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Dave Holland

Jazz virtuoso and performing sensation alone, with one of the jazz greats, or with his ensemble.

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Dave Holland's Bio: Amid endless choices, the sound of a Dave Holland bass line compels attention. A master of tone and rhythm, the bassist, composer, and bandleader is now in his fifth decade as a performer and his music possesses a rich and kaleidoscopic history. His path has led him from the frontiers of free improvisation to his modern ensembles that fully embody the Sam Rivers-instilled philosophy of “playing all of it.” The Wolverhampton, England, native got his big break from Miles Davis, with whom he played during the tru mpet legend’s epochal Bitches Brew period.

Solo, and in collaboration, Holland became a dominant voice in the 1970s – partnering with Rivers, and working with folk and rock musicians such as Bonnie Raitt and John Hartford, and even had a passing encounte r with Jimi Hendrix. He formed his first working quintet in 1983, and released Jumpin’ In, and continued to develop other varied and fruitful relationships with artists such as Anthony Braxton, Stan Getz, Cassandra Wilson, Jack DeJohnette, Chick Corea, Joe H enderson, Thelonious Monk, Betty Carter, Pat Metheny, Kenny Wheeler, Bill Frisell, Roy Haynes and Herbie Hancock over the course of his career.

In 2005, Holland formed Dare2 Records, after a long-standing relationship with ECM Records, the label where he had developed into a signature artist. Originally, Holland created Dare2 Records as an imprint "to have more control over the entire process of releasing an album. But in the long term, there's a lot of promise in making music this way, especially with the c hanging environment in the recording industry." Sharing the bandstand with the best of a younger generation of players in his fan-favorite quintet, he now has three albums out on Dare2: the Grammy-award winning Overtime (2005), Critical Mass (2006) and Pa ss It On (2008). The debut recording from the Dave Holland Octet, entitled Pathways, was released on March 23rd, 2010, on Dare2 and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Large Ensemble album. … Read more

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