Dave Holland
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Born | Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England | 1 October 1946
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Years active | 1964–present |
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David Holland (born 1 October 1946) is an English double bassist, bass guitarist, cellist, composer and bandleader who has been performing and recording for five decades.[1] He has lived in the United States since the early 1970s.[2]
His extensive discography ranges from solo performances to pieces for big band. Holland runs his own independent record label, Dare2, which he launched in 2005.
Biography
Born in
After moving to London in 1964, Holland played double bass in small venues and studied with James Edward Merrett, principal bassist of the Philharmonia Orchestra and, later, the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Merrett trained him to sight read and then recommended he apply to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.[1] Holland received a full-time scholarship for the three-year programme. At 20, Holland was keeping a busy schedule in school, studios and Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London's premier jazz club, where he often played in bands that supported such touring American jazz saxophonists as Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster and Joe Henderson.[1] He also linked up with other British jazz musicians, including guitarist John McLaughlin, saxophonists Evan Parker and John Surman, South Africa-born London-based pianist Chris McGregor, and drummer John Stevens, and performed on the Spontaneous Music Ensemble's 1968 album Karyobin. He also began a working relationship with Canada-born, England-based trumpeter Kenny Wheeler that continued until Wheeler's death in 2014.
With Miles Davis
In 1968,
Holland was a member of Davis's rhythm section through the summer of 1970; he appears on the albums
Holland was also a member of Davis's working group during this time, unlike many of the musicians who appeared only on the trumpeter's studio recordings. The so-called "lost quintet" of Davis, Shorter, Corea, Holland and DeJohnette was active in 1969 but never made any studio recordings as a quintet. A 1970 live recording of this group plus percussionist Airto Moreira, Live at the Fillmore East, March 7, 1970: It's About That Time, was issued in 2001. Steve Grossman replaced Shorter in early 1970; Keith Jarrett joined the group as a second keyboardist thereafter, and Gary Bartz replaced Grossman during the summer of 1970. By the end of the summer, rhythm and blues bass guitarist Michael Henderson had replaced Holland.
ECM and the 1970s
After leaving Davis's group, Holland briefly joined the avant-garde jazz group
Holland worked as a leader and as a sideman with many other jazz artists in the 1970s. On 15 June 1972 he played with Thelonious Monk at the Village Vanguard which was one of Monk's last concerts.[5] Holland recorded several important albums with Anthony Braxton between 1972 and 1976 – including New York, Fall 1974 (1974) and Five Pieces (1975) – that were released on Arista Records.[6]
Holland also recorded duo sessions with saxophonist Sam Rivers and fellow bassist Barre Phillips, and the solo bass album
The 1980s
Holland formed his first working quintet in 1983, and over the next four years released , an album of compositions played on solo cello.
The bassist also continued to collaborate with his peers, often connecting with figures from the previous generation of jazz icons. In 1989, Holland teamed with drummer Billy Higgins and pianist Hank Jones to record The Oracle, and joined drummer Roy Haynes and guitarist Pat Metheny in 1989 to record Question and Answer.
The 1990s and 2000s
During the 1990s, Holland renewed an affiliation, begun in the 1970s, with
As a leader, Holland formed his third quartet and released Dream of the Elders (1995), which introduced the vibraphonist Steve Nelson to his ensembles. Holland formed a quintet that includes tenor saxophonist Chris Potter, trombonist Robin Eubanks and, a more recent addition, drummer Nate Smith. Their recordings include Points of View, Prime Directive, Not for Nothin, Extended Play: Live at Birdland and Critical Mass. In addition to releasing four quintet albums on ECM, Holland debuted his Big Band, which released What Goes Around in 2002. The album won Holland his first Grammy as a leader, in the Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album category. The second Big Band recording, Overtime (2005), again won the Grammy in the Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album category; it was released on Holland's Dare2 label, which he formed that year.
In 2009, Holland was a co-founder of an all-star group called the Overtone Quartet. The group consisted of Holland on bass, Chris Potter on tenor saxophone, Jason Moran on piano, and Eric Harland on drums. The group toured extensively throughout the United States and Europe.
Awards and honors
He won the Critics Poll in Down Beat magazine for Musician of the Year, Big Band of the Year, and Acoustic Bassist of the Year (he also garnered top bassist in the 2006 poll). The Jazz Journalists' Association honored him as Musician and Acoustic Bassist of the Year. He was the recipient of the Miles Davis Award at the
The National Endowment for the Arts named Holland as one of its five Jazz Masters Fellows in 2017; the award recognizes artists for their lifetime achievements and exceptional contributions toward the advancement of jazz.[7]
Holland has received honorary doctorates from the
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Release date | Note | Label |
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Conference of the Birds | 1973 | Dave Holland Quartet | ECM |
Emerald Tears | 1978 | Dave Holland; solo bass | ECM |
Life Cycle | 1983 | Dave Holland; solo cello | ECM |
Jumpin' In
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1983 | Dave Holland Quintet | ECM |
Seeds of Time | 1984 | Dave Holland Quintet | ECM |
The Razor's Edge | 1987 | Dave Holland Quintet | ECM |
Triplicate | 1988 | Dave Holland Trio | ECM |
Extensions | 1990 | Dave Holland Quartet | ECM |
Ones All | 1993 | Dave Holland; solo bass | VeraBra |
Dream of the Elders | 1995 | Dave Holland Quartet | ECM |
Points of View | 1998 | Dave Holland Quintet | ECM |
Prime Directive | 1999 | Dave Holland Quintet | ECM |
Not for Nothin' | 2001 | Dave Holland Quintet | ECM |
What Goes Around | 2002 | Dave Holland Big Band | ECM |
Overtime | 2005 | Dave Holland Big Band | Dare2 |
Critical Mass | 2006 | Dave Holland Quintet | Dare2 |
Pass It On | 2008 | Dave Holland Sextet | Dare2 |
Prism | 2013 | Dave Holland Quartet | Dare2 |
Aziza
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2016 | Dave Holland Quartet | Dare2 |
Uncharted Territories | 2018 | Dave Holland, Evan Parker, Craig Taborn, Ches Smith | Dare2 [2CD] |
Another Land | 2021 | trio | Edition |
Live albums
Title | Release date | Note | Label |
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Extended Play: Live at Birdland | 2003 | Dave Holland Quintet | ECM [2CD] |
Pathways
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2010 | Dave Holland Octet | Dare2 |
Compilation(s)
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Rarum, Vol. 10: Selected Recordings | 2004 | Dave Holland | ECM [2CD] |
Collaborative albums
As co-leader
- with Karl Berger – All Kinds of Time (Sackville, 1976)
- with Evan Parker, Paul Rutherford and Paul Lovens – The Ericle of Dolphi [recorded 1976 and 1986] (Po Torch, 1989)
- with Gordon Beck, Jack DeJohnette and Didier Lockwood – For Evans Sake (JMS, 1992)
- with Mino Cinelu and Kevin Eubanks– World Trio (Intuition, 1995)
- with Monterey Jazz Festival, 2009)
- with Sam Rivers and Barry Altschul – Reunion: Live in New York (Pi, 2012)
- with Zakir Hussain and Chris Potter - Good Hope (Edition Records, 2019)
As group
As
- 1970: Circling In (Blue Note, 1975)
- 1970: Circulus (Blue Note, 1978)
- 1970: Circle 1: Live in Germany Concert (CBS/Sony Japan, 1971)
- 1971: ECM, 1972)
- 1971: Circle 2: Gathering (CBS/Sony Japan, 1971)
Gateway With John Abercrombie and Jack DeJohnette
- 1975: Gateway (ECM, 1976)
- 1977: Gateway 2 (ECM, 1978)
- 1994: Homecoming (ECM, 1995)
- 1994: In the Moment (ECM, 1996)
As sideman
With Karl Berger
With Anouar Brahem
With Anthony Braxton
With Steve Coleman
With Chick Corea
With Miles Davis
With Robin Eubanks
With Herbie Hancock
With Billy Hart
With Joe Henderson
With Eric Kloss
With Dave Liebman
With Joe Lovano
With Sam Rivers
With Kenny Wheeler
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With others
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Filmography
Concert films
- 1992 Renaud Le Van Kim: Miles Davis and Friends (Bravo)
- 2000 DeJohnette, Hancock, Holland and Metheny Live in Concert
- 2005 Dave Holland Quintet Live in Freiburg
- 2008 Herbie Hancock & The New Standard Allstars in Japan (Jazz Door)
- 2009 Dave Holland Quintet: Vortex
- 2009 Dave Holland Quintet Live from the Zelt-Musik-Festival, Freiburg 1986
Featured in documentaries
- 2001 Mike Dibb: The Miles Davis Story (Channel 4)
- 2004 Murray Lerner: Miles Electric A Different Kind of Blue (Eagle Rock) about the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
References
- ^ ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
- ^ Kelsey, Chris "Artist biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ "Dave Holland." Contemporary Musicians. Vol. 27. Detroit, MI: Gale, 2000. Retrieved via Biography in Context database 2 April 2017
- ^ "Holland, Dave | Encyclopedia.com". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "Thelonious Monk Catalog". Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ "Dave Holland | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ Zimmerman, Brian (22 June 2016). "Bridgewater, Holland Among NEA 2017 Jazz Masters". Downbeat. downbeat.com. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
External links
- Official website
- Dave Holland on ECM's official website, with reviews
- Dave Hollands ECM recordings on trovar.com
- Audio Interview with Dave Holland
- Review of the album Critical Mass from JazzChicago.net
- Dave Holland: Jazz at the Bass Level, Oregon Music News
- Dave Holland at All About Jazz
- Discography on Discogs