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Dave Holland was an unknown young bassist playing London clubs in 1968 when Miles Davis heard him and invited him on the spot. Within days Holland had moved to New York to join the band, and by 1970 he was on Bitches Brew — one of the most influential sessions in jazz history.

The electric bass on Bitches Brew (1970) belongs to an outsider: Harvey Brooks came out of rock session work, not jazz, and was doubled with Dave Holland on the date. The weight under Jack DeJohnette's drums is half the work of a hand hired from another world.