Emerald Tears
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{{Infobox album
| name = Emerald Tears
| type = Album
| artist = Dave Holland
| cover = Emerald Tears.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1978
| recorded = August 1977
| venue =
| studio = Talent Studio
Oslo, Norway
| genre = Jazz
| length = 44:35
| label = ECM 1109 ST
| producer = Manfred Eicher
| chronology = David Holland
| prev_title = Gateway
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = Life Cycle
| next_year = 1982
}}
Emerald Tears is a solo album by bassist Dave Holland, recorded in August 1977 and released on ECM the following year.[http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1100/1109.php? ECM discography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830124550/http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1100/1109.php |date=2011-08-30 }} accessed 9 September 2011{{cite web|title=Dave Holland Discography|url=https://www.jazzdisco.org/dave-holland/discography/|website=Jazz Disco|publisher=jazzdisco.org|accessdate=23 May 2018}} It is an album of bass solos.{{cite news |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |title=Top Jazz from Dave Holland |work=The New York Times |date=15 Apr 1984 |page=H25}}
Reception
The AllMusic review by Joslyn Layne stated: "Emerald Tears is a very nice showcase of Dave Holland, and is almost certain to be enjoyed by fans of the upright bass."Layne, J. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/emerald-tears-r140983 AllMusic Review] accessed 9 September 2011
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD
| rev2score = {{rating|3|4}}{{cite web |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD |url=https://archive.org/details/penguinguidetoja00cook_3/page/752/mode/2up?q=masekela |accessdate=7 August 2020 |page=752 |language=en}}
| rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev3Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
|url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen
|url-access=registration
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen/page/105 105]
}}
}}
Track listing
{{Track
| headline = Side I
| all_writing = Dave Holland, except as noted
| title1 = Spheres
| length1 = 5:58
| title2 = Emerald Tears
| length2 = 6:31
| title3 = Combination
| length3 = 5:18
| title4 = B-40/RS-4-W/M23-6K
| writer4 = Anthony Braxton
| total_length = 23:02
| title_width = 40%
| writing_width = 40%
| length4 = 5:15
}}
{{Track
| headline = Side II
| title1 = Under Redwoods
| length1 = 6:38
| title2 = Solar
| writer2 = Miles Davis
| length2 = 6:17
| title3 = Flurries
| length3 = 4:34
| title4 = Hooveling
| length4 = 4:04
| total_length = 21:33 44:35
| title_width = 40%
| writing_width = 40%
}}
Personnel
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://daveholland.com/recording/ecm-21109-dave-holland-emerald-tears}}
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