Dave Holland’s tools of the trade

 

I chatted a couple of times with Maestro Dave Holland, bassist extraordinary and every time he was humble and relaxed and not intimidating, he who played with - literally - everybody who counted.

I was amused when he told me, asking about his one of a kind cut-off double bass, as he (as a touring artist), was so worried about flying his precious instrument in huge flight-case spending a fortune, he hired a luthier to reduce the overall size of his cherry-wood instrument at lower-bout without loosing the feeling of a 4/4 double-bass.

… then, suddenly, grinning, with a quick movement, he separated the scroll 😱 kept in-place magnetically.

He then told me: “you cannot imagine how a difference makes just a few centimeters shorter for airlines companies when flying this bulky coffin 😄”. 

… and he laughed like a kid 😄!

That’s it… yesterday evening I enjoyed one more time Mr. Holland in trio with Zakir Hussain on tablas and percussions and Chris Potter on baritone and soprano saxes.

A nice concert.