The All-Star Overtone Quartet

Tuesday February 21, 2012

From Jazz Police

Dave Holland’s Overtone Quartet in San Francisco, Fenruary 24th
By: Ronaldo Oregano

SFJAZZ presents Dave Holland’s Overtone Quartet featuring Dave Holland on bass, Chris Potter on saxophones, Jason Moran on piano, and Eric Harland on drums on Friday, February 24th at Palace of Fine Arts Theatre in San Francisco. Ever since Miles Davis brought Dave Holland to America to propel the historic ensemble captured on 1970’s Bitches Brew album, the bassist has been at the center of the action as a game-changing collaborator and consistently inspired bandleader. His latest project, the all-star Overtone Quartet, features three of the most prodigious and celebrated jazz improvisers. Chris Potter, easily the most influential saxophonist of his generation, has recorded a series of revelatory albums both as a leader and as a member of various Holland ensembles. Well known for his work with Charles Lloyd, the SFJAZZ Collective, James Farm and many others, Eric Harland is a drummer of exceptional taste and energy. And pianist Jason Moran, one of the youngest jazz musicians ever awarded a MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Fellowship, is a conceptual powerhouse who borrows from blues, hip hop, free jazz and rock.

Amid endless choices, the sound of a Dave Holland bass line compels attention. A master of tone and rhythm, the bassist, composer, and bandleader is now in his fifth decade as a performer and his music possesses a rich and kaleidoscopic history. His path has led him from the frontiers of free improvisation to his modern ensembles that fully embody the Sam Rivers-instilled philosophy of “playing all of it.” The Wolverhampton, England, native got his big break from Miles Davis, with whom he played during the trumpet legend’s epochal Bitches Brew period. Solo, and in collaboration, Holland became a dominant voice in the 1970s – partnering with Rivers, and working with folk and rock musicians such as Bonnie Raitt and John Hartford, and even had a passing encounter with Jimi Hendrix. He formed his first working quintet in 1983, and released Jumpin’ In, and continued to develop other varied and fruitful relationships with artists such asAnthony Braxton, Stan Getz, Cassandra Wilson, Jack DeJohnette, Chick Corea, Joe Henderson, Thelonious Monk, Betty Carter, Pat Metheny, Kenny Wheeler, Bill Frisell, Roy Haynes and Herbie Hancock over the course of his career.

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