[NEohioPAL]Dave Holland Quintet at Oberlin Feb. 16

[Marci Janas]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:			MEDIA CONTACT: Marci Janas
February 12, 2003					(440) 775-8328//marci.janas at oberlin.edu


THE DAVE HOLLAND QUINTET TO PERFORM
AT OBERLIN COLLEGE ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16


OBERLIN, OHIO =3F On Sunday, February 16, at 8 p.m. on the campus of =
Oberlin 
College, jazz lovers will be in their element =3F and that element is fire.

The Dave Holland Quintet, featuring Oberlin Conservatory of Music Assistant =

Professor of Jazz Trombone Robin Eubanks, Chris Potter on saxophone, Steve 
Nelson on vibes, Billy Kilson on drums, and legendary bassist Dave Holland, =

brings its special brand of fire to Finney Chapel.  The award-winning 
ensemble=3Fs Oberlin appearance is sponsored by the Conservatory=3Fs jazz 
studies program and new music and assemblies committees.

Howard Mandel, president of the Jazz Journalists Association, writes in 
Down Beat magazine that these =3Findividuals with minds and styles all =
their 
own . . .  bring their fires to [Holland=3Fs] projects, but tend their =
flames 
the better to burn together than to flare up and obscure each other=3Fs 
lights.=3F

The quintet is not here just to play, however. Also on Sunday, February 16, =

the group will participate in a jazz forum at 2 p.m. and, at 3 p.m., master =

classes featuring jazz performance majors from the Conservatory=3Fs jazz 
studies program. These events, which are free and open to the public, also 
take place in Finney Chapel.

General admission tickets for the concert can be purchased at Oberlin=3Fs 
Central Ticket Service (440-775-8169) and are priced at $5 for students, $8 =

for faculty, staff, senior citizens, alumni, and educators, and $10 for the =

public. Finney Chapel is located at the intersection of Lorain (Route 511) 
and Professor streets, across from Tappan Square.

Formed in 1997, the Dave Holland Quintet is coming off of an incredibly 
successful year, one in which their latest album, Not for Nothin, was voted =

jazz album of the year in the 67th annual Down Beat reader=3Fs poll. In =
that 
same poll, the quintet was also voted acoustic jazz group of the year.  In 
an age when the focus is frequently on a superstar bandleader and sidemen 
are often ignored, Holland=3Fs band is an anomaly; it insists on being a 
group in the traditional sense, where all members serve equally important 
roles.

Holland, a native of England, has recorded and performed with such jazz 
luminaries as Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Chick Corea, and Herbie Hancock.  He 
has several recordings under his own name, and has been nominated for 
multiple Grammy awards.  His current band has toured all over North and 
South America, Europe, and Asia.
The Oberlin Conservatory of Music Jazz Studies Program offers a premiere 
undergraduate program that prepares students for careers as professional 
jazz musicians and for advanced study in jazz.  The Conservatory 
incorporated jazz into its curriculum in 1972 and began offering a major in =

jazz studies in 1989.

The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, founded in 1865, became part of Oberlin 
College in 1867.  It is the oldest, continuously operating conservatory in 
the United States, and is renowned internationally as a professional music 
school of the highest caliber situated within the intellectual vitality of 
a liberal arts college.

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________________________________________
Marci Janas
Director of Conservatory Media Relations
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
39 West College Street
Oberlin, OH  44074
vox: 440-775-8328
fax: 440-776-3006
marci.janas at oberlin.edu
www.oberlin.edu
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RELEASE:</underline>			<underline>MEDIA CONTACT:</underline> Marci Janas

February 12, 2003					(440) =
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</underline></color><bold>THE DAVE HOLLAND QUINTET TO PERFORM 

AT OBERLIN COLLEGE ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16



</bold>OBERLIN, OHIO =3F On <bold>Sunday, February 16, at 8 p.m. on the =
campus of Oberlin College, </bold>jazz lovers will be in their element =3F =
and that element is fire.


<bold>The Dave Holland Quintet, </bold>featuring Oberlin Conservatory of =
Music Assistant Professor of Jazz Trombone Robin Eubanks, Chris Potter on =
saxophone, Steve Nelson on vibes, Billy Kilson on drums, and legendary =
bassist Dave Holland, brings its special brand of fire to <bold>Finney =
Chapel. </bold> The award-winning ensemble=3Fs Oberlin appearance is =
sponsored by the Conservatory=3Fs jazz studies program and new music and =
assemblies committees.


Howard Mandel, president of the Jazz Journalists Association, writes in =
<italic>Down Beat</italic> magazine that these =3Findividuals with minds =
and styles all their own . . .  bring their fires to [Holland=3Fs] =
projects, but tend their flames the better to burn together than to flare =
up and obscure each other=3Fs lights.=3F


The quintet is not here just to play, however<bold>. Also on Sunday, =
February 16, the group will participate in a jazz forum at 2 p.m. and, at 3 =
p.m., master classes</bold> <bold>featuring jazz performance majors from =
the Conservatory=3Fs jazz studies program. </bold>These events, which are =
free and open to the public, also take place in <bold>Finney Chapel.


General admission tickets for the concert can be purchased at Oberlin=3Fs =
Central Ticket Service (440-775-8169) and are priced at $5 for students, $8 =
for faculty, staff, senior citizens, alumni, and educators, and $10 for the =
public. </bold>Finney Chapel is located at the intersection of Lorain =
(Route 511) and Professor streets, across from Tappan Square.


Formed in 1997, the Dave Holland Quintet is coming off of an incredibly =
successful year, one in which their latest album, <italic>Not for Nothin, =
</italic>was voted jazz album of the year in the 67th annual <italic>Down =
Beat</italic> reader=3Fs poll. In that same poll, the quintet was also =
voted acoustic jazz group of the year.  In an age when the focus is =
frequently on a superstar bandleader and sidemen are often ignored, =
Holland=3Fs band is an anomaly; it insists on being a group in the =
traditional sense, where all members serve equally important roles. 


Holland, a native of England, has recorded and performed with such jazz =
luminaries as Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Chick Corea, and Herbie Hancock.  He =
has several recordings under his own name, and has been nominated for =
multiple Grammy awards.  His current band has toured all over North and =
South America, Europe, and Asia. 

The Oberlin Conservatory of Music Jazz Studies Program offers a premiere =
undergraduate program that prepares students for careers as professional =
jazz musicians and for advanced study in jazz.  The Conservatory =
incorporated jazz into its curriculum in 1972 and began offering a major in =
jazz studies in 1989.


The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, founded in 1865, became part of Oberlin =
College in 1867.  It is the oldest, continuously operating conservatory in =
the United States, and is renowned internationally as a professional music =
school of the highest caliber situated within the intellectual vitality of =
a liberal arts college.


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________________________________________

Marci Janas

Director of Conservatory Media Relations

Oberlin Conservatory of Music

39 West College Street

Oberlin, OH  44074

vox: 440-775-8328

fax: 440-776-3006

marci.janas at oberlin.edu

www.oberlin.edu</flushleft></fontfamily>
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