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  Amazon.ca: Conference of the Birds: Music: Dave Holland Quartet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
In the early '70s, bassist Dave Holland and drummer Barry Altschul had a well-deserved reputation as the most fluently creative rhythm section in free jazz.
It was Holland's inspiration to pair the two in this 1972 quartet, when Rivers and Braxton represented two distinct generations of the avant-garde, the former generating explosive, driven tenor lines filled with honks and cries and the latter creating oblique postmodern solos on a variety of reeds.
Holland is an awesome bass player as well as a creative composer.
www.amazon.ca /Conference-Birds-Dave-Holland-Quartet/dp/B0000031OW   (920 words)

  
  www.jazzweekly.com | Interviews
DAVE HOLLAND: I grew up in the Midlands area of England around the Birmingham area and when I was four years old, my uncle, who was living in the same house that I was living in, had as a hobby, playing the ukulele.
DAVE HOLLAND: You know, Fred, this music is one that prides itself on its individuality and one of the things that is the mark of a fine musician is the ability of recognize their sound and their own approach.
DAVE HOLLAND: One of the great aspects of improvised music is the collective aspect of it, the communion of it, the sharing of the creative thought as it is happening and the development of it together.
www.jazzweekly.com /interviews/holland.htm   (3114 words)

  
 Dave Holland Information
Dave Holland (born October 1, 1946) is a jazz bassist and composer.
Holland's first recordings with Davis were in September 1968, for half of the album Filles de Kilimanjaro (with Davis, Corea, Wayne Shorter and Tony Williams).
Holland was a member of Davis's rhythm section through the summer of 1970; he appears on the albums In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Dave_Holland   (777 words)

  
 Guardian | Dave Holland, Extended Play - Live at Birdland
Holland has drawn his own special blueprint (initially influenced by Charles Mingus's explorations of group texture and interplay) for an elegant jazz machine that balances composition with individual and ensemble improvising - a process he has been exploring for 20 years.
Holland's quintets can overlay and intertwine melodies so densely that their cerebral qualities can stifle their underlying earthiness at times, but little of that happens here, and the gems you keep discovering in the nooks and crannies of the music make you gasp.
Holland's penetratingly urgent bass sound, its empathy with Eubanks's luxurious trombone and the one-touch certainty with which all the members pass the melody around is breathtakingly highlighted on the contrapuntal theme development of Prime Directive.
www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4751255-108884,00.html   (385 words)

  
 Revamped Dave Holland Quintet shows it belongs in best class - The Boston Globe
Dave Holland's stellar quintet of recent years is undergoing a bit of renovation.
Another Holland piece, "Last Minute Man," followed, which featured a splendid alto solo by Hart that began slow and soulful and gradually was built to a fierce climax, and Nelson coming next on marimba.
Holland, besides being arguably the best bassist in jazz the past three decades or so, is also among the music's top arrangers and composers.
www.boston.com /ae/music/articles/2004/03/05/revamped_dave_holland_quintet_shows_it_belongs_in_best_class?mode=PF   (522 words)

  
 CelebrityAccess Headline News
Holland is modest about his achievements, but one would have to go back to Charles Mingus, who died in 1979, to find a bassist making a comparable impact on the jazz scene of his day as a player, bandleader, composer and arranger.
Holland is also part of the all-star collective jazz quartet ScoLoHoFo (with guitarist John Scofield, saxophonist Joe Lovano and drummer Al Foster), whose debut CD "Oh!" was released in January.
Holland admits he felt "a little overwhelmed" to arrive in the United States during the tumultuous summer of 1968 and join what many consider to be one of the all-time great jazz ensembles with saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Herbie Hancock and drummer Tony Williams.
celebrityaccess.com /news/news_article.html?id=6946&...   (1442 words)

  
 Dave Holland Quintet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
More assured writing from Holland, Potter's growing emotional maturity and the increasing refinement of his already formidable technique, and two years of steady work together all contribute here.
Holland's music has always had a positive quality that's been untouched by the darker cathartic extremes of some modern jazz.
Holland's latest line-up conveys his uplifting vision with particular power and singleness of purpose.
www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/music/00/04/20/REX/DAVE_HOLLAND_QUINTET.html   (350 words)

  
 BBC - Jazz Review - Dave Holland, What Goes Around
There are already quite a few milestone albums in Dave Holland's ECM recording career; Conference of the Birds, his stunning debut as a leader, Jumpin In, which introduced his first quintet, and Points of View, the first album from his current quintet, are just the most obvious ones.
The big band builds on the nucleus provided by Holland's current quintet, keeping the rhythm section of Holland, drummer Billy Kilson and vibist Steve Nelson, and adding three trumpets, two more trombones and three more saxes to the quintet's existing frontline of Chris Potter on alto and Robin Eubanks on trombone.
Dave Holland has put together stellar talent on this date but the album suffers from overplaying and cliches from some of the soloists.
www.bbc.co.uk /music/jazz/reviews/holland_whatgoes.shtml   (788 words)

  
 * Dusted Reviews - Andrew Hill / Dave Holland *
All of a sudden, the Dave Holland Quintet, a sleek band that seasoned its athletic post-bop with odd-time funk and Latin grooves, became synonymous with contemporary mainstream jazz.
Holland's charts, full of off-beat accents and shifts in rhythmic feel, can be dizzying, but you can bet that whenever it's time for someone to blow, the leader is going to be trancing out in the pocket with drummer Billy Kilson.
Holland digs into the bossa like a squatter and doesn't budge (even through Kilson's drum solo) for most of the track's 17+ minutes.
www.dustedmagazine.com /reviews/534   (831 words)

  
 JUDAS PRIEST - JUDAS PRIEST DRUMMER RIDICULES SEX CHARGES
The drummer told the court how he'd allowed the teenager to drink and smoke at his house and watch videos, but insists he never showed him his collection of pornographic films.
Holland admitted he had spoken openly about his bisexual background to the man but denied having any untoward motives for befriending him.
Holland joined Judas Priest in 1980 before leaving the SOME HEADS ARE GONNA ROLL outfit a decade later, in 1990.
excite.contactmusic.com /new/xmlfeed.nsf/0/EA3767397261055D80256E21005FD0BF!opendocument   (360 words)

  
 Dave Holland
But in the case of extraordinary bassist, composer and cellist Dave Holland, all three of those elements have fully blossomed into one of the most acclaimed and accomplished legacies in contemporary jazz.
Holland is also the soloist in classical composer Mark Turnage's Bass Inventions (a concerto for double bass and orchestra) which premiered at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam in May 2001, and will tour with the project in February 2002.
Not For Nothin', the new release by the Dave Holland Quintet continues the special relationship with ECM that has gone on for nearly 30 years, beginning with the influential and still progressive Conference of the Birds in 1972, Dave's first as leader and featuring Rivers, Braxton and Altschul.
www.visionartsmgmt.com /DH/DH_bio.html   (927 words)

  
 Dave Holland Q in Manhattan KansasReview Spring 2002
I had the good fortune to catch Holland's quintet when the band played at Hastings College in October 2000 (a concert later reviewed in Jazz), and I was not about to miss a second opportunity to hear one of the all-time great progressive jazz outfits.
Another Holland hallmark is the leader's democratic spirit, the bassist equally sharing the composing and soloing duties with his comrades.
That was evident from the start of the Manhattan show, which kicked off with drummer Billy Kilson's "Billows of Rhythm." Kilson is simply one of the great drummers of jazz history, drawing on influences ranging from funk to hip-hop to bebop and synthesizing them in his own unique palette of rhythmic colors.
www.bermanmusicfoundation.org /dholnks   (571 words)

  
 Rock Paper Scissors - Dave Holland, Critical Mass (Sunnyside) - Press Release
Dave Holland is in constant dialogue with the jazz tradition, always attempting to take what he’s learned over his career and make it relevant today.
emphasizes with the Dave Holland Quintet is the idea of a “working band,” an ensemble that performs and records together regularly over an extended period, something that has become more challenging to do in an era of big-name soloists or all-star concerts and recordings.
Dave Holland, as a leader, encourages his musicians to contribute their own compositions for the band; each of the Quintet’s other players wrote a composition for the album.
www.rockpaperscissors.biz /index.cfm/fuseaction/current.press_release/project_id/282.cfm   (992 words)

  
 80sxchange.com - Dave Holland GUILTY!
David Holland attacked the boy between June and December 2002 while the 17-year-old was receiving music lessons from Holland at his rural home.
Holland wept in the dock as the judge returned the guilty verdicts and remanded him into custody to await a pre-sentence report.
Holland joined Judas Priest in 1979 and played with them for the next 10 years in their heyday.
www.80sxchange.com /forums/showthread.php?t=25699   (396 words)

  
 Pat Metheny Group Listener Network   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
While rumours abounded at Kilson's departure from the Dave Holland camp, what appears to be close to the truth is the simple fact that Billy was stretching himself rather thin, touring with other projects.
Nate is a powerhouse of a drummer and having seen him with both the quintet and big band, he's a great fit.
Holland's web site I was surprised to discover that Billy Kilson is no longer the drummer for his quintet.
www.patmethenygroup.com /pmg/forum/subjectView.cfm?subNum=15558   (1164 words)

  
 Dave Holland Quintet are musical mind readers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Dave Holland Quintet, who played a riveting set at the Jazz Showcase on Saturday night, is extraordinary in its ability to mesh five strikingly distinct voices into an almost telepathic unit.
In the middle of these compelling individuals stood the band’s leader, bassist Dave Holland, exuding the gravitas that comes from more than 30 years of sensational musicianship, and the warmth that comes from knowing that he is playing with perhaps the finest group of his life.
In the Dave Holland Quintet, each musician is a soloist, a contributor to the collective sound, and a musical companion of at least one other member.
maroon.uchicago.edu /voices/articles/2004/10/24/dave_holland_quintet.php   (939 words)

  
 Bill Frisell with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones
Drummer Michael Shrieve, who recorded with Frisell in the early '90s, made the suggestion for Frisell to record with Elvin Jones.
Dave Holland, who has played with both men, was brought in to pull the trio together.
Holland and Jones can play quietly but they are never laid-back, and they push Frisell to his best.
www.savetherobot.com /articles/billFrisell_DaveHollandElvinJones.html   (678 words)

  
 The Tech - Volume 122, Issue 46
On stage was Dave Holland, wearing a big smile and wiggling his hips with his bass.
Holland has explained his sound in the past: “I wanted the music to be settings for improvisers...
Holland has spoken in the past about his outlook for his genre of music: “My concept for the big band is really the celebration of the collective by a group of true individuals.” During the night, every person in the band got at least one chance to solo.
www-tech.mit.edu /V122/N46/Dave_holland_bi.46a.html   (656 words)

  
 arborweb reviews - review: Dave Holland
Throughout these years he continued to develop his ringing sound and prodigious finger technique, but although Holland took part in various cooperative groups, it was only in the 1980s that he began to concentrate on leading his own bands.
Holland is a swift and precise player with a very personal tone, strong and clear, and an uncluttered sense of melody in his soloing.
Holland's Michigan Theater show on Saturday, February 15, provides an opportunity to hear them both side by side.
www.arborweb.com /reviews/0302.daveholland-review.html   (439 words)

  
 Dave Holland: Rarum: Selected Recordings, Vol. 14 - PopMatters Music Review
Billy Kilson is a phenomenal drummer, and Holland himself shows what a big musician he is, applying his deep and low translucent bass tone to move things along.
I have to wonder how far the completeness of Dave Holland's music derives, not from his experience after Miles Davis had plucked him away from his native England, but in the a depth acquired already in England.
Holland's solo follows a resumé of the scored ensemble with an exploration within its structure.
www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/h/hollanddave-rarum14.shtml   (1198 words)

  
 Dave Holland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
In his mid-50s, bassist Dave Holland is quietly cementing a cool place in the upper echelon of contemporary jazz.
Holland has long maintained an affinity for assembling kicking bands, casting players with stature -- trumpeter Earl Gardner, saxophonists Antonio Hart (alto) and Gary Smulyan (baritone) -- in alignment with brash young lions such as trumpeter Duane Eubanks and trombonist Josh Roseman.
Dave Holland Quintet and Big Band play Saturday, February 15 at 8pm in the Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. in Ann Arbor.
www.ecurrent.com /art/dave0203.php   (340 words)

  
 Dave Holland Big Band :What Goes Around
Dave Holland at ECM Discography and brief bio of Holland at ECM records.
Dave Holland is the latest jazz great to jump into the big band arena.
Given Holland’s work for ECM and his demonstrated ability to play “out”, some may consider the big band work to be somewhat conservative, but ultimately Holland is able to walk the line between the demand for a modern sound and the traditions of the format quite admirably.
www.jazzitude.com /holland_bigband.htm   (791 words)

  
 Modern Drummer Magazine 8/19/2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
At a 1999 Birdland performance with The Dave Holland Quintet, Billy Kilson led band and audience in a rousing chorus of drum worship.
Holland, one of jazz’s most celebrated bassists and composers, has played with all the innovators, from Tony and Elvin to Jack DeJohnette and Billy Higgins.
At Birdland, Holland was the ringleader, grinning madly as Kilson smoked the supple music like a tornado blowing through a Kansas wheat field.
www.moderndrummer.com /viewfullfeatureartist.asp?alt=100001591   (959 words)

  
 The Dave Holland Big Band warms a frigid city - Silver Chips Online
This group is a few horns short of being a full big band, the trombonist's pink-buttoned shirt doesn't match the drummer's white tee, and the group plays some of the most modern and technical jazz on the scene today.
Sections drowned each other out, and dave holland, good as he was, was completely inaudible throughout 90% of the performance.
Dave's attempt to convert a quartet into a big band was a failure, and the difference between the two formats was clearly reflected.
silverchips.mbhs.edu /inside.php?sid=4721   (914 words)

  
 Overtime by Dave Holland CD
Dave Holland supports the screaming horns with his double bass.
Dave Holland is now a major event in the big band area.
With stellar players of the highest-improvisational order, Holland continues to serve up inspired and righteous jazz music with 'Overtime.' If you love fun, playful and freewheeling sonic disorder that never fails to uplift even the most morose of souls, get this latest gem from Holland and his cohorts in the language that needs no words.
www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/pid/6823587/a/Overtime.htm   (350 words)

  
 soundgenerator.com | Ex-Judas Priest Drummer Jailed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Ex-Judas Priest drummer Dave Holland has been jailed for eight years after being found guilty of attempting to rape a special needs teenager he was giving drum lessons.
Holland, 55, was convicted on one charge of attempted rape and five charges of indecent assault against the 17-year-old male over the incident, which took place at the musicians Northamptonshire home between June and December 2002.
Holland joined Judas Priest in 1979 and played in the UK hard rock outfit for the next ten years before leaving the group.
www.soundgenerator.com /news/index.cfm?articleid=3186   (428 words)

  
 Dave Holland: Individual Vision
Dave Holland has been playing it on the highest level for over 35 years, first as a bandmember with Miles Davis, Chick Corea and Stan Getz, and for the last two decades as leader of his own bands.
Holland brings his award winning Quintet, considered by many critics and aficionados to be the top working band in jazz, to the Gaines Theatre Thursday night as part of Christopher Newport University’s Ella Fitzgerald Music Festival.
Holland called me from Chicago two weeks ago, where he was doing a series of concerts with Herbie Hancock in celebration of the pianist’s 64th birthday.
www.jimnewsom.com /PFW-DaveHolland.html   (1280 words)

  
 metaluk.com music news / Former JUDAS PRIEST Drummer DAVE HOLLAND: 'I Am Bisexual'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Former JUDAS PRIEST drummer Dave Holland revealed in a British court Monday (January 19) that he was bisexual, but denied claims he attempted to rape a special needs teenager while giving drum lessons, according to a British Broadcasting Corporation report.
Holland, 55, of The Green, Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, told Northampton Crown Court that he had thought the teenager was bisexual and had told him of his own bisexual background, but denied having any sexual motives for befriending him.
Nicola Cafferkey, representing Laouitaris, alleged that Holland had arranged the visits of her client and the teenager to instigate sex between the three.
www.metaluk.com /news/displayNews.cfm?iNewsArticleID=6763   (294 words)

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