What Goes Around

Artist: Dave Holland
Label: Ecm Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 044001400223
EAN: 0044001400223
ASIN: B00006C2DL

Release Date: 2002-09-10

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Tracks:

Triple Dance
Blues For C.M.
The Razor's Edge
What Goes Around
Upswing
First Snow
Shadow Dance

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Customer Reviews:

Absolutly stunning!!!.......2006-01-04

In all the Dave Holland's discography in my opinion this one really stands out. I own all the Dave Holland's recent recordings, quintet, quartet, trio and they are all great, great records. But this one is special. It is incredible, amazing. A big band which plays intricate and hypermodern arrangements on the well known trademark Dave's bass textures and compositions. I'm glad Dave recordedin this big band format a couple of his older compositions taken from the "Steve Coleman period", the one that saw "Razor's edge", "Jumpin' in", "Seeds of time" coming to light. I repeat this is a hell of a project. "Quick horns, fat bass, sharp angles, and lyrical melodies" is exactly what you'll find here together with the finest musicianship possible, and ultramodern very interesting arrangements that take pride in remembering the big band history! Billy kilson is a freak, a musical freak, a force of nature! I mean this is really something spectacular that you can add to your Jazz cds collection. I couldn't suggest a better buying in terms of contemporary albums. It is incredibly well written, arranged, played and it is incredibly entertaining to be such deep music!!! One thousand stars. Buy it, you'll thank me later. Go!

Ok.......2004-08-21

I was a little disappointed given the hype, although I sucumbed and bought the thing based on the Downbeat reviews! It finally convinced me that Downbeat is a tired magazine for old men which no longer has any relevance . Anyway, this is a pleasant inoffensive CD.

Dave's first foray into big band music.......2004-03-28

Dave Holland's quintet is recognized in many quarters as the premiere modern jazz band--though not without a counterargument from skeptics who find it too slick & well-oiled an engine. This quintet--featuring Robin Eubanks on trombone, Chris Potter on saxophone, Steve Nelson on vibes, Billy Kilson on drums--is the core of the 13-piece ensemble on _What Goes Around_, Holland's first big-band album as a leader. (Is it a big band? It says so on the cover, but at 13 musicians this is more of a mid-size ensemble perhaps. Certainly the "feel" of the music is still very much like a small group, without the weight--or, fortunately, the blare--of a full-size band.) The material is familiar from the bassist's small-group records; Holland writes all the arrangements, which are capable though not at the level of the best contemporary arrangers like Kenny Wheeler or Maria Schneider. The playing is all at a high level, as you'd expect, though I find it hard to warm to Antonio Hart & Chris Potter, both of them soloists who could stand to back off a bit--Potter in particular is always such a pushy, self-consciously "hot" soloist, inclined to step into the false register as a matter of course. Trumpeter Alex Siapagin does a few nice turns in a vein halfway between Wheeler & Woody Shaw, possibly in response to Holland's charts on "Upswing" & "First Snow", which contain echoes of those musicians' work.

This album caused quite a splash when it was released in 2002; I'm not entirely sure why, as while it's a nice enough release it's not outstanding by any means. As it happens the best big-band disc I heard in 2002 was actually Carl Saunders' _Be Bop Big Band_: a bunch of largely unheralded veterans of West Coast big bands, performing exceptionally fine charts by Herb Phillips. By comparison this album may have the big names on it but they haven't got the depth of involvement & experience in big bands that Saunders' bunch have. Holland has, however, continued to work in the big band format, so perhaps he'll raise his game a bit on a sequel.

Great Band and Very Serious Stuff.......2004-03-12

I first heard the Dave Big Band play at the University of Massachusetts where our jazz band got a clinic from Robin Eubanks, lead trombonist, during the jazz festival activities. That definitely was the best concert i've ever been to and decided to get the CD and the CD is just as great as the concert was. This music is some very serious stuff. It's feels like they're taking me on a journey to some far out place. It's very cool and interesting

Our loss, is your gain!.......2003-09-15

Is Dave Holland the best British Jazz composer? I certainly can't think of a better one.

I can't praise this CD enough. Dave Hollands quintet has always sounded to me like a larger group, such is the depth of the arrangements. So the question was, could he pull it off with a real Big Band? The answer is a resounding Yes. The arrangements are top class, the musicianship superb and the compositions brilliant. The music has that distinctive Dave Holland signature, with Mingus influences and a pinch of Ellington.

This CD is MUST for everyone who loves great music.

I hope this band are planning to cross the big pond soon.

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