In fact, jazz has such a great feeling and great emotional content that it really doesn't require you to have technical understanding of it. I think you just have to allow your feelings to go with the music and you will find yourself carried along by it fairly quickly.

By the end of the summer rhythm and blues bass guitarist Michael Henderson would replace Holland. Subsequently he formed the Dave Holland Trio (with Coleman and DeJohnette) for the 1988 album Triplicate and teamed with Coleman electric guitarist Kevin Eubanks and drummer Marvin “Smitty” Smith for Extensions. After seeing an issue of Down Beat where Ray Brown had won the critics' poll for best bass player Holland went to a record store and bought a couple of LPs featuring Brown backing pianist Oscar Peterson.

He has lived in the United States for 40 years. "Sam said ‘Don’t leave anything out — play all of it’ ”
Holland has played with some of the greatest names in jazz and has participated in several classic recording sessions. His work ranges from pieces for solo performance to big band.