Extensions (Dave Holland album)

Extensions is an album by jazz bassist Dave Holland released on the ECM label in 1990.[1][2] The record is Dave Holland's eighth album to be released on the ECM label. It features two members of his previous quintet— saxophonist Steve Coleman and drummer Marvin "Smitty" Smith—alongside guitarist Kevin Eubanks, in his first appearance on a Holland record. Holland recorded "Processional" again on his later sextet album Pass It On.

Extensions
Studio album by
Dave Holland Quartet
Released1990
RecordedSeptember 1989
StudioPower Station, NYC
GenrePost-bop, avant-garde jazz
Length59:01
LabelECM 1410
ProducerManfred Eicher
Dave Holland chronology
The Oracle
(1989)		 Extensions
(1990)		 Question and Answer
(1990)

Reception

The AllMusic review by Brian Olewnick called the album a "tight and enjoyable quartet date" and "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".[3]

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

Extensions was voted Album of the Year (1989) by Downbeat Magazine.[7]

Track listing
  1. "Nemesis" (Kevin Eubanks) - 11:31
  2. "Processional" (Dave Holland) - 7:16
  3. "Black Hole" (Steve Coleman) - 10:10
  4. "The Oracle" (Dave Holland) - 14:32
  5. "101° Fahrenheit (Slow Meltdown)" (Steve Coleman) - 4:50
  6. "Color of Mind" (Kevin Eubanks) - 10:11

Recorded September 1989, Power Station, New York

Personnel

References
  1. "Dave Holland Discography". Jazz Disco. jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  2. "ECM catalogue". Archived from the original on 14 November 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  3. Olewnick, B. AllMusic Review accessed August 19, 2011.
  4. "Tom Hull: Grade List: Dave Holland". Tom Hull. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  5. Cook, Richard (1998). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. p. 752. ISBN 9780140513837. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  6. Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. ISBN 9780679768739. Retrieved 23 September 2019. Blue Skies (Cassandra Wilson album).
  7. "Holland, Dave (David) – Jazz.com | Jazz Music – Jazz Artists – Jazz News". Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
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