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2014 studio album by Dave Douglas & Uri Caine

Present Joys

Studio album by Dave Douglas & Uri Caine

Released

July 22, 2014 (2014-07-22)

Recorded

December 16 & 17, 2013

Studio

Avatar, New York City

Genre

Jazz

Length

42:31

Label

Greenleaf Music

Producer

Dave Douglas

Dave Douglas chronology

Time Travel
(2013)

Present Joys
(2014)

Sound Prints
(2015)

Uri Caine chronology

Callithump
(2014)

Present Joys
(2014)

Two Minuettos
(2017)

Present Joys is a studio album by trumpeter Dave Douglas and pianist Uri Caine which was released in July 2014 on the Greenleaf Music label. The album follows Douglas' 2012 exploration of hymns, Be Still, by including four songs from the Sacred Harp songbook.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Guardian
PopMatters

The Allmusic review by Matt Collar awarded the album 3½ stars out of 5, stating "Ultimately, as the title implies, Present Joys showcases Douglas and Caine interacting in the moment with a thoughtful, creative joy". Writing for The Guardian, John Fordham called it "a 2014 jazz highlight". PopMatters' Will Layman stated "Dave Douglas and Uri Caine are good enough to stand up to making “pretty” music, even traditional music. They pass the test and come out still surprising us".

Track listing

All compositions by Dave Douglas unless indicated

"Soar Away" (Alfred Marcus Cagle) - 3:58
"Ham Fist" - 5:04
"Bethel" - 4:53
"Present Joys" (Cagle) - 4:57
"Supplication" (Floyd M. Frederick) - 3:02
"Seven Seas" - 4:29
"Confidence" (Oliver Holden) - 3:45
"End to End" - 3:02
"Old Putt" - 3:55
"Zero Hour" - 5:26

Personnel

Dave Douglas - trumpet
Uri Caine - piano

References

Dave Douglas website, accessed September 1, 2014
^ Collar, Matt. "Present Joys - Dave Douglas & Uri Caine". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
^ Fordham, John (2012-09-17). "Dave Douglas & Uri Caine: Present Joys review – hymns meet jazz on excellent collaboration". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
^ Layman, Will (2014-08-01). "Dave Douglas/Uri Caine: Present Joys". popmatters.com. Retrieved 2014-09-01.

v t e Uri Caine
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Sphere Music (1992) Toys (1995) Urlicht / Primal Light (1996) Blue Wail (1997) The Sidewalks of New York: Tin Pan Alley (1999) The Goldberg Variations (2000) Love Fugue: Robert Schumann (2000) The Philadelphia Experiment (with Questlove and Christian McBride, 2000) Solitaire (2000) Bedrock 3 (2001) Rio (2001) Diabelli Variations (2002) Gustav Mahler: Dark Flame (2003) Shelf-Life (2004) Things (2005) Moloch: Book of Angels Volume 6 (2006) The Othello Syndrome (2005-2008) Secrets (with Mark Feldman, Greg Cohen, and Joey Baron, 2008) Plastic Temptation (2009) Rhapsody in Blue (2012) Callithump (2012) Present Joys (2013)
Live albums	Wagner e Venezia (1997) Gustav Mahler in Toblach (1998) Live at the Village Vanguard (2003) Uri Caine Ensemble Plays Mozart (2006)

v t e Dave Douglas
Studio albums	Parallel Worlds (1993) The Tiny Bell Trio (1994) In Our Lifetime (1995) Constellations (1995) Five (1996) Stargazer (1997) Moving Portrait (1998) Charms of the Night Sky (1998) Magic Triangle (1998) Convergence (1999) Songs for Wandering Souls (1999) Soul on Soul (2000) Leap of Faith (2000) A Thousand Evenings (2000) El Trilogy (2001) Witness (2001) The Infinite (2002) Freak In (2003) Strange Liberation (2004) Bow River Falls (2004) Mountain Passages (2005) Keystone (2005) Meaning and Mystery (2006) Spirit Moves (2009) A Single Sky (2009) Spark of Being (2010) Three Views (2011) Be Still (2012) Time Travel (2013) Present Joys (2014) High Risk (2015) Brazen Heart (2015) Dark Territory (2016)
Live albums	Live in Europe (1997) Sanctuary (1997) Live at the Bimhuis Set 1 & 2 (2005) Live at the Jazz Standard (2007) Moonshine (2007) United Front: Brass Ecstasy at Newport (2011) Sound Prints (2015)
Related articles	Discography

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