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The Artistic Director's Guide is our way of taking you "beyond the bio". Here you'll find audio and video clips, and I'll describe what I like about each artist and suggest why he or she is important to the scene. So dive in—use the menu options above to find an artist, and let's seek to answer "What's so good about...?"

Josh Grossman, Artistic Director
Toronto Downtown Jazz

What's so good about Dave Douglas?

Submitted by Josh Grossman on Mon Jun 14 12:46pm
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Dave Douglas & Keystone - Spark of Being A Film by Bill Morrison

I think the most exciting thing about Dave Douglas is that he is impossible to pin down - just when I catch up to his most recent project, he's on to something new and, invariably, different. But whether he's playing in a jazz trio or a brass quintet, or performing a live soundtrack to a silent film, Dave Douglas is at the upper echelon of international jazz performance, pushing boundaries with his writing and playing, and always sounding great.

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