Another Land

Dave Holland, of course, pretty much wrote the book on funky jazz rock bass lines during his late 1960s/early 70s tenure with Miles. Here, he’s reunited with past collaborator, guitarist Kevin... — The Wire, July 2021 More…

Release Date: 11th Jun 2021
Catalogue No: EDNLP1172
Label: Edition Records

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1. Grave Walker

2. Another Land

3. Gentle Warrior

4. 20 20

5. Quiet Fire

6. Mashup

7. Passing Time

8. The Village

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Recording of the Week, Dave Holland - Another Land

4th June 2021

The veteran bassist produces a tour-de-force of funky guitar trio jazz.

Another Land is the new album from the all-star trio featuring Dave Holland, Kevin Eubanks and Obed Calvaire and a power-packed set of originals. This is a potent studio set of fluid themes developed by the band and forged in the furnace of live performance. During the live shows that preceded the recording of Another Land, Dave explains “we were doing a continuous set, once we started we very rarely stopped, we just kept going,”. The Guardian described the shows as a “blues-fuelled inferno summoning the spirit of Hendrix”

Throughout his career, Dave Holland has established a reputation for making his bands a proving ground for promising young instrumentalists, but his latest trio is a true all-star assemblage of jazz heavyweights, all established bandleaders and composers, each representing the world standard on their instrument. Released on limited edition double vinyl, CD and hi-res download, this is a power-packed set that reunites Dave with the guitar work of Kevin Eubanks, whose searing, soulful approach was last heard on Dare 2 as part of the Prism project. Eubanks was also key to the muscular quartet that recorded Holland’s seminal 1990 ECM release Extensions, and this new band is yet another example of Holland’s brilliance at building ensembles that are greater than the sum of their formidable parts.

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July 2021

Dave Holland, of course, pretty much wrote the book on funky jazz rock bass lines during his late 1960s/early 70s tenure with Miles. Here, he’s reunited with past collaborator, guitarist Kevin Eubanks, who combines naturally bluesy licks with an astonishingly skilful use of pedals, filling his solos with fades, smears and weird backward runs.

July 2021

Another Land repays repeated listening, in that its apparently simple constituent parts, honed by pre-lockdown touring, add up to something exceptional, with new details always waiting to be discovered.

June 2021

You know from the snappy opener you’re in for a subtle new brand of funk, as Eubanks scratches and flanges through his tune “Grave Walker,” but with a light, airy touch. The trio really hits its stride on his ominously declarative “The Village,” with Holland gamboling up the neck of his electric and the guitarist sending out bluesy flares, moaning sustains and scribbling eddies before slowly rising against the current with legato arpeggios that flow into Calvaire’s crisp solo.

4th June 2021

Working with some equally-matched accompanists has only worked to Holland’s advantage; by creating an ensemble of former collaborators, the personnel on Another Land result in a recording that’s a real tour-de-force of guitar trio jazz.

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