Dave Douglas Overcome 2/24/15 2 Desolation

2 Desolation

Format Detail: 2LP 2 x scarlet vinyl

DAVID OLIPHANT/KARKHANA WI

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Dave Douglas Overcome 2/24/15 2 DesolationOvercome is a new Dave Douglas recording, alongside vocalists Fay Victor and Camila Meza, trombonist Ryan Keberle, bassist Jorge Roeder, and drummer Rudy Royston, who banded together over a period of months to create a new album of songs. A statement of purpose, an acknowledgement of forebears, and an exhortation to activism, Overcome involves the six musicians in an emotional and powerful statement of human engagement towards justice: Racial justice.