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Dave Holland

Born: October 1, 1946

Amid endless choices, the sound of a Dave Holland bassline compels attention. A master of tone and rhythm, thebassist, composer, and bandleader is now in his fifthdecade as a performer and his music possesses a rich andkaleidoscopic history. One of Holland's mentors, the affablysage-like saxophonist Sam Rivers, gave him a tip once."Sam said, ‘Don't leave anything out?"play all of it,' " Hollandonce told a radio interviewer. "That's become almost amantra for me over the years," he says, "as I've tried to finda way to build a vehicle which lets me utilize the full spectrumwhich includes the tradition, playing the blues andimprovising freely. I love all that music, and there's been adesire to reconcile all those areas, to make them relevant,hopefully, in a contemporary context, as one music."