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Critical Mass

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: The Eyes Have It; Easy Did It; Vicissitudes; The Leak; Secret Garden; Lucky Seven; Full Circle; Amator Silenti.

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Article: Album Review

Dave Holland Quintet: Critical Mass

Read "Critical Mass" reviewed by Joel Roberts

by Joel Roberts
December 5, 2006

Bassist extraordinaire Dave Holland believes that like fine wine, music shouldn't be unbottled before its time. Holland and his highly regarded quintet spent a year and a half honing and retooling the music on their new album until it reached the point he calls “critical mass, where “it has become what it's going to be.

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Article: Interview

Dave Holland: Past-Present-Future Luster

by R.J. DeLuke
September 18, 2006

So far this century, Dave Holland has hit his stride and is enjoying success like few others have matched during the same period of time. He's got the chance to enjoy it now. Make no mistake; it is the fruits of hard labor that he is tasting. And make no mistake that the hard work and ...

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Article: Album Review

Dave Holland Quintet: Critical Mass

Read "Critical Mass" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones
September 4, 2006

This particular lineup of Dave Holland's longstanding quintet had apparently been working for eighteen months prior to recording this disc, and that simple fact oozes out of every note played. There is a level of cohesion and empathy here that arguably can come only from such longstanding associations. Holland is anything but despotic in his leadership ...

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Article: Album Review

Dave Holland Quintet: Critical Mass

Read "Critical Mass" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
August 23, 2006

It's been five years since the last studio record by Dave Holland's quintet. But between touring on its own and as the core of Holland's big band, which was responsible for the outstanding Overtime (Dare2, 2005), the unit shows no sign of slowing down. Critical Mass proves that when the chemistry is right, even longstanding bands ...

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Overtime

By Dave Holland

Label: Dare2 Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: The Monterey Suite (Bring It On / Free for All / A Time Remembered / Happy Jammy); Ario; Mental Images; Last Minute Man (78:44).

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Footprints: The Life And Music Of Wayne Shorter

By Wayne Shorter

Label: Sony Records Int'l
Released: 2005
Track listing: Lester Left Town; Speak No Evil; Infant Eyes; Time Of The Barracudas; Esp; Footprints; Nefertiti; Sanctuary; Mysterious Traveller; Lusitanos; Elegant People; Palladium; Ponta De Areia; Aja; The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines; The Three Marias; Mahogany Bird; Joy Ryder; Children Of The Night; In Walked Wayne; Aung San Suu Kyi; Masquelero (Live Version);

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Article: Live Review

Wayne Shorter and Dave Holland at Carnegie Hall

by Chad Kushins
July 6, 2005

When Wayne Shorter put a new working acoustic jazz band together in 2001, there were two possible outcomes that his fans and listeners could have expected: 1) “Nice! Wayne Shorter is going to finally bring back is innovative style of playing and band-leading with new, original compositions that just might rival his composing power demonstrated during ...

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Article: Album Review

Dave Holland Big Band: Overtime

by Russ Musto
May 12, 2005

Overtime, the second release from the Dave Holland Big Band, is another impressive work by the Grammy-winning large ensemble. Assembled around the legendary bassist's working quintet, the thirteen-piece unit explores the greater harmonic implications of the leader's creative compositions, without sacrificing the special rhythmic character the smaller group possesses. Built from the bottom up upon the ...

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Article: African Jazz

2005 Cape Town International Jazz Festival: Africa's Grandest Gathering

by AAJ Staff
March 30, 2005

Day 1 | Day 2 | The Aftermath Two days after my arrival in South Africa, things are still a blur. I planned this trip months ago and I did plenty of homework in advance, but nothing can adequately prepare you for the explosive cultural and human landscape of South Africa. Home to over ...