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  • Disc of the day: 27-11-09

    Holland/Rubalcaba/Potter/Harland: The Monterey Quartet: Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (MJF

  • A Tale of Two Bassists

    For a bass player, performing on the same bill with Dave Holland would have to be a daunting propo

  • "Conference of the Birds" - Dave Holland

    I CAN EASILY FEEL COMFORTABLE SAYING THIS IS MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE ALBUM RELEASED IN THE EARLY 70S.

  • Dave Holland Quintet - Jumpin' In

    This record was my introduction to Dave Holland. At the time I had been playing electric bass for ab

  • From the Vaults: Hidden Treasure, No. 2

    After writing about Martha Velez's 1968 release Fiends & Angels, I realized there are a number of al

    • Biography Dave Holland

    Dave Holland
    Dave Holland (born October 1, 1946) is a British jazz bassist and composer who is a significant representative of avant-garde jazz. Biography Born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, Holland learned to play bass as a child, and spent three years studying the instrument at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. By 1967 he was a regular player at Ronnie Scott's, the premier jazz club in London, backing visiting musicians. He was also involved in the London free improvisation scene around the drummer John Stevens, and performed on the Spontaneous Music Ensemble's classic 1968 album Karyobin. That same year, Miles Davis and Tony Williams heard him playing at Ronnie Scott's, and Williams told Holland that Davis wanted him to join his band (replacing Ron Carter). Davis left the UK before Holland could contact him directly, and two weeks later Holland was given three days' notice to fly to New York for an engagement at Co

    Discography

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