone entitled, Spark of Being, a retelling of the Frankenstein myth in collaboration with award-winning experimental filmmaker Bill Morrison. On the 100th anniversary of the first Frankenstein film, Douglas and Morrison unveiled their multimedia collaboration, Spark of Being, at Stanford University. On film, it stands as a reinterpretation of that Frankenstein myth using new, archival, and distressed footage. The themes, penned by Douglas for his Grammy-nominated band Keystone, integrate electronics seamlessly into the improvised music, piecing sounds and movement together to make three strikingly different "creatures."

Tickets are on sale now for $25 (orchestra) and $30 (loge) and available by phone at 614-469-0939 and through all Ticketmaster outlets. Student tickets available for $15 with student ID at the door only. Call 614-294-5200 or visit www.jazzartsgroup.org for more information.

The Inside Track music series is presented by the Jazz Arts Group with media support from The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus Alive, CD101 and WCBE 90.5 FM.

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