Extensions (Dave Holland album)


Extensions is an album by jazz bassist Dave Holland released on the ECM label in 1990. The record is Dave Holland's eighth album to be released on the ECM label. It features two members of his previous quintet—Steve Coleman and Marvin "Smitty" Smith—alongside guitarist Kevin Eubanks, in his first appearance on a Dave Holland record. Holland reprised his tune "Processional", first recorded on this album, on his later sextet album Pass It On.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick awarded the album 4 stars, calling it a "tight and enjoyable quartet date" and "One of his better albums from this period, Extensions should please any Holland fan, and is an agreeable and non-threatening jumping in point for the curious".
Extensions was voted Album of the Year by Downbeat Magazine.

Track listing

  1. "Nemesis" - 11:31
  2. "Processional" - 7:16
  3. "Black Hole" - 10:10
  4. "The Oracle" - 14:32
  5. "101° Fahrenheit " - 4:50
  6. "Color of Mind" - 10:11
Recorded September 1989, Power Station, New York

Personnel