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The Inner Bass Player

Published in The Woodstock Times, July 27, 2006

The Inner Bass PlayerThe first the American public heard of Dave Holland was when Miles Davis hired him at the age of 21 to play in his famous Quintet. “How about that Dave?” Miles said happily to jazz writer Leonard Feather shortly thereafter. “Ain’t he a bitch?” That was in 1968, nearly 40 years ago, and Holland has stayed aloft in the jazz stratosphere ever since. Local residents can hear why for themselves Saturday, July 29 when he plays a solo concert at 8 p.m. at Maverick Concert Hall.

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