Ronnie Scott’s,London
Bass, guitar and drums smoulder and ignite during the bandleader’s flying visit to the same club Miles Davis prised him away from nearly 50 years agoJimi Hendrix was jamming at Ronnie Scott’s 24 hours before he died in 1970. This week there were some scorching stretches during the Dave Holland Trio’s one-night stopover at the club that could do you close your eyes and wonder whether Hendrix would come back to finish the job. Holland, or a bass-playing legend and an influential bandleading composer,has formed a heavyweight new group with the musically reborn guitar star Kevin Eubanks and drummer Obed Calvaire. Eubanks spent 15 years as piece of Jay Leno’s Tonight exhibit house band, but his spirit and technique since he left have boiled up into a midlife renaissance.
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Source: theguardian.com