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Prime Directive (album)

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Released
  
1999

Length
  
72:53

Artist
  
Dave Holland Quintet

Producer
  
Dave Holland

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
December 10–12, 1998

Prime Directive (1998)
  
Not for Nothin' (2000)

Release date
  
1999

Label
  
ECM Records

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Prime Directive is an album by jazz bassist Dave Holland's Quintet released on the ECM label in 1999.

Contents

Dave holland quartet prime directive


Reception

The Allmusic review by Brian Bartolini awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Tremendous taste prevents Holland from making unsatisfying music. He is a great leader in the truest senses of the word -- he gives his team space, trusts their abilities and judgment, yet all the while remains firmly in command and infuses the results with his own style and personality. Prime Directive is a wonderful jazz album. These 77 minutes and nine tracks do not cheat or disappoint... Prime Directive is recommended; a great leader is, indeed, hard to find". In 2000 the well-respected Jazz Journalists Association honored the album with their award Record of the Year.

Track listing

All compositions by Dave Holland except as indicated
  1. "Prime Directive" - 7:46
  2. "Looking Up" - 13:32
  3. "Make Believe" - 6:25
  4. "A Seeking Spirit" (Robin Eubanks) - 11:21
  5. "High Wire" (Chris Potter) - 6:49
  6. "Jugglers Parade" - 8:14
  7. "Candelight Vigil" (Steve Nelson) - 4:51
  8. "Wonders Never Cease" (Billy Kilson) - 13:55
  9. "Down Time" - 3:48
  • Recorded at Avatar Studios in New York City on December 10–12, 1998
  • Personnel

  • Dave Holland - double bass
  • Chris Potter - soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Robin Eubanks - trombone
  • Steve Nelson - vibraphone, marimba
  • Billy Kilson - drums
  • Songs

    1Prime Directive7:43
    2Looking Up13:30
    3Make Believe6:24

    References

    Prime Directive (album) Wikipedia