Alloy by Dave Douglas

released September 5, 2025

A Festival of New Trumpet Music Project

All compositions by Dave Douglas, Dave Douglas Music, BMI

Personnel:
Dave Douglas, trumpet
Alexandra Ridout, trumpet
David Adewumi, trumpet
Patricia Brennan, vibes
Kate Pass, bass
Rudy Royston, drums

Executive Producer: Dave Douglas
Produced by Dave Douglas

Recorded at Samurai Hotel Recording Studio, Queens, NY
January 19, 2025
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Tyler McDiarmid
Assisted by David Stoller

Artwork by Heiner Binding
„But Beautiful“, 2019
© Heiner Binding / VG-Bild Kunst
Courtesy Van der Grinten Galerie, Cologne

Graphic design by Lukas Frei
Photos by Anna Yatskevich (studio) and Lukas Frei (live)

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"An impressive united front, democratic in its unification of voices." - JazzWise

"On Alloy, the chromatic harmony proves that Dave Douglas’ instincts are keen, as he and his friends celebrate “trumpets blending” in a show of unification over competition and division.” - The New York City Jazz Record

"Alloy delivers a heady, challenging take on chamber meets jazz music." - Hot House Jazz

"The three horns... get loose and elliptical as on the post bopping The Antidote and scatter around like mercury on Friendly Gargoyle. The brass is elegiac on Future Community Furniture and are under control on the rapid pulse of The Illusion Of Control, with Brennan keeping things cogent on the prismatic title track and liquid Fields. Braggin in brass." - Jazz Weekly

“An understated trumpet choir [is backed by] a beautiful trio dynamic of its own.” - JazzTimes

"Douglas, Ridout, and Adewumi to stretch and color these compositions with their distinct sonic palettes, as a vivid but bluesy, always-evolving canvas" - salt peanuts*

"Douglas has long proved to be one of the leading drivers in creative music. Alloy’s novel concept is one of his best." - PostGenre

"Alloy shows incredible confidence and focus from Douglas as a composer and arranger... as he explores a truly new format." - PopMatters

"A fascinating blend of post-bop and horn choir [creating] particularly cloudlike, amorphous music." - Stereogum

"Douglas has strong lyric gifts and ability to impart chorale-like beauty in the multi-trumpet passages." - Downbeat

"Dave Douglas continues his alchemical pursuits with Alloy, forging a trumpet-centric ensemble that elevates group dialogue to new heights—proving that in jazz, three is not a crowd." - AllAboutJazz

"Three different personalities blend into a tenacious musical amalgam... versatile, brilliant, and empathetic." - AllAboutJazz Italia

"[There are] many arresting moments on the album... a timbral delight." - The Arts Desk

One of Slate's Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2025

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Alloy: Extras
davedouglas.bandcamp.com/album/alloy-extras