Dave Holland Quartet 2009-05-09 Liège, Belgium Dave Holland : Bass Nate Smith : Drums Steve Nelson : Vibraphone, marimba, percussion Chris Potter : Tenor Sax How's Never Tripple Dance Veil Of Tears Shadow Dance
yeaaa u can hear and feel whats he just tryiing to express with his progretion, it has too mani tensions , can u hear ? its like inner figth and those thensions keep raising during his solo , more and more dark
WOW...what a great concert, especially Veil of Tears! This is a return to the quality I heard on the Dream of the Elders tour w/ Eric Persson on alto & soprano sax and Gene Jackson on drums. Chris Potter has certainly matured into a superb talent, and Nate Smith is now one of my new favorite drummers! Masters of their Craft.
You gotta love Holland's tone ! I appreciate that Mr. Holland hasn't gone for that all wood thumpy no sustain tone that some young purists seem to be after .
This is wonderful. A great concert. I had the privilege of meeting Dave Holland when he did a master class at the Univ. of Maryland a few years back. A true artist, gentleman, and down to earth guy -- and the show was incredible.
I bet that Holland is on hundreds of recordings with a who’s who of great musicians. He is always interesting in his solos and lays a great foundation for others to build on.
What a great journey for this musician who does not hesitate to approach all areas of musical creation! A world of notes, sounds, colors, poetry, cultures and encounters 🤠
13:11 this level of creativity is unreachable... He can play in a completly non tonal way starting from a semi tone tone like scale and just make sens with absolutly everything who came across his head and fingers. No matter what he play, either phrasing, or melodic system, or harmonic path or all of them together will just carry a very fluid expression and idea. When you slow it down and observ, it's like a maze full of changing forms, but so fast and massiv and absolutly mindfull. And of course all of that improvised, no intellectual crafting in real time because it would be already too late. How.
Around 06', I found myself standing next to Dave at his gig at The Jazz Bakery in LA. I asked him if Stan Getz's quartet w/ Gary Burton on vibes ( 60's) inspired his use of vibes instead of piano or guitar. He just smiled & said his inspiration was Steve Nelson's playing; nothing more than that. I felt silly for asking such a question.
I hope we, as humans, have the fore-thought to pre-arrange parking for Chris Potter's spaceship, when his people return to collect him.... AND are understanding when we collectively beg to keep him.
***** ive beeen jamming to this tune forever i love it. It gets natural after a while, but i hear it now and im like confused how i heard the extra 16th.. potter is a beast in general.. ive seen this song live. My favourite band is meshuggah so polymetrics are my love :D
