Event Info:
The inaugural Princeton University Jazz Festival culminates with a performance by legendary, multiple GRAMMY Award-winning bassist and National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Dave Holland, performing alongside students in Jazz at Princeton University's Small Group I. Don't miss this performance by one of the most beloved and highly respected jazz artists of our time.

About the Artist:
DAVE HOLLAND is a bassist, composer, bandleader whose passion for musical expression of all styles, and dedication to creating consistently innovative music ensembles have propelled a professional career of more than 50 years, and earned him top honors in his field including multiple GRAMMY awards and the title of NEA Jazz Master in 2017. Holland stands as a guiding light on acoustic and electric bass, having grown up in an age when musical genres—jazz, rock, funk, avant-garde, folk, electronic music, and others—blended freely together to create new musical pathways. He was a leading member of a generation that helped usher jazz bass playing from its swing and post-bop legacy to the vibrancy and multi discipline excitement of the modern era, extending the instrument’s melodic, expressive capabilities. Holland’s virtuosic technique and rhythmic feel, informed by an open-eared respect of a formidable spread of styles and sounds, is widely revered and remains much in demand. To date, his playing can be heard on hundreds of recordings, with more than thirty as a leader under his own name.