Dave Holland Quartet: Conference Of The Birds CD JAZZ-40 alongside those joyous upbeat numbers

alongside those joyous upbeat numbers that are filled with an organized chaos that categorizes much of the bassist's best work

THE HAMMER

for Its Revelation of the More Delicate

comprises one of the central chapters in the Great American Songbook

this 12-track record is steeped in beauty

Dave Holland Quartet: Conference Of The Birds CD JAZZ-40 alongside those joyous upbeat numbersIn the Early '70s, Bassist Dave Holland and Drummer Barry Altschul Had a Well deserved Reputation as the Most Fluently Creative Rhythm Section in Free Jazz. Two of the Groups They Worked With Regularly Were Those of Sam Rivers and Anthony Braxton. It Was Holland's Inspiration to Pair the Two in This 1972 Quartet, When Rivers and Braxton Represented Two Distinct Generations of the Avant garde, the Former Generating Explosive, Driven Tenor Lines Filled