Jazz Articles about Dave Holland

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Live Review

Dave Holland Trio Live At Yoshi's

by Roy Strassman
March 11, 2023

Dave Holland Trio Yoshi's Oakland, CA February 20, 2023 The David Holland trio swung into Yoshi's in Oakland after kicking off the initial week of its present tour at NYC's Village Vanguard. His trio during this stint consisted of the notable musicians Kevin Eubanks on guitar and Eric Harland on Drums (Obed Calvaire handled the drums in NY). Holland began the set by introducing the musicians, stating that he would not talk ...

Liner Notes

Miles Davis Quintets: Stockholm 1967 & 1969 Revisited

by Mark Corroto
January 16, 2023

Let me ask you, how many versions of Miles Davis do you recognize? Let us employ the word 'recognize' in terms of both, to identify and to approve. Listeners new to the world of Miles would be hard pressed to associate the artist seen and heard with Charlie Parker at New York's Three Deuces in 1947 with the same man performing in Montreux, Switzerland some forty years later. Both his look and his sound had changed, making him unrecognizable to ...

Album Review

Miles Davis: Stockholm Live 1967 & 1969 Revisited

Read "Stockholm Live 1967 & 1969 Revisited" reviewed by Maurizio Comandini

by Maurizio Comandini
June 22, 2022

Stesso leader, Miles Davis; stessa strumentazione, tromba, sax, pianoforte, contrabbasso e batteria; stessa città, Stoccolma, ma in due sale diverse; due anni di distanza. Eppure questi due concerti sono abbastanza diversi fra di loro, anche se forse lo potrebbero essere stati ancora di più. Quello del 1967 vede il quintetto classico di Miles Davis registrato al culmine della sua parabola artistica, con una musica raffinata e potente allo tesso tempo, tecnicamente complessa eppure resa con grande scioltezza, proprio grazie alla ...

Album Review

John McLaughlin: Where Fortune Smiles

Read "Where Fortune Smiles" reviewed by Maurizio Comandini

by Maurizio Comandini
May 2, 2022

L'invito che Tony Williams fece a John McLaughlin, chiamandolo a New York per far partire l'intensa avventura musicale denominata 'Tony Williams Lifetime,' arrivò proprio quando lo stesso McLaughlin aveva magicamente trovato un suo punto di equilibro. Dopo aver lasciato intravedere interessanti bagliori nell'eccellente disco Things We Like di Jack Bruce (registrato a Londra a fine agosto del 1968, con Dick Heckstall-Smith ai saxofoni e Jon Hiseman alla batteria) il suo talento esplose nel bellissimo album di esordio Extrapolation, registrato a ...

Album Review

Walter Smith III & Matthew Stevens: In Common III

Read "In Common III" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
March 17, 2022

The third iteration of tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III and guitarist Matthew Stevens' In Common project is another delightfully lyrical and inventive affair. Each of the albums presents Smith and Stevens in the company of a different three-piece rhythm section. The first had vibraphonist Joel Ross, bassist Harish Raghavan and drummer Marcus Gilmore. The second had pianist Micah Thomas, bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Nate Smith. On In Common III, the quintet is completed by pianist ...

Live Review

Dave Holland & John Scofield al Bologna Jazz Festival

by Emmanuel Di Tommaso
November 15, 2021

Dave Holland & John Scofield Teatro Duse Bologna Jazz Festival Bologna 9.11.2021 Quando Dave Holland e John Scofield entrano in scena conquistando il centro del palco di un Teatro Duse straripante, l'emozione diventa incontenibile per tutti: da un lato il duo musicale, visibilmente commosso nel rivedere finalmente un teatro pieno di persone con cui poter condividere la propria musica; dall'altro il pubblico, in estasi per il solo pensiero di trovarsi al cospetto di due ...

Interview

Dave Holland: More Than Just Notes

by Ian Patterson
August 2, 2021

The creative juices, if not the hunger, desert many artists as they advance in years. Repetition and mediocrity--a blunting of the sword--can creep in, while past glories are often left to provide the kindling for flames that never quite catch. Such charges could never be levelled at English bassist Dave Holland, who turns seventy-five in October. On the contrary, what is striking about Holland's output in the fifty years since emerging as a leader in his own right is the ...