Comments on: Ask Dave #1 (Nov. ‘10)

By: Jeff Davis

Jeff Davis — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 06:46:41 +0000

Hi Dave-
I was wondering if you could please discuss your bass set up, strings and amplification.
Thank you very much, and most of all thanks for all your great music.

By: GARY BERGIN

GARY BERGIN — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 01:42:27 +0000

DAVE…HAVE YOU EVER GIVEN ANY THOUGHT TO OFFERING BRIEF LESSONS…OR MUSICAL QUIPS ON LOJAC….SOMETHING FOR WE MORTALS TO PLAY ON…?

By: jon peacock

jon peacock — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:46:05 +0000

Hi Dave; have been enjoying your music since your 2005 workshops with students at the Birmingham Conservatoire – as part of the the Conservatoire Jazz Orchestra I enjoyed playing ‘Upswing’ and ‘Razors Edge’. I am inspired by the musicianship of and communication between your players as well as your intriguing and beautiful compositions and try to communicate some of this, as well as a sense of fun and exploration in my Big Band rehearsals here at S.Peter’s School in Wolverhampton. Very interested to see that you are about to do some more work in Birmingham and I look forward to being able to hear you play again real soon. Thank you for your wonderful music.

By: Scott Price

Scott Price — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:41:47 +0000

First I would like to thank you for sharing such beautiful music over the years. My question is: What are the attributes you look for in musicians to play with? Is there any common factor among the musicians you play with?

By: Jon Blanchette

Jon Blanchette — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:16:28 +0000

I’d love to hear a reunion with you and Kevin Eubanks (Extensions remains one of my favorite recordings of all time). Do you think this will ever happen?

Thanks for making great music.
Jon B.

By: Tom Jackson

Tom Jackson — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:48:23 +0000

I discovered your music in 2001 when I read a review of Not for Nothing in Downbeat and asked my wife to give me the CD for Christmas. Since then, I have downloaded most of your work that is available on Emusic.com. With the announced expansion of Emusic’s offerings, do you expect more of your albums to become available for purchase at that Web site, such as your Dave Holland Quartet catalog?

By: JOSEPH A BANKS

JOSEPH A BANKS — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:59:23 +0000

DAVE: I WAS IN THE AUDIENCE AT STUDIO RIVBEA THE DAY AFTER YOUR “CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS”RECORDING OF NOV. 30TH. 1972.BESIDES THAT GIG AT SAM’S PLACE DID YOU FOUR GUYS PLAY TOGETHER AS A UNIT AGAIN.SOMEONE SAID THAT THE GIG AND SESSION WAS A ONE SHOT DEAL FOR THE QUARTET. PLEASE CLARIFY. THANK YOU.SAW YOUR FIRST EVER NYC GIG WITH MILES IN AUG. OF 1968!!

By: António Silva

António Silva — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:36:09 +0000

Hello Dave, I’m a big fan of your music, especially de Dave Holland Quintet. For me, you guys are the most importante jazz group in terms of working with rhythm.
Do you have a especial way of studying and working with all does diferent rhythms you use in your compositions and improvisation?
This is probably dificult to answer by writing… anyway, nice playing, hope you never stop playing.

By: Billbass

Billbass — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 04:07:56 +0000

Hi Dave,
I love the new live Octet and Quintet recordings
you released this year. I saw the Quintet at Yoshis
in June. The band played two outstanding shows.
Any chance you will release the shows at Yoshis ?
The studio recording are great but at your live show’s
the band goes no man has gone before.

By: Tom McCarthy

Tom McCarthy — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:19:53 +0000

As a player who occasionally is asked to play in unfamiliar odd meters, I’m often boggled by the deftness of your ensemble, where players are doing inspired soloing in all kinds of time signatures, even implying contrary meters or tempos, without the slightest discernible encumbrance. I’ve always wanted to ask, are you guys mentally counting the music? Or do you just feel it? Or both? (Or neither?!)