Dave Holland – Bass

I have spent a long time listening to and transcribing Dave Holland’s bass parts and solos and he has long been one of those players who I can recognise pretty much instantly. This part and solo is so characteristic of his playing. The composition, by guitarist Kevin Eubanks, is the perfect vehicle for Holland as it lugubriously weaves it’s way between 5:4 and 3:4 passage, allowing Holland’s ideas to form and his bass to sing.

The tune is called ‘The Color Of Iris’, from the 2013 ‘Prism’ album.