Jazz Articles about Dave Holland

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Points of View: Celebrating Dave Holland

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 1, 2026

Birthdays offer an annual opportunity to celebrate. Milestone birthdays offer something more: a chance to take stock. But when a towering figure in jazz turns 80 after six decades of music-making, how do we even begin to take the measure of a musical life so rich, so wide-ranging, and so influential? A comprehensive interview could tell part of the story. An in-depth analysis of a discography could tell another. But perhaps the most tangible, and personal, way to ...

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Steve Coleman on Dave Holland

by Anthony Tidd
October 1, 2026

Prologue On September 16, 2026, I sat down with groundbreaking saxophonist and composer Steve Coleman at a penthouse apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Coleman was four days shy of his 70th birthday, which itself was just three days before the great John Coltrane's centennial birthday. However, our conversation focused largely on another musician, and a relationship that had played an important role in Steve's development: bassist, composer and bandleader Dave Holland.This conversation holds particular significance for me. ...

Multiple Reviews

Dave Holland: Freedom Call

by Angelo Leonardi
October 1, 2026

On the occasion of Dave Holland's 80th birthday, Edition Records releases Freedom Call, a box set comprising six LPs and three CDs, also available for streaming, bringing together previously unreleased live recordings by three pivotal formations in his career: the sextet with Mulgrew Miller, Alex Sipiagin, Antonio Hart, Robin Eubanks and Eric Harland; the quintet with Chris Potter, Robin Eubanks, Steve Nelson and here in the configuration with Nate Smith on drums; and the Prism quartet with Craig Taborn, Kevin ...

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A Dave Holland Primer

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 1, 2026

Here is an audio-companion to Points of View: Celebrating Dave Holland. The playlist contains songs by, or featuring, Dave Holland, selected by those who contributed to that article. It's actually a quite interesting thing to see who selected what (click on the above link and under each individual contribution the selected song is listed). You'll find Dave Holland in every shape and form here, solo, duo, trio, quartet, quintet, sextet, Big Band... and a wide range of his ...

In Pictures

Dave Holland: Pictures from the Vaults

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 1, 2026

Alongside the memories and stories shared throughout Dave Holland at 80 tribute available here, several contributors--as well as the esteemed photographer Jimmy Katz--have opened their personal archives to share photographs of Dave Holland, many of which have never been published before. Spanning decades, these images offer glimpses of Dave Holland onstage, backstage, in the studio, on the road, and simply among friends--rare and intimate moments that bring another dimension to the many facets of the musician, colleague, mentor and friend ...

Radio & Podcasts

Jumpin' In: Inside the World of Dave Holland, Part 1

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 1, 2026

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Celebrating Dave Holland's 80th birthday with music drawn from six decades of creative music making, and the many sides of his voice as bassist, composer, and bandleader. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Dave Holland Quartet “Conference of the Birds" Conference of the Birds (ECM) 0:16 Host talks 6:47 Dave Holland Quartet “Nemesis" Extensions (ECM) 8:17 Host ...

Radio & Podcasts

Jumpin' In: Inside the World of Dave Holland, Part 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 1, 2026

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Another selection celebrating Dave Holland's extraordinary musical legacy, from intimate explorations to expansive ensemble work and everything in between. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette} Back-Woods Song" <em>Gateway</em> (ECM) 0:16</li> <li>Host talks 8:07</li> <li>{{m: Kevin Eubanks “Spiral Ways" Turning Point (Blue Note) 9:27 Host talks 15:09 Steve Coleman “Little Girl I'll ...