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| Dave Holland Returns to NEC  Visiting Artist-in-residence Dave Holland will return to New England Conservatory for his spring residency, February 14--16, 2006. The jazz bassist will conduct two masterclasses with NEC jazz students and coach a performance of his works. His visit is sponsored by bassist and NEC Board of Visitors member Jimmy Earl '81. The masterclasses and performance are free and open to the public. In July 1968, Miles Davis happened to listen in on a performance by jazz bassist Dave Holland Ronnie Scott's club in London. Impressed by what he saw, Davis asked Holland to move to New York and join his band. Holland spent the next two years touring with Davis, and also contributing to the classic Davis albums In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew.After his tenure with Davis, Holland left the group and, together with Chick Corea, Anthony Braxton, and Barry Altschul, formed the group Circle. Holland continued to work with many notables throughout the 1970s, including Thelonious Monk, Stan Getz, and Sam Rivers. In the 1980s, Holland was part of several jazz combos, including a quintet featuring Steve Coleman, and also took on full-time faculty duties at the Conservatory. Today, Holland continues to tour with jazz legends such as Herbie Hancock and Pat Metheny, and also performs on such Grammy-nominated albums as Joe Henderson's So Near, So Far and Jack DeJohnette's Parallel Realities Question and Answer. His latest incarnation, The Dave Holland Quintet, recorded the album Points of View for ECM in 1998. Dave Holland was named an NEC Visiting Artist-in-Residence in 2005 and regularly visits the Conservatory each fall and spring semester. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |