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David Holland / Barre Phillips
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In 1968 American bassist Barre Phillips had recorded Journal Violone, which had the dual distinction of not only being the first jazz solo bass recording, but also the first album of solo free improvisation. By 1971 Phillips had joined John Surman and Stu Martin in The Trio (previous employers had ranged from Archie Shepp to Leonard Bernstein to Jimmy Giuffre). Meanwhile English bassist Dave Holland had ended his tenure with Miles Davis, hung up his electric bass and was exploring the outer reaches of free jazz with Chick Corea and Anthony Braxton in the free jazz group Circle, when German record producer and founder of ECM Records Manfred Eicher suggested that he team up with Phillips in the studio. This resulted in the 1971 duet album Music From Two Basses. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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