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

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

| 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

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