Overtime (album)

Overtime is an album by the Dave Holland Big Band that won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 2005. Recorded in 2002, the music centers on the four-movement "Monterey Suite", a piece commissioned by the Monterey Jazz Festival. The big band on this record is on the “small” side, at thirteen players. The rhythm section consists of Holland with vibraphonist Steve Nelson and drummer Billy Kilson (the last Holland project on which he would appear), continuing the format established over many of Holland’s Quintet records. This is the first album to appear on Holland's own Dare2 label. Featured players include tenor saxophonist Chris Potter, alto saxophonist Antonio Hart, trumpeter Alex Sipiagin and trombonist Robin Eubanks.

Overtime
Studio album by
Dave Holland Big Band
ReleasedFebruary 22, 2005 (2005-02-22)
RecordedNovember, 2002
StudioAvatar Studios, NYC
GenreJazz
Length78:39
LabelDare2/Sunnyside
ProducerDave Holland
Dave Holland Big Band chronology
Extended Play: Live at Birdland
(2003)		 Overtime
(2005)		 Critical Mass
(2006)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "This is an essential Holland date, it is exciting, colorful and wildly innovative",[1] and the critic of The Guardian called it, "contemporary jazz big band playing at its very best."[2]

Russ Musto of All About Jazz wrote "Overtime, the second release from the Dave Holland Big Band, is another impressive work by the Grammy-winning large ensemble. Assembled around the legendary bassist's working quintet, the thirteen-piece unit explores the greater harmonic implications of the leader's creative compositions, without sacrificing the special rhythmic character the smaller group possesses. Built from the bottom up upon the rock solid foundation of Holland's great big bass sound with Billy Kilson's atypical drumming and Steve Nelson's vibraphone and marimba (in lieu of piano) contributing greatly to its unique sound, the aggregation has a distinctive quality that is simultaneously classic and cutting edge."[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Guardian[2]
Sputnikmusic3.5/5[4]
PopMatters7/10[5]
Tom HullB+[6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[7]

Track listing

All compositions by Dave Holland except where indicated.

  1. "Monterey Suite I - Bring It On" – 11:58
  2. "Monterey Suite II - Free for All" – 17:37
  3. "Monterey Suite III - A Time Remembered" – 11:45
  4. "Monterey Suite IV - Happy Jammy" – 9:36
  5. "Ario" – 11:08
  6. "Mental Images" (Robin Eubanks) – 9:22
  7. "Last Minute Man" – 7:13

Personnel

References
  1. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed April 28, 2013
  2. Fordham, John. "Dave Holland Big Band, Overtime". theguardian.com. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  3. Musto, Russ (12 May 2005). "Dave Holland Big Band: Overtime". All About Jazz. allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  4. "Dave Holland: Overtime". Sputnikmusic. sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  5. Cibula, Matt (21 February 2005). "Dave Holland Big Band: Overtime". PopMatters. popmatters.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  6. "Tom Hull: Grade List: Dave Holland". Tom Hull. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  7. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 718. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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