1969 · In a Silent Way
Miles's 1969–70 studio experiments fused rock's rhythmic sensibility with jazz improvisation. Bitches Brew
Library — Double Bass
Dave Holland
3 albums as leader and 27 as sideman (1969–2023), each listed chronologically.
As Leader · 3
As Sideman · 27
Notes on these albums · 6
Jack DeJohnette1970 · Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
— So What: The Life of Miles Davis, John Szwed, 2002
Wayne Shorter1989 · Extensions
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.
1970 · Joe Farrell Quartet
Just as Bitches Brew (1970) pushed Miles Davis's electric music to its peak, his own rhythm players Chick Corea and Dave Holland walked out — turning an off-hours trio into Circle, a free, near-atonal group, rather than chasing the fusion market.
— Statement stmt-dave-holland-on-chick-corea
1971 · Live-Evil
Dave Holland and Chick Corea, who had played on Bitches Brew, walked out of Miles Davis's band at its peak. 'Dave and I could both see Miles wanted to go a different rhythmic way,' Corea said — and the way they went was not more electric fusion but the free-improv group Circle.
— Statement stmt-chick-corea-on-dave-holland
1972 · Black Is The Color
Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette first played together at a 1967 jam session in London, where Holland says it felt complete from the very first beat. Three years later both names sit in the credits of Bitches Brew (1970). The pairing was not assembled in a New York studio; it had already clicked on the other side of the Atlantic.
— Statement stmt-dave-holland-on-jack-dejohnette
