Dave Holland

Ronnie Scott’s is to host the London and UK debut of Prism, Dave Holland’s stellar new electric band. Playing the club on 2 and 3 November it’s hallowed turf for Holland the very spot where Miles Davis discovered the Wolverhampton man in 1968 when he was making his way on the jazz scene in a support slot, performing with singer Elaine Delmar, for the Bill Evans trio. Prism toured in continental Europe last year but has yet to play anywhere in the UK. YouTube clips suggest the band is something else.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NMAVWfNY7sv

The band besides Holland has keyboardist Craig Taborn who’s recently released his own trio album Chants to acclaim http://www.marlbank.net/post/51370755645/ghostly-calm; plus Charles Lloyd’s remarkable drummer Eric Harland; and Kevin Eubanks, who released The Messenger last year reviewed here http://www.marlbank.net/post/33669617086/kevin-eubanks-is-back-with-elegant-ballads-laden-album. The ex-Tonight Show band guitarist who goes way back with Holland (the pair plus Mino Cinelu had a good thing going in the mid-1990s on their album World Trio). Fans of Holland will this year have already marvelled at hearing the bassist on the previously unreleased Miles Davis release Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 http://www.marlbank.net/post/48422499665/the-lost-band and so Prism will be the icing on the cake even if November seems a long way off. An ideal build to the London Jazz Festival later in the month:
Tickets http://www.ronniescotts.co.uk/performances/view/1559-dave-holland-prism