''Convergence'' is the 12th album by

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er Dave Douglas. It was released on the Italian

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label in 1998 and features performances by Douglas, Mark Feldman, Erik Friedlander,

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and Michael Sarin.Roussel, P.
Discography of Dave Douglas
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Reception

'' The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' selected this album as part of its suggested Core Collection. The

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review by Alex Henderson awarded the album 4½ stars stating "You can hear a variety of influences in Douglas' playing -- everyone from Lester Bowie and Don Cherry to

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and Booker Little -- but ''Convergence'' leaves no doubt that he is very much an original himself".Henderson, A
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Track listing

# "Chit Kyoo Thwe Tog Nyin Hmar Lar" (Traditional Burmese) - 1:13 # "Joe's Auto Glass" - 6:31 # "Tzotzil Maya" - 7:47 # "Meeting At Infinity" - 15:53 # "Desseins Eternels" (

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) - 4:08 # "Bilbao Song" ( Weill) - 8:36 # "Border Stories: The Story" - 0:30 # "Border Stories: The Elaboration" - 0:55 # "Border Stories: The Exaggeration" - 0:41 # "Border Stories: Apocrypha" - 0:43 # "Collateral Damages" - 6:59 # "Goodbye Tony" - 13:37 # "Nothing Like You" (

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, Landesman) - 4:14 :''All compositions by Dave Douglas except as indicated'' **Recorded at Sound on Sound, New York City on January 22 and 23, 1998

Personnel

* Dave Douglas – trumpet * Mark Feldman – violin * Erik Friedlander – cello *

– bass *

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– drums

References

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