Dave Holland is among the most important innovators of the double bass and the best composing bass player since Charles Mingus. In the late 1960s he unleashed a revolution with Miles Davis on albums like Bitches’ Brew and In A Silent Way. Like no other group of its time his own quintet manages to create a new style from traditional jazz and contemporary music components. ‘When the Dave Holland Quintet puts it all together there isn’t a band alive that can touch them’ (Downbeat). ‘Bandleaders everywhere scratch their heads over the mystifying knack of Dave Holland bands for sounding as collectively inventive as an early New Orleans outfit, as melodically subtle and restrainedly sophisticated as chamber music, free of cliché yet bluesy, familiar, and utterly contemporary—all at the same time’ (The Guardian). BIMHUIS card holders (cards purchased from August 2008 onwards) are required to pay an € 8 surcharge.

Dave Holland-bass, Chris Potter-tenor sax, Robin Eubanks-trombone, Steve Nelson-vibraphone, Nate Smith-drums