Dave and Elan Mehler Douglas If There Are Mountains Serve The Servants M:FANS sounds more like a

M:FANS sounds more like a series of scenes set in some future world shorn of hope

Brad Tursi

it's no surprise that his ability to rejuvenate his sound is indomitable

countrified lopes ("Could We")

Produced and mixed by Randy LeBeouf (Kublai Kahn

Dave and Elan Mehler Douglas If There Are Mountains Serve The Servants M:FANS sounds more like aThe Dave Douglas and Elan Mehler Sextet mixes seasoned veterans with relative newcomers, setting poetry and specifically haiku into the context of improvising music. On If There Are Mountains, their first album as co leaders, the trumpeter and pianist are joined by vocalist Dominique Eade, reedist John Gunther, bassist Simn Willson, and drummer Dayeon Seok. If There Are Mountains, previously released only to vinyl on Mehler's label Newvelle Records,