Dave Holland Big Band - Overtime (2005)

What does one do when his initial album as a big-band leader sweeps up almost every award in sight and rockets straight to the top of the best-seller list? If he's bassist Dave Holland, he goes back to the drawing board and works Overtime to make sure his second one is not only as good as but in some ways even better than the first. Having listened closely, this reviewer's candid appraisal is "mission accomplished." More than fifty minutes of Overtime is devoted to Holland’s four-part Monterey Suite, the second movement of which he introduces with a two and one-half minute a cappella solo. The suite is marked by enchanting melodies and lively rhythms, much like Gerald Wilson’s Suite for Monterey, but unlike Wilson’s, it isn’t based on a single overarching theme. For comparison’s sake, Holland’s music sounds much like what one might hear from the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra or a more straightahead and accessible version of the Mingus Big Band. Maria Schneider also springs to mind, but from what I’ve heard so far I would say that her arrangements don’t swing as freely or as often as Holland’s.


Tracks:


*01.-The Monterey Suite I: Bring It On
*02.-The Monterey Suite II: Free for All
*03.-The Monterey Suite III: A Time Remembered
*04.-The Monterey Suite IV: Happy Jammy
*05.-Ario
*06.-Mental Images
*07.-Last Minute Man



Personnel:

Antonio Hart: alto sax, soprano sax, flute
Mark Gross: alto sax
Chris Potter: tenor sax
Gary Smulyan: baritone sax
Jonathan Arons: trombone
Josh Roseman: trombone
Robin Eubanks: trombone
Taylor Haskins: trumpet, flugelhorn
Alex " Sasha" Sipiagin: trumpet, flugelhorn
Duane Eubanks: trumpet, flugelhorn
Steve Nelson: vibraphone, marimba
Dave Holland: double-bass
Billy Kilson: drums













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