Critical Mass (Dave Holland album)

Critical Mass
Studio album by Dave Holland Quintet
Released 2006
Recorded December 2005
Genre Post-Bop
Length 76:15
Label Dare2
Producer Dave Holland
Dave Holland Quintet chronology

Overtime
(2005)
Critical Mass
(2006)
Pass It On
(2008)
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Critical Mass is a 2006 album release by the Dave Holland Quintet, and the first to feature drummer Nate Smith. This is the first Dave Holland Quintet album to be released outside the ECM label, through which he had released all of his albums since his 1972 debut as leader, Conference of the Birds.

Track listing

  1. "The Eyes Have It" (Dave Holland) - 7:00
  2. "Easy Did It" (Dave Holland) - 11:16
  3. "Vicissitudes" (Chris Potter) - 9:56
  4. "The Leak" (Nate Smith) - 5:42
  5. "Secret Garden" (Dave Holland) - 8:42
  6. "Lucky Seven" (Dave Holland) - 8:35
  7. "Full Circle" (Robin Eubanks) - 12:11
  8. "Amator Silenti" (Steve Nelson) - 9:17

Personnel

Chris Potter - tenor & soprano saxophones
Robin Eubanks - trombone
Steve Nelson - vibraphone, marimba & tambourine
Dave Holland - double bass
Nate Smith - drums

References

  1. Ginell, Richard S.. Critical Mass (Dave Holland album) at AllMusic