Dave Douglas | Secular Psalms | CD

SecularPsalms is a new Dave Douglas studio album featuring a newly commissionedsuite of ten pieces, with an entirely new group of young internationalmusicians. Invited by the City of Gent and Handelsbeurs Theater to commemorate600 years since the creation of the Gent Altarpiece by Jan Van Eyck, Douglasbranches out into new instruments like the serpent, lute, organ and sampler,providing a painterly panorama of new sounds. Drawing on Latin Mass, on earlymedieval folk songs, on composers of the period, like Guillaume DuFay, and onjazz and improvised music, Douglas and team deliver a lyrical, mystical,spiritual score full of upbeat optimism for our times. Douglas says thetitle refers to "songs of praise for all of us.” For this project hehas invited musicians Tomeka Reid, Marta Warelis, Berlinde Deman, FrederickLeroux and Lander Gyselinck. A surprising and uplifting release created duringthese pandemic times.1. Arrival 2. Mercy 3. We Believe 4. Agnus Dei 5. Instrumental Angels 6.