Baixista i compositor
Naixement:
1 de octubre de 1946, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Anglaterra.
En 1966 comença a
tocar amb John Surman, John Mclaughlin, Evan Parker, Kenny Wheeler, John Taylor,
Chris MacGregor i altres músics de Londres que van començar a influenciar-ho
per les innovacions del jazz contemporani.
Al juliol de 1968,
Miles Davis el convida a unir-se a la seva banda per fer unes gires per New
York. Intervé llavors en dos discos claus de el període elèctric de Miles.
A la fi dels 70 's
Holland abandona el grup de Miles Davis per formar una banda pròpia anomenada
"Circle", al costat de Chick Corea, Anthony Braxton, i Barry Alschul.
La banda dura
només un any i en 1972 s'uneix al grup de Stan Getz. A finalitats del 72, Dave
Holland grava el seu primer àlbum com a líder d'una banda per al segell ECM.
En 1975 forma part
de la creació del grup "Gateway", un trio amb John Abercrombie i Jack
DeJohnette, vells integrants de la banda de Miles Davis.
A partir de 1982
es concentra en formar la seva primera banda. La integració original va ser un
quintet amb Kenny Wheeler, Julián Priester, Steve Coleman, i Steve Ellington.
Fins a 1987 el
quintet va gravar tres àlbums i van realitzar extenses gires.
En 1988 forma un
quartet amb Steve Coleman, Kevin Eubanks i Marvin "Smitty" Smith i el
1989 el grup grava el disc "Extensions", on aconsegueix ser l'àlbum
mes votat de l'any pels lectors de la revista "Down Beat" i que li suposa
el reconeixement internacional de la seva música.
Als 90, Dave forma
part d'un tour mundial amb Jack DeJohnette i la seva banda "Parallel
Realities", integrada per Herbie Hancock i Pat Metheny entre d'altres.
Enregistraments com lider
1970 - ONES ALL
1970 - ARCHIVE SERIES VOL. 1: DHQ '07
1972 - CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS
1977- EMERALD TEARS
1982 - LIFE CYCLE
1983 - JUMPIN' IN
1984 - SEEDS OF TIME
1987 - THE RAZOR'S EDGE
1988 – TRIPLICATE
1989 – EXTENSIONS
1995 - DREAM OF THE ELDERS
1997 - POINTS OF VIEW
1998 - PRIME DIRECTIVE
2000 -NOT FOR NOTHIN'
2002 - WHAT GOES AROUND
2003 - EXTENDED PLAY: LIVE AT BIRDLAND
2005 – OVERTIME
2006 - CRITICAL MASS
2008 - PASS IT ON
2010 – PATHWAYS
2013 - PRISM
Enregistraments com co-lider
1970 - THE ART OF CONVERSATION (KENNY BARRON & DAVE HOLLAND)
1971 - IMPROVISATION FOR CELLO AND GUITAR (DAVE HOLLAND & DEREK
BAILEY)
1971 - MUSIC FROM TWO BASSES (DAVE HOLLAND & BARRE PHILIPS)
1976 - VOL. 1 (DAVE HOLLAND & SAM RIVERS)
1976 - VOL. 2 (DAVE HOLLAND & SAM RIVERS)
1995 - HOMECOMING (GATEWAY)
1996 - IN THE MOMENT (GATEWAY)
1998 - LIKE MINDS (BURTON/COREA/METHENY/HAYNES/HOLLAND)
2003 - OH! (SCOLOHOFO)
2010 – HANDS (DAVE HOLLAND & PEPE HABICHUELA)
2016 – AZIZA (DAVE HOLLAND, CHRIS POTTER, LIONEL LOUEKE, ERIC HARLAND)
2018 - UNCHARTED TERRITORIES (DAVE HOLLAND, EVAN PARKER, CRAIG TABORN,
CHES SMITH)
2019 - GOOD HOPE (CROSSCURRENTS: DAVE HOLLAND, ZAKIR HUSSAIN &
CHRIS POTTER)
2020 - WITHOUT DECEPTION (KENNY BARRON / DAVE HOLLAND TRIO FEATURING
JONATHAN BLAKE)
Enregistraments com acompanyant
1968 - WINDMILL TILTER (KENNY WHEELER)
1968 - FILLES DE KILIMANJARO (MILES DAVIS)
1968 – KARYOBIN (SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ENSEMBLE)
1968 - SELF-TITLED (JOHN SURMAN)
1969 – SUNDANCE (CHICK COREA)
1969 - TO HEAR IS TO SEE (ERIC KLOSS)
1969 – IS (CHICK COREA)
1969 - IN A SILENT WAY (MILES DAVIS)
1969 - ERIC KLOSS & THE RHYTHM SECTION (ERIC KLOSS & THE
RHYTHM SECTION)
1969 - PARAPHERNALIA (MILES DAVIS)
1969 - DOUBLE IMAGE (MILES DAVIS)
1970 – CONSCIOUSNESS (ERIC KLOSS)
1970 - LIVE EVIL (MILES DAVIS)
1970 - BITCHES BREW (MILES DAVIS)
1971 - LIVE IN GERMANY (CIRCLE)
1970 - TUNE IN (KARL BERGER)
1970 - JOE FARRELL QUARTET (JOE FARRELL QUARTET)
1970 - MOTO GROSSO FEIO (WAYNE SHORTER)
1970 – CIRCULUS (CIRCLE)
1971 - A.R.C. (CHICK COREA, DAVE HOLLAND, AND BARRY ATSCHUL)
1971 - SONG OF SINGING (CHICK COREA)
1971 - PARIS CONCERT (CIRCLE)
1971 - CHILD OF GEMINI (SIR ROLAND HANNA)
1971 - THE COMPLETE BRAXTON (ANTHONY BRAXTON)
1971 – GATHERING (CIRCLE)
1972 - MORNING BUGLE (JOHN HARTFORD)
1972 - TOWN HALL '72 (ANTHONY BRAXTON)
1972 - IN PURSUIT OF BLACKNESS/BLACK IS THE COLOR (JOE HENDERSON)
1972 - ONE TWO FREE (ERIC KLOSS)
1972 - GIVE IT UP (BONNIE RAITT)
1973 – MULTIPLE (JOE HENDERSON)
1973 - INNER JOURNEY (HAL GALPER)
1973 - TIME AND SPACE (JACK DEJOHNETTE)
1973 - PAUL BLEY & SCORPIO (PAUL BLEY & SCORPIO)
1973 - TROPIC APPETITES (CARLA BLEY)
1973 - SO WHAT DO YOU THINK (SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ENSEMBLE)
1974 – SORCERY (JACK DEJOHNETTE)
1974 - WITH TUT TAYLOR, SAM BUSH, BUTCH ROBBINS, VASSAR CLEMENS &
DAVE HOLLAND (NORMAN BLAKE)
1974 - QUARTET LIVE AT MOERS NEW JAZZ FESTIVAL (ANTHONY BRAXTON)
1974 - BIG FUN (MILES DAVIS)
1974 - TRIO AND DUET (ANTHONY BRAXTON)
1974 – SATORI (LEE KONTIZ)
1974 - NEW YORK, FALL 1974 (ANTHONY BRAXTON)
1974 - MARIA MULDAUR (MARIA MULDAUR)
1975 – SIZZLE (SAM RIVERS)
1975 - CLOUD DANCE (COLIN WALCOTT)
1975 - CIRCLING IN (CHICK COREA)
1975 - FOR PLAYERS ONLY (LEROY JENKINS W. J. C. O. A.)
1975 - GNU HIGH (KENNY WHEELER)
1975 - THE MONTREUX/BERLIN CONCERTS (ANTHONY BRAXTON)
1975 - FIVE PIECES (ANTHONY BRAXTON)
1975 – GATEWAY (JOHN ABERCROMBIE WITH DAVE HOLLAND AND JACK
DEJOHNETTE)
1975 - ALL KINDS OF TIME (KARL BERGER)
1976 - THE QUEST (SAM RIVERS)
1977 - WATER BABIES (MILES DAVIS)
1977 - FIRST VISIT (DAVE LEIBMAN)
1977 - YOU CAN'T NAME YOUR OWN TUNE (BARRY ALTSCHUL)
1977 - GATEWAY 2 (JOHN ABERCROMBIE)
1977 – PARAGON (SAM RIVERS)
1977 - BLACK BEAUTY: MILES DAVIS LIVE AT THE FILLMORE WEST (MILES
DAVIS)
1977 - BARITONE MADNESS (NICK BRIGNOLA)
1978 – WAVES (SAM RIVERS)
1978 - ANOTHER TIME/ANOTHER PLACE (BARRY ALTSCHUL)
1978 – ENCHANCE (BILLY HART)
1979 - CIRCLE IN THE ROUND (MILES DAVIS)
1979 - SOUND SUGGESTIONS (GEORGE ADAMS)
1980 – DIRECTIONS (MILES DAVIS)
1980 – CONTRASTS (SAM RIVERS)
1980 – FABLES (COMPANY)
1982 - BIG JIM'S TANGO (BENNIE WALLIS)
1982 - SHADOWS AND REFLECTIONS (BAIKIDA CARROLL)
1983 - DOUBLE DOUBLE YOU (KENNY WHEELER)
1984 - A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP (DON THOMPSON QUARTET)
1985 – SCRATCH (KENNY BARRON)
1985 – TRIBUTES (CRAIG HARRIS)
1985 – TENTETS (FRANCO AMBROSETTI)
1986 - COLORS IN THIRTY-THIRD (MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS)
1986 - BURA BURA (MASAHIKO TOGASHI)
1986 – TRANSIT (KARL BERGER)
1987 - FLUTTER BY, BUTTERFLY (KENNY WHEELER QUINTET)
1987 - NAUGHTY BABY (ADAM MAKOWICZ)
1987 – OLEO (GEORGE YOUNG)
1988 - MORNING BUGLE (VASSAR CLEMENTS, JOHN HARTFORD, DAVE HOLLAND)
1988 - THINK BEFORE YOU THINK (BILL STEWART)
1988 - THE LEGEND OF TSUMI (LASZLO GARDONY)
1988 - TRIO PLUS ONE (DAVE LEIBMAN)
1988 - ZURICH CONCERTS (BARRY GUY AND THE LONDON JAZZ COMPOSER'S
ORCHESTRA W. BRAXTON)
1988 – ENCOUNTERS (MARC ISAACS)
1989 - ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL (NICK BRIGNOLA)
1989 - THE ORACLE (HANK JONES WITH DAVE HOLLAND AND BILLY HIGGINS)
1989 - LAZY AFTERNOON (HANK JONES)
1989 - AVENUE U (PETER O'MARA)
1989 – INCOGNITO (TONY REEDUS)
1989 - QUESTION AND ANSWER (PAT METHENY WITH DAVE HOLLAND AND ROY
HAYNES)
1990 - WHILE THE GATE IS OPEN (GARY THOMAS)
1990 - MUSIC FOR LARGE AND SMALL ENSEMBLES (KENNY WHEELER)
1990 - DESERT LADY (LEW TABACKIN)
1990 - THE WIDOW IN THE WINDOW (KENNY WHEELER)
1990 – KARMA (ROBIN EUBANKS)
1990 - RHYTHM PEOPLE (THE RESURRECTION OF CREATIVE BLACK CIVILIZATION)
(STEVE COLEMAN)
1990 - WEAVER OF DREAMS (DON GROLNICK)
1991 - CRYSTAL FIRE (KARL BERGER/DAVE HOLLAND/ED BLACKWELL)
1991 - BLACK SCIENCE (STEVE COLEMAN & THE FIVE ELEMENTS)
1991 - FOR EVANS SAKE (GORDON BECK)
1991 - TO KNOW ONE (JOEY CALDERAZZO)
1991 - IT'S TIME (NICK BRIGNOLA)
1991 - TURNING POINT (KEVIN EUBANKS)
1992 - RHYTHM IN MIND (THE CARNEGIE PROJECT) (STEVE COLEMAN)
1992 – ANADOLOU (AYDIN ESEN)
1992 - BASS IS (PETER WARREN)
1992 - NATURAL AFFINITIES (JEANNE LEE)
1992 - FROM THE SOUL (JOE LOVANO)
1992 – NIGHTTOWN (DON GROLNICK)
1993 - SO NEAR, SO FAR (MUSINGS FOR MILES) (JOE HENDERSON)
1993 - SPIRIT TALK (KEVIN EUBANKS)
1994 – CONVERSATIONS (KARL BERGER)
1994 - PHASE SPACE (STEVE COLEMAN & DAVE HOLLAND)
1994 – MARVELLOUS (MICHEL PETRUCCIANI)
1994 - SPIRIT TALK 2 (KEVIN EUBANKS)
1994 - MENTAL IMAGES (ROBIN EUBANKS)
1994 – MILAGRO (ALAN PASQUA)
1994 - FEED THE FIRE (BETTY CARTER)
1994 - TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY (TIGER OKOSHI)
1995 - THE RED AND ORANGE POEMS (GARY BARTZ)
1995 - THE REAL QUIETSTORM (JAMES CARTER)
1995 - WORLD TRIO (MINO CINELU/KEVIN EUBANKS/DAVE HOLLAND)
1995 – DEDICATIONS (ALAN PASQUA)
1995 – OSHUMARE (BILLY HART)
1996 - TALES FROM THE HUDSON (MICHAEL BRECKER)
1996 - ANGEL SONG (KENNY WHEELER, LEE KONITZ, DAVE HOLLAND & BILL
FRISELL)
1996 - THE NEW STANDARD (HERBIE HANCOCK)
1996 – TRUST (RICHIE BEIRACH TRIO)
1996 - NEW YORK RENDEZ-VOUS (DIDIER LOCKWOOOD)
1996 - MORE TALES TO TELL (ERIC PERSON)
1996 - THE CHILD WITHIN (BILLY CHILDS)
1996 - EARLY DAYS (CHICK COREA)
1997 – UNSPOKEN (CHRIS POTTER)
1997 - PORGY AND BESS (JOE HENDERSON)
1998 - A DELICATE BALANCE (KENNY WERNER)
1998 - TRIO FASCINATION (JOE LOVANO)
1998 – THIMAR (ANOUAR BRAHEM, JOHN SURMAN, DAVE HOLLAND)
1999 - VOICE IN THE NIGHT (CHARLES LLOYD)
1999 - TRAVELING MILES (CASSANDRA WILSON)
2000 – BALLADYNA (TOMASZ STANKO)
2000 - MY FOOLISH HEART: LIVE AT THE LEFT BANK (STAN GETZ)
2000 - WHILE UR SLEEPIN' (BILLY KILSON)
2001 - LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST, MARCH 7, 1970 (MILES DAVIS)
2001 - BIRDS OF A FEATHER: A TRIBUTE TO CHARLIE PARKER (ROY HAYNES)
2001 - WITH DAVE HOLLAND AND ELVIN JONES (BILL FRISELL)
2002 - RHYTHM OF LIFE (CLAUDIA ACUNA)
2003 - THE COMPLETE JACK JOHNSON SESSIONS (MILES DAVIS)
2004 - THE LIFE OF A SONG (GERI ALLEN)
2005 - WHAT NOW? (KENNY WHEELER)
2007 - RIVER: THE JONI LETTERS (HERBIE HANCOCK)
2009 - LIVE AT THE 2007 MONTEREY FESTIVAL (THE MONTEREY QUARTET)