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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: William Manuel Johnson, Wellman Braud, Emile Christian, Dave Holland, James Last, Eldee Young, Peter Herbert, Gavin Bryars, Arnold Fishkind, Avishai Cohen, Dennis Berry, Nick Haywood, Peter Ind, Jodi Proznick, Charlie Biddle, Vitold Rek, Tatsu Aoki, Rufus Reid, Frans van der Hoeven, Rene Van Verseveld, Mark Dresser, Walter Booker, John Clayton, Bill Wells, Art Phipps, Ron Mathewson, Eddie Gomez, Bob Magnusson, Massimo Biolcati, Pops Foster, Johnny Dyani, Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez, Arild Andersen, Gary Peacock, Jimmy Blanton, Buschi Niebergall, Chris Laurence, Itzam Cano, Daryl Runswick, Alec Dankworth, Peter Kowald, Chris Wood, Spike Heatley, Rick Laird, Palle Danielsson, Marcin Oles, Chuck Deardorf, Barry Buckley, Gary Crosby, Wilbur Little, Buell Neidlinger, Ashley Kozak, Hein Van de Geyn, Harry Miller, Bruce Cale, Phil Bates, Michel Benita, Ed Garland, Buddy Banks, Philippe Aerts, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, Papa John Joseph, Chucho Merchan, Wayne Dockery, Eerik Siikasaari. Excerpt: Dave Holland (born October 1, 1946) is a jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader who has been performing and recording for five decades, and has lived in the United States for 40 years. His work ranges from pieces for solo performance to big band. Holland runs his own independent record label, Dare2, which he launched in 2005. He has explained his musical philosophy by quoting fellow jazz artist Sam Rivers. "Sam said, 'Don't leave anything out-play all of it, ' " Holland once told a radio interviewer. "That's become almost a mantra for me over the years as I've tried to find a way to build a vehicle which lets me utilize the full spectrum which includes the tradition, playing the blues and improvising freely. I love all that music, and there's been a desire to reconcile all those areas, to make them relevant, hopefully, in a contempora...
