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Dave Holland & Pepe Habichuela: Hands

Read "Hands" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
December 25, 2010

The music on Hands, featuring stellar turns primarily from Spanish guitarist Pepe Habichuela and British-born bassist Dave Holland, is quite simply one of the most captivating on record. It is completely an alternative to style, to mere virtuosity, and to angelic grace and charm, as dictated by a muse. This music is the epitomé of the darkly beautiful magnetism of duende, and comes not from the hands and the fingers of the musicians, but rather from their innermost being--from the ...

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Dave Holland - Pepe Habichuela: Hands

Read "Hands" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 27, 2010

Nella sua lunghissima carriera il bassista inglese Dave Holland ha sempre dimostrato di essere pronto a mettersi al servizio di ogni buon progetto che la sorte e la lungimiranza gli hanno fatto incrociare. Le sue straordinarie doti artistiche non sono disgiunte dalle sue eccellenti doti umane e i suoi sodalizi godono di questa fortunata combinazione che non sempre ci è dato di trovare nei territori della musica e dell'arte, spesso guastati da forme di egomania devastanti e immotivate. Questo bel ...

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Dave Holland & Pepe Habichuela: Hands

by John Kelman
September 6, 2010

Sometimes the best indicator of an artist's versatility is in the side projects they accept. Bassist Dave Holland's career could hardly be described as monolithic, with his discography as a leader--ranging from his quintet (Critical Mass (Dare2, 2006)) to his big band (Overtime (Dare2, 2005)) --nothing short of but exemplary. Still, some of the most unexpected revelations have come on peripheral dates, such as Mid-Eastern-informed Thimar (ECM, 1998), with Tunisian oudist Anouar Brahem and British reed man John Surman, or ...

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Dave Holland & Pepe Habichuela: Hands

by Chris May
July 5, 2010

Centuries old, an accretion of musics absorbed by north Indian migrants as they travelled, one stream through the Balkans, the other through the Maghreb, towards their final desination in southern Spain, flamenco is not easy for a non-Gypsy convincingly to perform. Intricately codified, rich in lore and tradition, its broad mannerisms can be mimicked quickly enough, but to inhabit its soul, its cante jondo (deep song), takes much, much longer. Some would say a lifetime, more or less.