Dave Holland live in concert.
ON TOUR

Dave Holland

11
critic concert reviews
jazz

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

84
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Based on 
11
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Real Live Certified  

Real Live Certified badge for artists with consistent, high quality live performances and broad critical acclaim.

Critic Consensus

Dave Holland is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 5% of all live performers. Based on 11 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Dave Holland is rated as an excellent live performer, with memorable shows that are worth seeing. Dave Holland concert reviews describe live shows and performances as rhythmic, noisy, and magical.

ON TOUR

Pražská Konzervatoř, Praha, Czech Republic (November 18); TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands (April 24)

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Latest Release

Another Land (27 May 2021)

Artist Info

Genre
jazz
Origin
Wolverhampton, United Kingdom (10/1/1946)
Bio
Dave Holland (born October 1, 1946) is a British jazz bassist and composer who is a significant representative of avant-garde jazz. Born in Wolverhampton, England, Holland learned to play bass as a child, and spent three years studying the instrument at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Has Performed With
Zakir Hussain

Critic Concert Reviews

Jazzwise (UK)

December 21, 2021
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An international line-up of low-end heroes appeared in Holland for this special event honoring the many aces of bass

Jazzwise (UK)

December 3, 2019
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From this top-notch three-day Serbian festival

The Scotsman (Scotland)

July 28, 2018
80
%
Teviot Row, Edinburgh, Scotland

The Scotsman (Scotland)

July 28, 2018
100
%
Assembly Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland

The Guardian (UK)

March 6, 2018
80
%
The saxophone innovator Evan Parker and the former Miles Davis bassist and influential bandleader Dave Holland were at the Vortex jazz club in north London, to perform as part of a fundraiser for the precariously financed venue.

The Guardian (UK)

March 10, 2016
80
%
This week there were some scorching stretches during the Dave Holland Trio’s one-night stopover at the club that could make you close your eyes and wonder if Hendrix would come back to finish the job.

Exclaim (Canada)

June 26, 2015
90
%
For local lovers of contemporary jazz the grouping of Dave Holland Chris Potter Lionel Loueke and Eric Harland appealed as a potential TJF highlight.

Past critic reviews published in

Local Spins (USA), Americana Highways (USA), Live in Limbo (Canada), Twin Cities Media (USA), Radio UTD (USA) and more

Image Credit

Oliver Abels [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons