Number 47 July 6, 2010

Collaborations are a wonderful, and unpredictable thing.  Consider the new recording by Pepe Habichuela featuring Dave Holland.  Both are legends, from completely different backgrounds.  Pepe, a leader in flamenco guitar for 40 years, and Holland at the forefront of jazz since the '60s, including Silent Way    and Conference of the Birds.  Both artists are fantastic listeners, the most important thing for a musician. I had forgotten that Pepe had collaborated with Don Cherry many years ago, and has experimented with Indian music and the Bollywood Strings.  The recording is named Hands, and is highly recommended.