Dave Holland Releases “Uncharted Territories”

Jazz bassist Dave Holland has returned with a new album with a very appropriate title. Uncharted Territories is an exploratory album that reunites the band leader with longtime friend and saxophonist Evan Parker. Pianist Craig Taborn and percussionist Ches Smith round out the album.

“In addition to quartet improvisations, they also broke off into every possible subset of duo and trio configurations,” the album’s liner notes read. “The group also recorded two compositions by Smith and one by Holland. The resulting 23 tracks present a series of deep, multi-layered conversations between the musicians, some of whom were interacting for the first time.”

Check out the opening track “Thought On Earth”:

Uncharted Territories is available now on CD, vinyl and as a digital download (iTunes and Amazon MP3).

Uncharted Territories Track List:

1. Thought on Earth
2. Piano-Bass-Percussion T1
3. Q&A
4. Tenor-Percussion W2
5. QT12
6. Tenor-Bass W3
7. QW2
8. Tenor-Piano-Bass T2
9. Organ-Vibes W1
10. Bass-Percussion T2
11. Tenor-Piano-Percussion T1
12. QT13
13. Tenor-Bass-Percussion T2
14. Piano-Percussion W3
15. QT5
16. Tenor-Bass W1
17. Piano-Bass-Percussion T2
18. Unsteady As She Goes
19. Bass-Percussion T1
20. QW5
21. Tenor-Bass-Percussion T1
22. Tenor-Bass W2
23. QW1