David Holland Quartet: Conference of the Birds | ECM 4599511

David Holland Quartet: Conference of the Birds

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Label: ECM

Cat No: 4599511

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Jazz

Release Date: 5th August 2022

Contents

Artists

David Holland (double bass)
Sam Rivers (reeds, flute)
Anthony Braxton (reeds, flute)
Barry Altschul (percussion, marimba)

Artists

David Holland (double bass)
Sam Rivers (reeds, flute)
Anthony Braxton (reeds, flute)
Barry Altschul (percussion, marimba)

About

2022 reissue of a classic 1973 album by the David Holland Quartet. It had been preceded by ECM duo albums with Barre Phillips and with Derek Bailey as well as the cooperative band Circle's great Paris Concert, but Conference of the Birds, recorded in 1972, was Dave Holland's first album as a full-fledged leader. An album of driving, progressive jazz, it is also of historical significance as the only occasion when Sam Rivers and Anthony Braxton, two of music's most strikingly original saxophonists, recorded together.

Inside Dave's compositions they could meet - if briefly - and share ideas. This summit meeting received rave reviews from the press. "If you've found the new music lacking in swing, cohesion and variety, get to this album," insisted Down Beat in a five-star review. "It's Holland's date but each man contributes equally. The six Holland tunes offer great improvisational frameworks, and his bass playing, both arco and pizzicato, couldn't be better... Don't miss this one."

Tracks:
1. Four Winds
2. Q & A
3. Conference of the Birds
4. Interception
5. Now Here (Nowhere)
6. See-Saw

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