Triplicate (Dave Holland album)

Triplicate
Studio album by
Dave Holland Trio
Released1988
RecordedMarch 1988
StudioPower Station, New York City
GenrePost-bop
Length55:08
LabelECM
ECM 1373
ProducerLee Townsend
Dave Holland chronology
The Razor's Edge
(1987) 		Triplicate
(1988) 		The Oracle
(1989)

Triplicate is a studio album by the Dave Holland Trio, recorded in March 1988 and released on ECM later that year.[1][2] The trio features alto saxophonist Steve Coleman and drummer Jack DeJohnette.

Background

This was the first album by Dave Holland following the dissolution of his quintet that had featured Steve Coleman, Robin Eubanks, Kenny Wheeler and Marvin "Smitty" Smith. Coleman was the sole member to remain for this session while the drum chair was filled by Jack DeJohnette, who had worked extensively with Holland in the bands of Miles Davis, Chick Corea and in Gateway.

“Four Winds” was originally recorded by Holland on his 1972 debut.

Holland would re-record his tribute to Sam Rivers, “Rivers Run," on his 2008 sextet album, Pass It On.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Jazzwise[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD[5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide[6]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow called the album a "well-rounded date."[3]

In an essay for ECM blog Between Sound and Space, Tyran Grillo wrote:

Triplicate is a fantastic (surprise, surprise) trio album that joins bassist Dave Holland with altoist Steve Coleman and rhythmatist Jack DeJohnette... Triplicate is not an in-your-face album but one wrought with careful language. It avoids the danger of expletives in search of a clean melodic line. One imagines that if this album were alive, the audience would be whooping and clapping all the same, but in the studio a certain cleanliness of sound wins over. This has its pros and cons, depending on your preferences, but either way we can step outside of this record knowing we’ve just experienced something joyous.[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dave Holland, except as noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Games"Coleman5:04
2."Quiet Fire" 5:47
3."Take the Coltrane"Duke Ellington6:24
4."Rivers Run" (dedicated to composer and multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers) 9:14
5."Four Winds" 4:18
6."Triple Dance" 8:05
7."Blue"DeJohnette6:06
8."African Lullaby"
  • Traditional
  • Holland (arr.)
3:08
9."Segment"Charlie Parker6:34

Personnel

Dave Holland Trio

References

  1. ^ "Dave Holland Discography". Jazz Disco. jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Dave Holland Trio w/ Steve Coleman, Jack DeJohnette – Triplicate". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed August 19, 2011.
  4. ^ Harris, Selwyn (September 2019). "Review". Jazzwise. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard. "The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD". archive.org. p. 752. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  6. ^ Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. Retrieved 23 September 2019. Blue Skies (Cassandra Wilson album).
  7. ^ Grillo, Tyran (24 February 2012). "DAVE HOLLAND TRIO: TRIPLICATE (ECM 1373)". Between Sound and Space. ecmreviews.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018.