Legendary Jazz Bassist Dave Holland Performs July 29
WOODSTOCK, N.Y.-- Maverick Concerts presents its first-ever jazz concert on Saturday evening, July 29, when jazz great Dave Holland brings his bass to the hall at 8 pm.
A resident of Woodstock, Dave Holland was born in Wolverhampton, England. He learned to play bass as a child, and spent three years studying the instrument at the Guildhall School of Music in London. Mr. Holland toured and performed on a number of recordings with Miles Davis, including In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew. Over the years, he has worked with Chick Corea, Anthony Braxton, Barry Altschul, Stan Getz, Thelonious Monk, Sam Rivers, John Abercrombie, and Jack DeJohnette. He is the former artistic director of the summer jazz workshop at the Banff School in Canada, and was a full time faculty member of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Holland was voted #1 Bass Player in the DownBeat Critics Poll for three consecutive years, and in 2000 received an Honorary Doctorate from the Berklee School of Music. Recent itineraries have taken him and his quintet all over North and South America, Europe, and Asia, including a tour of China.
Maverick is committed to expanding the definition of chamber music, and has two more ground-breaking programs planned for August: on Saturday, Aug. 5, Klezmer violin virtuoso Alicia Svigals will perform, with Pete Rushefsky on tsimbl, and jazz pianist Marilyn Crispell performs on Aug. 19.
Maverick Concerts, near Woodstock, New York, is the oldest continuous summer chamber music series in America. The Maverick Concert Hall was built by hand in 1916 in the pristine Catskill woodland, and now it is a multi-starred attraction on the National Register of Historic Places. Presenting concerts by nationally and internationally known performers at affordable prices, Maverick continues the vision of Hervey White, founder of the collaborative 101-year-old Maverick Art Colony.
Classical concerts are Saturday evenings at 6:00 and Sunday afternoons at 3:00, with jazz and klezmer on selected Saturday nights at 8:00. Young people's concerts are Saturday mornings at 11:00.
The box office opens an hour before each concert; the hall opens half an hour before curtain time. Except for the last concert of the season, ticket prices are $20 for adults and $5 for students. Books of ten tickets, to be used in any combination at any regular concert throughout the season, may be purchased at the box office for $150 or by writing to Maverick Concerts, P.O. Box 9, Woodstock, NY 12498. Children under 12 are admitted free when accompanied by an adult. Donors of $50 or more to the sustaining fund of the series may attend the season-closer Friends of Maverick Concert.
Tickets are general admission with no reserved seating, and a special “rock bottom" area provides pay-what-you-can seating. The Maverick Concert Hall is accessible to persons with disabilities.
The Maverick Concert Hall is located on Maverick Road, near Woodstock, approximately one mile from the road's junctions with either Route 375 or Route 28. For additional information, visit
Yamaha is The Official Piano of Maverick Concerts; the C7 grand piano on the Maverick stage appears through the generosity of Yamaha Music Corporation of America.
Maverick Concerts, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, is supported by The Maverick Endowment Fund, Friends of Maverick, public and private foundations, local businesses, the Towns of Woodstock and Hurley, and by public funds from The New York State Council on The Arts, a state agency.
For more information contact All About Jazz.
