The Dave Holland Big Band will bless five festivals this summer, bringing to life the music heard on Holland’s latest CD, a Grammy-winning, Mingus-like album called What Goes Around. The festival dates will be the end of a tour that begins later this month as a string of quintet gigs featuring the core members of the big band: vibraphonist Steve Nelson, saxophonist Chris Potter, trombonist Robin Eubanks and drummer Billy Kilson. Saxophonist Antonio Hart will replace Chris Potter on the four quintet dates marked with asterisks below.
Quintet dates:
April 15, 17 – Seattle, WA – Jazz Alley
April 18 – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theatre
April 19 – Cerritos, CA – Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts
April 23 – Philadelphia, PA – Zellerbach Theater/University of Penn
April 25 – New York, NY – Lincoln Center
April 26 – Roanoke, VA – Roanoke College
April 28, 29 – St. Paul, MN – The Dakota
* May 1 – New Orleans, LA – New Orleans Jazz Festival
* May 2 – Reno, NV – University of Reno
* May 3 – San Diego, CA – Victor’s by the Bay
* May 7, 10 – Boston, MA – The Regattabar
June 14 – Los Angeles, CA Playboy – Jazz Festival
Big band dates:
June 7 – Burlington, VT – Burlington Jazz Festival
June 14 – Los Angeles, CA – Playboy Jazz Festival
June 20 – St. Louis, MO – St. Louis Jazz Festival
June 29 – Montreal, CANADA – Montreal Jazz Festival
August 29 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Jazz Festival
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