''Extensions'' is an album by jazz bassist
Dave Holland
David “Dave” Holland (born 1 October 1946) is an English jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader who has been performing and recording for five decades. He has lived in the United States for over 40 years.
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released on the
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label in 1990. The record is
Dave Holland's eighth album to be released on the
ECM
ECM may refer to:
Economics and commerce
* Engineering change management
* Equity capital markets
* Error correction model, an econometric model
* European Common Market
Mathematics
* Elliptic curve method
* European Congress of Mathematics
...
label. It features two members of his previous quintet— saxophonist
Steve Coleman and drummer
Marvin "Smitty" Smith—alongside guitarist
Kevin Eubanks, in his first appearance on a Holland record. Holland recorded "Processional" again on his later sextet album ''
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Reception
The
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review by Brian Olewnick awarded the album 4 stars, calling it a "tight and enjoyable quartet date" and "One of his better albums from this period, ''Extensions'' should please any Holland fan, and is an agreeable and non-threatening jumping in point for the curious".
[Olewnick, B]
Allmusic Review
accessed August 19, 2011.
''Extensions'' was voted Album of the Year (1989) by ''
Downbeat Magazine''.
Track listing
# "Nemesis"
(Kevin Eubanks) - 11:31
# "Processional"
(Dave Holland) - 7:16
# "Black Hole"
(Steve Coleman) - 10:10
# "The Oracle"
(Dave Holland) - 14:32
# "101° Fahrenheit (Slow Meltdown)"
(Steve Coleman) - 4:50
# "Color of Mind"
(Kevin Eubanks) - 10:11
Recorded September 1989, Power Station, New York
Personnel
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Steve Coleman – alto saxophone
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Kevin Eubanks – electric guitar
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Dave Holland
David “Dave” Holland (born 1 October 1946) is an English jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader who has been performing and recording for five decades. He has lived in the United States for over 40 years.
His extensive discography r ...
– double bass
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Marvin "Smitty" Smith – drums
References
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Dave Holland albums
1990 albums
Albums produced by Manfred Eicher