“I sold all my stuff. I even left my car out on the street!” When asked by Miles Davis to move to New York and play some shows, bass great Dave Holland didn’t blink

American trumpeter and composer Miles Davis (1926 - 1991) performs on stage with pianist Chick Corea, bassist Dave Holland and drummer Jack Dejohnette for the BBC 'Jazz Scene' television show filmed at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in Soho, London on 2nd November 1969. .

By building on the tradition of great bass-playing composers like Charles Mingus and Oscar Pettiford, while pushing the instrumental envelope as far as any modern great, Dave Holland ranks as a true living legend of jazz.

Born in Wolverhampton, England, he spent his adolescence playing bass guitar in local pop groups. At 17, he heard bassists Ray Brown and Leroy Vinegar for the first time, and it was a watershed moment in his development.