Jazz Mohican Dave Holland can impress in many ways - in a solo double bass recital, as the engine of a jazz combo, and with the refined arrangements of his author's big band. For his Brno premiere, he chose a trio with popular long-time teammates Eric Harland and Kevin Eubanks.
Miles Davis brought him from Great Britain in the middle of an engagement at the famous club Ronnie Scott's, where in the late sixties Dave Holland sharpened his jazz spurs as a "house bassist" to soon become a part of jazz history for the first time. He recorded three immortal classics with Davis, Filles de Kilimanjaro, In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew. Since then, he has entered the history of the genre many more times, either as a bandmate or as a bandleader. Holland discovered very early that, in addition to the ability to work in the service of musical visionaries of the caliber of Davis, Henderson, Hancock, Corey, Brecker, Metheny or Braxton, he also has a gift as a bandleader. Already in 1972, he recorded his Quartet for ECM, which appeared in many personnel changes throughout Holland's career. He was also able to metamorphose, for example, in a five-piece or even a whole big band, always with an enviable staffing. The most current version of Holland's home band takes the form of a jazz triangle, with guitarist Kevin Eubanks and drummer Eric Harland occupying the peaks alongside the leader himself.
