Triplicate (Dave Holland album)

Triplicate is a studio album by British jazz bassist Dave Holland released on the ECM label in 1988.[1][2] It features Holland in a trio with alto saxophonist Steve Coleman and drummer Jack DeJohnette.

Triplicate
Studio album by
Dave Holland Trio
Released1988
RecordedMarch 1988
GenrePost-Bop
Length55:08
LabelECM
ProducerLee Townsend
Dave Holland chronology
The Razor's Edge
(1987)		 Triplicate
(1988)		 The Oracle
(1989)

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.

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]

Tyran Grillo of Between Sound and Space 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 tunes written by Dave Holland, except as noted.

  1. "Games" (Steve Coleman) - 5:04
  2. "Quiet Fire" - 5:47
  3. "Take The Coltrane" (Duke Ellington) - 6:24
  4. "Rivers Run" - 9:14
  5. "Four Winds" - 4:18
  6. "Triple Dance" - 8:05
  7. "Blue" (Jack DeJohnette) - 6:06
  8. "African Lullaby" (Traditional, arr. Dave Holland) - 3:08
  9. "Segment" (Charlie Parker) - 6:34

Notes
  • The tune “Four Winds” was originally recorded by Holland on his 1972 debut album on the ECM record label.
  • The tune “Rivers Run” is dedicated to composer and multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers.[8]
  • “Rivers Run” was re-recorded by Holland on his 2008 sextet album, Pass It On.

Personnel

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. 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.
  8. The liner notes for the album.
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