David Holland Quartet - Conference of the Birds

Cat. no: 4599511
Format: CD
Barcode: 602445995110
Release Date: 05 Aug 2022
Genre: Jazz

2022 reissue of a classic 1973 album by 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 frst album as a full- fedged leader. An album of driving, progressive jazz it is also of historical signifcance as the only occasion when Sam Rivers and Anthony Braxton, two of the music's most strikingly original saxophonists, recorded together.

Inside Dave's compositions they could meet - if briefy - 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 fve 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."

Dave Holland: bass
Sam Rivers: reeds, fute
Anthony Braxton: reeds, fute
Barry Altschul: percussion, marimba

Tracks: Four Winds / Q & A / Conference Of The Birds / Interception / Now Here (Nowhere) / See-Saw

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