Seeds of Time

by Dave Holland Quintet

Seeds of Time cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 3 June 1985
  • Label: ECM Records
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 52:12
  • Community rating: 3.79/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Julian Priester, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Manfred Eicher, Kenny Wheeler, Steve Coleman

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, this session features the esteemed bassist leading a highly interactive ensemble including saxophonist Steve Coleman and trumpeter Kenny Wheeler. 'Seeds of Time' seamlessly balances rigorous post-bop structural frameworks with loose, avant-garde improvisational freedom synonymous with the ECM catalog.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, improvisation, experimental, progressive, fusion

Tracklist

  1. Uhren (4:53)
  2. Homecoming (6:01)
  3. Perspicuity (3:42)
  4. Celebration (5:11)
  5. World Protection Blues (7:00)
  6. Gridlock (Opus 8) (8:23)
  7. Walk-A-Way (3:55)
  8. The Good Doctor (5:54)
  9. Double Vision (7:09)

Credits

  • Dave Holland Quintet - primary artist, bass, written-by, double bass
  • Steve Coleman - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, written-by, alto saxophone flute soprano saxophone
  • Marvin "Smitty" Smith - drums, percussion, written-by, drums (drum set) percussion
  • Julian Priester - trombone, written-by
  • Kenny Wheeler - trumpet, cornet, trumpet [pocket], flugelhorn, written-by, cornet flugelhorn trumpet
  • Doug Hammond - written-by

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