''Seeds of Time'' is a studio album by English 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. His extensive discography r ...

's Quintet recorded in 1984 and released on the ECM label.ECM discography
accessed September 19, 2011 alto saxophonist Steve Coleman, trumpeter

Kenny Wheeler Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC (14 January 1930 – 18 September 2014) was a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. from the 1950s onwards. Most of his performances were rooted in jazz, but he was also active i ...

and trombonist

Julian Priester Julian Priester (born June 29, 1935) is an American jazz trombonist and occasional euphoniumist. He is sometimes credited "Julian Priester Pepo Mtoto". He has played with Sun Ra, Max Roach, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, and Herbie Hancock. B ...

return from Holland’s previous album, along with new drummer Marvin “Smitty” Smith.

Reception

The

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review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "The all-star musicians pack plenty of music and concise solos into each performance (nine originals), and the unique group carved out its own niche, not quite free but certainly unpredictable".Yanow, S
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accessed September 19, 2011 Tyran Grillo of Between Sound and Space wrote "''Seeds of Time'' presents the Dave Holland Quintet in arguably its finest incarnation... The energy of this music is such that we find ourselves lost in every contortion of its features. Holland is no holds barred without being aggressive, direct without being confrontational, straightforward without ever being staid. Each successive album only seems to further energize his band mates, and with Seeds of Time we know firsthand how he can do the same for his listeners. A must-hear for those who take their coffee with excitement."

Track listing

:''All compositions by Dave Holland except as indicated'' # "Uhren" (Steve Coleman) – 4:53 # "Homecoming" – 6:01 # "Perspicuity" (

Doug Hammond Doug Hammond (born December 26, 1942) is an American free funk/avant-garde jazz drummer, composer, poet, producer, and professor. His first major release was ''Reflections in the Sea of Nurnen'' on Tribe Records in 1975. Career He has worked ...

) – 3:42 # "Celebration" (Julian Priester) – 5:11 # "World Protection Blues" (Hammond) – 7:00 # "Gridlock (Opus 8)" (Coleman) – 8:24 # "Walk-a-way" (Dave Holland, Marvin Smith) – 3:55 # "The Good Doctor" (Kenny Wheeler) – 5:54 # "Double Vision" – 7:08 :*Recorded at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, West Germany in November 1984

Personnel

* David Holland – bass * Steve Coleman – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute *

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, pocket trumpet, cornet,

fluegelhorn The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B, though some ...

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trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate ...

Marvin "Smitty" Smith Marvin "Smitty" Smith (born June 24, 1961) is an American jazz drummer and composer. Marvin Smith was born in Waukegan, Illinois, where his father, Marvin Sr., was a drummer. "Smitty" was exposed to music at a young age, receiving formal musica ...

– drums,

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* {{Authority control ECM Records albums Dave Holland albums 1985 albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher