Release Date: 05 August 2022
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 602445995110
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Description
2022 reissue of a classic 1973 album by David Holland Quartet.
It had been preceded by ECM duo albums with Barre Phillips and with Derek Bailey as well as the cooperative band Circle's great Paris Concert, but Conference of the Birds, recorded in 1972, was Dave Holland's first album as a full-fledged leader. An album of driving, progressive jazz it is also of historical significance as the only occasion when Sam Rivers and Anthony Braxton, two of the music's most strikingly original saxophonists, recorded together.
Inside Dave's compositions they could meet - if briefly - and share ideas. This summit meeting received rave reviews from the press. "If you've found the new music lacking in swing, cohesion and variety, get to this album," insisted Down Beat in a five star review. "It's Holland's date but each man contributes equally. The six Holland tunes offer great improvisational frameworks, and his bass playing, both arco and pizzicato, couldn't be better... Don't miss this one."
Dave Holland: bass
Sam Rivers: reeds, flute
Anthony Braxton: reeds, flute
Barry Altschul: percussion, marimba
Tracklisting
Miroslav Vitous; Michel Portal; Jack DeJohnette; Esperanza Spalding; Bob Mintzer; Gary Campbell; Ge
Mark Turner; Jason Palmer; Joe Martin; Jonathan Pinson
Marilyn Crispell; Anders Jormin
Julia Hulsmann Octet
Heinz Holliger; Marie-Lise Schupbach
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Gary Peacock; Ralph Towner
Craig Taborn; Tomeka Reid; Ches Smith
Bjorn Meyer
Leila Olivesi
Henri Texier
Daniel Zimmermann
Quatuor Voce
Karen Vourc’H; Thomas Savy; Louis Rodde; Guillaume De Chassy
Duo Walning; Lorenzo Gatto
Trypl
Orlando le Fleming
