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"Easy Did It" from Critical Mass (Dare 2 Records)
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Dave Holland, Critical Mass

**** (Dare2Records/Universal)



British-born bass star Dave Holland (the man Miles Davis famously brought to New York in 1968) has just turned 60, and he's planning to celebrate later this month at the London Jazz Festival, with the help of the same quintet who appear on this album. The themes follow Holland's intricate, contrapuntal, rhythm-juggling style, with killer improvisers such as saxophonist Chris Potter, vibraphonist Steve Nelson and trombonist Robin Eubanks getting plenty of multi-chorus solos - which may appeal more to the jazz-focused punters than to the casual listeners.

-John Fordham

 11/03/06
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