HOLLAND / HUSSAIN / POTTER TRIO
feat. DAVE HOLLAND, ZAKIR HUSSAIN & CHRIS POTTER
JUL 14 | 21:30
© Paul Joseph
Chris Potter tenor & soprano sax / tenor and soprano sax
Dave Holland double bass / double bass
Zakir Hussain tabla
Two jazz greats - bassist Dave Holland and saxophonist Chris Potter - join the greatest tabla virtuoso of all time - the incomparable Zakir Hussain, who has just been named "Percussionist of the Year" by_cc781905-5cde-3194 -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_Jazz Journalists Association.
With over fifty albums to his name or as a co-leader and having participated in several hundred recordings over a career spanning more than five decades, winner of three Grammy® Awards and nominated for eight others,_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b- 136bad5cf58d_Dave Holland é one of the greatest double bassists in the history of jazz, Dave Holland has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Berklee College of Music, the New England Conservatory and the Birmingham Conservatoire, and has recently been awarded the prestigious NEA Jazz Master title by the National Endowment for the Arts.
A soloist of astonishing abilities, Chris Potter was recently hailed at DownBeat as “One of the Most Studied (and Copied) Saxophonists on the Planet”, voted best tenor saxophonist by the Jazz Journalists Association in 2013, 2015 and has in 2018 and nominated also this year for two Grammy®.
A virtuoso of the highest level of tabla, Zakir Hussain reveals an unparalleled mastery in his instrument, namely for his formidable intuition as an improviser, a characteristic that very early brought him close to the typical spontaneity of jazz.
This trio brings together_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136badcf58d_two leading lights in modern jazz with the world55's most eminent tabla player ever – the one and only Zakir Hussain –, recently named “Percussionist of the Year” by the Jazz Journalists Association.
Dave Holland is one of the greatest bass players in the history of jazz, winner of three Grammy® Awards and nominated for eight, awarded Doctor Honoris Causa by the Berklee College of Music, the New England Conservatory, and the Birmingham Conservatoire. He is also a NEA Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts.
DownBeat called Chris Potter "one of the most studied (and copied) saxophonists on the planet" while Jazz Times identified him as "a figure of international renown." Potter was Tenor Sax Player of the Year for the Jazz Journalists Association in 2013, 2015, and 2018. He was also nominated for two Grammy® Awards this year!