Along with the launch of the site, I am also launching my new Archive Series.  Volume. 1 is a collection of live quintet performances from our world tour in 2007.  To celebrate, we’re offering a 320 KBPS MP3 download of the record for $1 for 1 week  (ending 2/15).  The album is 1 hour long so with all the 1’s – $1 seemed fitting.  You can stream it for free too and share it with friends.  So if you like it, please considering buying a copy!

Beyond that is a good deal to explore.  We have begun the process of building a comprehensive discography.  Most entries have audio clips – about 2 or so hours worth of music in total.     Almost all of my compositions are available for download as PDFs — lead sheets, quintet scores, and big band scores w/ transposed parts, so far. Sextet and Octet music is on the way too.   There are also selected solo transcriptions.

Given that the site is new, there are bound to be things which need to be tweaked, fixed or filled in.  If you see anything that we need to correct or perhaps could be made better, please don’t hesitate to let my team know – email us at davehollandjazz@gmail.com

Finally, I would like to thank Greg Ipp at We Are Familiar and Garrett Shelton at Shelton Media Works for their hard work in building the site, and to my manager, Louise Holland, for her continued guidance. As always, thanks to my wife, Clare, who has always been such an important partner and adviser in my musical journey.

Enjoy!

Dave

I also wanted a project that would include at it’s core my regular working quintet (Robin Eubanks, Steve Nelson, Chris Potter, and Nate Smith) and build the music around what we had already developed as a small group.  The additional horns gave me some different compositional options but equally important, the personal sound, style and creative approaches of Antonio Hart (alto), Gary Smulyan (baritone) and Alex Sipiagin (trumpet) add a great deal to the creative mix.

For those that have followed my recording career, know that I often revisit compositions I have recorded at different stages in my career.    Over the years, one of the things that has changed is my approach to playing them. Writing the song is just a starting point and after that the improvisor develops different ways of interpreting it. There are some compositions that seem to remain relevant and that continue to evolve. On Pathways, I chose two older pieces, “Shadow Dance” and “How’s Never?” The former was on Jumpin In’, my debut recording with my first working band over 25 years ago. The latter I first played with the Gateway trio with Jack DeJohnette and  John Abercrombie.

The album was recorded at Birdland, where I recorded with my quintet for the album Extended Play.  Niklaus Troxler contributed the cover artwork as he has on my previous three releases on Dare2 Records.  You’ll be able to pre-order the album from my website here shortly.  It will be available in a standard CD edition, an edition limited to 1000 copies, and as a download (MP3, Apple Lossless, or FLAC).  If you pre-order a physical copy, you’ll get an immediate download of the album.  Stay tuned for more information coming shortly.