Extensions (Dave Holland album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Extensions
| type = Album
| artist = the Dave Holland Quartet
| cover = Extensions.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1990
| recorded = September 1989
| venue =
| studio = Power Station, New York City
| genre = Post-bop, avant-garde jazz
| length = 59:01
| label = ECM
ECM 1410
| producer = Manfred Eicher
| chronology = Dave Holland
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Dave Holland Quartet
| type = studio
| prev_title = Conference of the Birds
| prev_year = 1972
| title = Extensions
| year = 1990
| next_title = Dream of the Elders
| next_year = 1996
}}
| prev_title = The Oracle
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = Question and Answer
| next_year = 1990
}}
Extensions is an album by the Dave Holland Quartet, recorded in September 1989 and released on ECM the following year—Holland's eight album for the label.{{cite web|title=Dave Holland Discography|url=https://www.jazzdisco.org/dave-holland/discography/|website=Jazz Disco|publisher=jazzdisco.org|accessdate=23 May 2018}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1400/1410.php |title=ECM catalogue |access-date=2011-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114191547/http://ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1400/1410.php |archive-date=2011-11-14 |url-status=dead }} The quartet features Holland Quintet saxophonist Steve Coleman and drummer Marvin "Smitty" Smith alongside guitarist Kevin Eubanks, in his first appearance on a Holland record.
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = DownBeat
| rev2score = {{rating|5|5}}DownBeat magazine, December 1990, p. 31
| rev3 = Tom Hull
| rev3score = B+{{cite web |title=Tom Hull: Grade List: Dave Holland |url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/get_gl.php?n=dave+holland | publisher=Tom Hull |accessdate=9 July 2020}}
| rev4 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD
| rev4score={{rating|2.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD |year=1998 |url=https://archive.org/details/penguinguidetoja00cook_3/page/752/mode/2up?q=masekela |accessdate=7 August 2020 |page=752 |isbn=9780140513837 |language=en}}
| rev5 = The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide
}}
The AllMusic review by Brian Olewnick called the album a "tight and enjoyable quartet date," writing, "One of his better albums from this period, Extensions should please any Holland fan, and is an agreeable and non-threatening jumping in point for the curious."Olewnick, B. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/extensions-r140984 AllMusic Review] accessed August 19, 2011. Extensions was voted Album of the Year (1989) by DownBeat.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jazz.com/encyclopedia/holland-dave-david |title=Holland, Dave (David) – Jazz.com {{pipe}} Jazz Music – Jazz Artists – Jazz News |access-date=2012-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920004254/http://www.jazz.com/encyclopedia/holland-dave-david |archive-date=2012-09-20 |url-status=dead }}
Track listing
{{Track
| title1 = Nemesis
| writer1 = Kevin Eubanks
| length1 = 11:31
| title2 = Processional
| writer2 = Dave Holland
| length2 = 7:16
| title3 = Black Hole
| writer3 = Steve Coleman
| length3 = 10:10
| title4 = The Oracle
| writer4 = Holland
| length4 = 14:32
| title5 = {{proper name|101° Fahrenheit}} (Slow Meltdown)
| writer5 = Coleman
| length5 = 4:50
| title6 = Color of Mind
| writer6 = Eubanks
| length6 = 10:11
}}
- Holland would rerecord "Processional" for his sextet album Pass It On (2008).
Personnel
= Dave Holland Quartet =
- Steve Coleman – alto saxophone
- Kevin Eubanks – electric guitar
- Dave Holland – double bass
- Marvin "Smitty" Smith – drums
References
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External links
- {{Official|http://daveholland.com/recording/ecm1410-dave-holland-quartet-extensions}}
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