Biography Dave Holland
1 biography 1.1 miles davis 1.2 ecm , 1970s 1.3 1980s 1.4 1990s , 2000s biography born in wolverhampton, england, holland taught himself how play stringed instruments, beginning @ 4 on ukulele, graduating guitar , later bass guitar. quit school @ age of 15 pursue profession in top 40 band, gravitated jazz. after seeing issue of down beat ray brown had won critics poll best bass player, holland went record store, , bought couple of lps featuring brown backing pianist oscar peterson. bought 2 leroy vinnegar albums (leroy walks! , leroy walks again) because bassist posed instrument on cover. within week, holland traded in bass guitar acoustic bass , began practicing records. in addition brown , vinnegar, holland drawn bassists charles mingus , jimmy garrison. after moving london in 1964, holland played acoustic bass in small venues , studied james edward merrett, principal bassist of philharmonia orchestra and, later, bbc symphony orchestra. merrett trained him sight read , recommended a