Triplicate (Dave Holland album)

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Triplicate
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Studio album by
Released1988
RecordedMarch 1988
Studio Power Station, New York City
Genre Post-bop
Length55:08
Label ECM
ECM 1373
Producer Lee 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.

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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 Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Jazzwise Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [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 Ellington 6:24
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 Parker 6:34

Personnel

Dave Holland Trio

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