Heavenly Recordings is pleased to announce the release of the debut solo album from multi-instrumentalist, producer, and composer Doug Stuart. Dougie grew up outside of Chicago, and his education began in the jazz clubs and festivals as a teenager - attending sessions with Jeff Parker, Fred Anderson, Nicole Mitchell, and other members of the AACM. Deeply inspired, he furthered his studies at the University of Michigan, where he studied bass with Detroit jazz greats Robert Hurst and Geri Allen, and deepened his jazz practice and contemplative studies.
Now based in Oakland and Los Angeles, Stuart collaborates across the jazz, hip-hop, and experimental music scenes. The band includes the immediately recognizable guitar style of Jeff Parker (Tortoise) who was one of Stuart’s biggest influences growing up in Chicago, Maya Kronfeld (Georgia Anne Muldrow, NYEUSI) on Fender Rhodes, Steve Blum (Bells Atlas) on synthesizer, percussionists Brijean Murphy (Toro Y Moi, Poolside), John Santos (Tito Puente, Dizzy Gillespie), and drummer Hamir Atwal (tune-yards).
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