With a career spanning five decades and an impressive CV which includes playing
with artists such as Miles Davis, Chick Corea, Gary Burton, Jack DeJohnette and
John McLaughlin, Wolverhampton-born Dave Holland is the UK's most successful
jazz bassist. Born in 1946, he started out playing ukelele and guitar and,
typical of many British youngsters at the time, he became spellbound by the
skiffle craze which swept Britain in the late '50s and early '60s. His bass
playing career began on a tea chest, the only option for a penniless musician
with aspirations to own a double bass. Holla...