Dream of the Elders

Dream Of The Elders is the sole release by this line-up of the Dave Holland Quartet

Dave Holland

Dave Holland is an English jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader who has been performing and recording for five decades. He has lived in the United States for 40 years....

. Like Holland's previous two ECM (record label)

ECM (record label)

ECM is a record label founded in Munich, Germany, in 1969 by Manfred Eicher. While ECM is best known for jazz music, the label has released a wide variety of recordings, and ECM's artists often refuse to acknowledge boundaries between genres...

 releases, Triplicate

Triplicate (album)

-Track listing:All tunes written by Dave Holland, except as noted.# "Games" - 5:04# "Quiet Fire" - 5:47# "Take The Coltrane" - 6:24# "Rivers Run" - 9:14# "Four Winds" - 4:18# "Triple Dance" - 8:05...

 and Extensions

Extensions (Dave Holland album)

-Track listing:# "Nemesis" - 11:31# "Processional" - 7:16# "Black Hole" - 10:10# "The Oracle" - 14:32# "101° Fahrenheit " - 4:50# "Color Of Mind" - 10:11...

, this album was recorded following the dissolving of his first working quintet (that had featured Steve Coleman

Steve Coleman

Steve Coleman, born , is an African American saxophone player, spontaneous composer, composer and band leader. His music and concepts have been a heavy influence on contemporary jazz.-Chicago:...

, Robin Eubanks

Robin Eubanks

Robin Eubanks is an American jazz and jazz fusion slide trombonist, the brother of guitarist Kevin Eubanks and trumpeter Duane Eubanks.-Biography:...

, Kenny Wheeler

Kenny Wheeler

Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC is a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. since the 1950s....

 and Marvin "Smitty" Smith) but before the formation of his current working quintet (with Chris Potter

Chris Potter (jazz saxophonist)

Chris Potter is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist.-Biography:Born in Chicago, Illinois, Potter spent most of his childhood in Columbia, South Carolina where his mother taught psychology at the University of South Carolina...

, Eubanks, Steve Nelson

Steve Nelson (vibraphonist)

Steve Nelson is an American vibraphonist, and has been a member of Dave Holland's Quintet and Big Band for over a decade. He graduated from Rutgers University with both Master's and Bachelor's degrees in music, and his teaching activities have included a position at Princeton University...

 and Nate Smith).

Dream Of The Elders has influenced Holland's future releases in several ways. It was his first release to feature vibraphonist Steve Nelson, who then went on to join Holland's second working quintet, formed following the Dream For The Elders session. Additionally four of the tunes introduced on the album (Lazy Snake, Claressence, Equality and Ebb & Flow) have been revisited by Holland on future releases, albeit in re-arranged versions.

Track listing

All tunes written by Dave Holland.

1. "The Winding Way" - 11:57
2. "Lazy Snake" - 12:28
3. "Claressence" - 7:29
4. "Equality" - 7:12
5. "Ebb & Flow" - 12:02
6. "Dream Of The Elders" - 11:10
7. "Second Thoughts" - 8:06
8. "Equality (instrumental)" - 6:40

Personnel

Eric Person

Eric Person

Eric Person is an American alto and soprano saxophone player and leader of Meta-Four and Metamorphosis. Since coming to New York City in 1982, Person has performed with a who's who list of legends on the jazz and rock scene...

 - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone

Steve Nelson - vibraphone

Dave Holland - double bass

Gene Jackson - drums

Cassandra Wilson

Cassandra Wilson

Cassandra Wilson is an American jazz musician, vocalist, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. Described by critic Gary Giddins as "a singer blessed with an unmistakable timbre and attack [who has] expanded the playing field" by incorporating country, blues and folk music into her...

- vocals (Equality only)