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| ARTIST: | Dave Holland |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Ecm Records |
| FEATURES: | Original recording remastered |
| TYPE: | Jazz, Pop |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | How's Never, You I Love, Inception, Balance, Equality, Nemesis, Shifting Sands, Four Winds, Prime Directive, Homecoming, Conference of the Birds |
| UPC: | 044001420627 |
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Customer Reviews of Rarum X (Dig)
Great Sampler of a Brilliant Artist I was going to make a sampler to introduce a friend of mine to the music of Dave Holland, among the premiere jazz group leaders today, but this terrific compilation has made this totally unnecessary -- I will recommend this CD instead.
Rarum X gives a compact cross section of Holland's innovative ECM career as a leader/composer, capturing many of the most memorable tunes. It's got ostinato groove tunes (How's Never, Nemesis), songs built around some of the most complex and satisfying quintet interplay in modern jazz (Prime Directive, Homecoming, You I Love), early Holland gem compositions (Four Winds, Conference of the Birds). There's even a Holland cello solo (Inception) from his Life Cycle recording.
For a compilation this is very well selected and sequenced. Holland personally selected the recording, and I think he intentionally put his best recognized compositions at the end, giving it incredible staying power in your CD player.
Highly, highly recommended.
Prime Directives
Don't believe the party line that jazz died or "went away for a while" in the 70s. Holland's Conference of the Birds (1972) is but one example that jazz was alive and well and moving forward. Since then the bassist has worked with a number of great ensembles, particularly his latest quintet which is treading some rewarding original ground. This ECM collection samples Holland's output from 1972-2000, and in a little over an hour the listener is reminded of how fantastic Holland's playing and writing is. Forward-looking, but swinging in the classic sense as well. I can't argue with the selections here (made by Dave himself), as the program does a good job of taking the listener on a captivating journey thru Dave's work as a leader. My only complaint is that the recording is mixed/mastered way too quietly - you have to crank the volume to experience the visceral impact of some of these tracks. I understand the concern with dynamic range - which DH's music has a lot of - but it's a shame that some of the tracks here (4 Winds, Homecoming) sound almost meek in comparison to other ECM recordings. So much for the remastering I was looking forward to. But regardless, this is an outstanding anthology of very creative modern jazz.