Jazz Articles about John Holloway

John Holloway: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber--Unam Ceylum

by C. Michael Bailey
January 20, 2003

Many of the great jazz musicians from Charlie Parker to George Russell were influenced by Western classical music. It is with this justification that I submit a review of classical, or more appropriately, Baroque music to these pages. Let alone that this particular release comes from Manfred Eicher’s ECM Label, the home of such names as Keith Jarrett and Dave Holland. This is music of rare beauty and creative exigency-- like all of jazz.

That said, there ...