- contemporary jazz, jazz
- 73 min
- 8 tracks
- Dare2
Critical Mass is a studio album by the Dave Holland Quintet released in 2006 through Dare2, his second release for his own label. This is Holland's first recording to feature the quintet of drummer Nate Smith, saxophonist Chris Potter, trombonist Robin Eubanks and vibraphonist Steve Nelson, all returning from previous Holland projects.
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Character
Spare, grave, classical in form and contemporary.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Allmusic3.5/5 ★
- All About Jazz4.5/5 ★
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- The Inlander4/5 ★
- Jazzwise4/5 ★
- The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3.5/4 ★
- PopMatters8/10
- Tom HullB+()
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Tracks
- 1The Eyes Have It6:60
- 2Easy Did It11:18
- 3Vicissitudes9:58
- 4The Leak5:45
- 5Secret Garden8:42
- 6Lucky Seven8:37
- 7Full Circle12:15
- 8Amator Silenti9:18
8 tracks, 73 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Dave Holland Quintet
- Label
- Dare2
- Released
- 2006
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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