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Wolverhampton, England (1946 – present)

Dave Holland (born October 1, 1946) is a British jazz bassist and composer who is a significant representative of avant-garde jazz.

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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1	Conference Of The Birds	123
2	Jugglers Parade	104
3	Four Winds	86
4	Ario	56
5	Last Minute Man	52
6	See-Saw	48
7	Now Here (Nowhere)	43
8	Interception	41
9	Q & A	40
10	Mental Images	35
11	Question And Answer	12
12	First Snow	11
13	What Goes Around	10
13	Lucky Seven	10
13	Nemesis	10

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marcojpjb wrote:
November 2011

His Big Band's "What Goes Around" album is awesome.

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te_a_fatige wrote:
August 2011

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 wrote:
March 2011

прекрасная музыка...

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jazzko wrote:
December 2010

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 wrote:
October 2010

Happy birthday Dave!

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igloodude wrote:
September 2010

The drummer on Critical Mass TEARS IT UP.

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insomniacme wrote:
July 2010

holland played a great cello in his improvs with bailey

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barrospablito wrote:
May 2010

@Sckxyss Great albums made by ECM, especially, try "Extended Play: Live at Birdland".

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Sckxyss wrote:
May 2010

Has he done anything as good as or similar to Conference of the Birds?

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atroopofechoes wrote:
April 2010

I LOVE DAVE HOLLAND. So epic, so classy. Maybe he would like our band? http://atroopofechoes.com

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abombregardless wrote:
April 2010

New album as an octet is beautiful. At the same quality people have come to expect.

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funkatram wrote:
April 2010

the name of the group is clearly 'dave holland quintet'. why is it being corrected to 'dave holland'? in the favor of popularity? such bullshit.

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vtrane wrote:
March 2010

new album out this month!! "Pathways" with and expanded horn section. WOOT!

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dantemm wrote:
February 2010

Great show last night at Portland Jazz Fest... http://jazzsick.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/holland-pdxjazz/ ~Dan

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exprof wrote:
October 2008

Dave Holland Quintet in Brussels A French review: http://concerts-review.over-blog.com/article-24066367.html

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Patissone wrote:
September 2008

Great to see Jugglers Parade on the first position in top tracks. It proves my opinion. Absolutely the best is to hear it live from Extended Play album. Billy Kilson and his drums solo...

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gurallo wrote:
July 2008

Conference of the birds is amazing!!! Dave Holland is also amazing of course...

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Patkiewicz wrote:
February 2008

Tomasz Stańko group.

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AuldLangSyne wrote:
July 2007

His solo albums are AMAZING.

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reklar wrote:
May 2007

Ario, Blues for C M, Triple Dance yo ...

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