Dave Holland
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Wolverhampton, England (1946 – present)
Born in Wolverhampton, 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 Philly Joe Jones heard him playing at Ronnie Scott’s, and Jones 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 Count Basie’s nightclub. He arrived the night before, staying with Jack DeJohnette, a previous acquaintance. The following day Herbie Hancock took him to the club, and his two years with Davis began. This was also Hancock’s last gig as Davis’s pianist, as he left afterwards for a honeymoon in Brazil and was replaced by Chick Corea when he couldn’t return for an engagement due to illness. Holland’s first recordings with Davis were in September 1968, for half of the album Filles De Kilimanjaro (with Davis, Corea, Wayne Shorter and Tony Williams).
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Rarum, Vol. 10: Selected Recordings
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Overtime
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Theeboon He always works with insane drummers. Learned a lot from his period with Miles I think.
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Vidreven V Yes, I just listened to What Goes Around and it is awesome.
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marcojpjb His Big Band's "What Goes Around" album is awesome.
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te_a_fatige holy garbage chutes this man is incredible as both a bassist and composer. i had no idea he was part of the making of Filles de Kilimanjaro, easily one of the best (if not the best) of Davis' latter works. that and Conference of the Birds are two immense pieces (though divergent styles, of course).
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ArtRuf прекрасная музыка...
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jazzko Last concert in Prague 27.5.2009 was my best live jazz experience, I remember till today, it was amazing...thank you, Dave, Chris, Natan, Kevin....
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Strontium114 Happy birthday Dave!
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igloodude The drummer on Critical Mass TEARS IT UP.
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North Sea Jazz 2012
Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Gărâna Jazz Festival
Poiana Lupului, Gărâna, Romania
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- Dave Holland Artist Residency Residency (2012-03-26) 6 Feb 2012 | from www.daveholland.com
- Dave Holland Artist Residency Residency (2012-03-04) 6 Feb 2012 | from www.daveholland.com
- Overtone Quartet Concert (2012-02-25) 2 Feb 2012 | from www.daveholland.com
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