AVAILABLE NOW:
DAVE HOLLAND - PRISM
New Prism Quartet Features:
Kevin Eubanks, Craig Taborn & Eric Harland
Project Marks 40 Years Since Holland's
Debut Recording as a Leader
Tour Kicks Off September 21 at Monterey Jazz Festival
"Fluid, lyrical and inventive, no wonder he got his first big
break from Miles Davis." - Li Robbins, CBC Music
In the 40 years since Dave Holland's recording debut as a leader, with his landmark album, Conference of the Birds,
the bassist, composer, and bandleader has produced a remarkable series
of recordings and groups documenting his eclectic musical journey. On Prism, his latest album available now on Dare2 Records (Holland's imprint, with distribution from Redeye), he introduces his latest working band (of the same name) to the world: an all-star quartet comprised of Kevin Eubanks on guitar, Craig Taborn on piano and Fender Rhodes and Eric Harland on drums. With each band member contributing distinctive compositions, Prism
sets forth a new musical direction for Holland - a horn-less quartet
with an explosive and visceral edge, while maintaining an organic
approach overall.
Debuting at the 2012 TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival last June, Prism
brings together four musicians who are each forging their own musical
path and together have created a unique and contemporary musical
statement on this recording. Holland's groups have always reflected a
collaborative spirit with the goal of creating a musical context that
allows the musicians to express their creative individuality, a concept
that is an underlying theme to the group's namesake and eclectic sound.
"I liked the image of a prism dividing light into spectrum of colors,"
says Holland. "A visual symbol of the one becoming many. The music being
a unification of diverse parts."
The resulting factor of these combined efforts on Prism, Holland's first album in nearly three years, is an electrifying outing that is equally groove-oriented as it is avant-garde. Jazzwise
Magazine has already described the new project as Holland's "...most
visceral recording for many years, recalling the uncompromising
onslaught of his work with Miles [Davis] in 1970, and his own Extensions
band in the late 1980s." Holland attributes a portion of this new
musical direction to the instrumentation. "The sound of this group is
different from other projects I've done previously," reflects Holland.
"Most groups have featured horn players and I've rarely worked with
keyboards in the band. But I wanted a different sound for this group and
started thinking about a quartet with guitar, piano doubling on Fender
Rhodes, bass and drums. That certainly has opened up some different
musical directions."
In conceiving the band's personnel, Holland first looked to reunite with one of his oldest collaborators: guitarist Kevin Eubanks.
The two began working together on various projects in the late 1980s,
and Eubanks soon after led The Tonight Show Band from 1995-2010. "It's
usual for me that the inspiration for putting a group together begins
with the musicians that I want to play with. I'd felt a strong musical
connection with Kevin when we'd played together previously and the time
was right for us to get back together again." Craig Taborn and Eric Harland joined the group shortly thereafter, having both worked with Holland in different contexts over the past few years, and Prism was formed.
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Upcoming U.S. Prism Appearances:
September 21 / Monterey Jazz Festival / Monterey, CA
September 28-29 / The Dakota / Minneapolis, MN
October 1 / Evanston Space / Evanston, IL
October 4 / MIM Music Theatre / Phoenix, IL
October 5 / Royce Hall, UCLA / Los Angeles, CA
October 6 / SFJazz Center / San Francisco, CA
October 8-9 / Jazz Alley / Seattle, WA
November 26-30 / Birdland / New York, NY
Upcoming International Prism Appearances:
October 16 / Basel, Switzerland
October 17 / Clermont-Ferrand, France
October 19 / Hradel Kralove, Czech Republic
October 20 / Vienna, Austria
October 21 / Skopje, Macedonia
October 23 / Toulouse, France
October 24 / Frankfurt, Germany
October 25 / Umea, Sweden
October 27 / Oslo, Norway
October 29 / Gorzow, Poland
October 30-31 / Amsterdam, The Netherlands
November 1 / Lausanne, Switzerland
November 3-4 / London, UK
November 5 / Elancourt, France
November 6 / Ales le Cratere, France
November 7 / Brescia, Italy
November 8 / Starsbourg / France
November 9 / Nevers, France
Dave Holland's Prism· Prism
Dare2 Records · Release Date: September 3, 2013
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