Major Holley was an American jazz upright bassist. Holley played violin and tuba when young and started playing bass while serving in the Navy. In the latter half of the 1940s he played with Dexter Gordon, Charlie Parker, and Ella Fitzgerald; in 1950 he and Oscar Peterson recorded duets, and he also played with Peterson and Charlie Smith as a trio. In the mid-1950s he moved to England and worked at the BBC.

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  • Major Holley was an American jazz upright bassist. Holley played violin and tuba when young and started playing bass while serving in the Navy. In the latter half of the 1940s he played with Dexter Gordon, Charlie Parker, and Ella Fitzgerald; in 1950 he and Oscar Peterson recorded duets, and he also played with Peterson and Charlie Smith as a trio. In the mid-1950s he moved to England and worked at the BBC. Upon his return to America he toured with Woody Herman in 1958 and with Al Cohn/Zoot Sims in 1959-60. A prolific studio musician, he played with Duke Ellington in 1964 and with the Kenny Burrell Trio, Coleman Hawkins, Lee Konitz, Roy Eldridge, Michel Legrand, Milt Buckner, Jay McShann and Quincy Jones in the 1960s and 1970s. From 1967 to 1970 he taught at the Berklee College of Music. Holley was noted for singing along with his bass solos, a technique Slam Stewart also used. Holley and Stewart recorded together on two albums in the 1970s.
  • Major Quincy Jr. Holley, auch Mule Holley, war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Bassist. Holleys erste Instrumente waren Violine und Tuba, während des Dienstes in der US Navy wechselte er zum Kontrabass. Nach dem Militärdienst trat er mit Musikern wie Dexter Gordon, Charlie Parker und Ella Fitzgerald auf, spielte 1950 seine ersten (unveröffentlichten?) Aufnahmen im Duo mit Oscar Peterson ein und wurde neben Charlie Smith Mitglied des Peterson-Trios. Zwischen 1954 und 1956 arbeitete er als Studiomusiker für die BBC in London, bevor er 1958 an einer Südamerikatournee von Woody Hermans Band teilnahm. Nach der Rückkehr in die USA schloss er sich 1959 dem Quintett von Al Cohn und Zoot Sims an. In den 1960er Jahren arbeitete er erneut als Studiomusik und trat unter anderem mit dem Kenny Burrell Trio, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Quincy Jones und Duke Ellington (1964) auf. Zwischen 1967 und 1970 unterrichtete er am Berklee College of Music in Boston. In der Folgezeit unternahm er Europatourneen mit Helen Humes und den Kings of Jazz, nahm mit Slam Stewart, Lee Konitz (1975), Roland Hanna (1979), Michel Legrand, Milt Buckner und Jay McShann auf und trat bei verschiedenen europäischen Jazzfestivals auf.
  • Fu molto richiesto per l'umorismo che riusciva a trasmettere nei gruppi in cui lavorava e nel pubblico che lo ascoltava. Di particolare rilevanza è la tecnica che usava nei solo che ricorda quella di Slam Stewart; la tecnica consiste, oltre che nell'impiego dell'archetto, nell'impiego della voce come raddoppio al solo stesso. Nel 1977 registrò un disco, Two Big Mice, in cui compare anche Slam Stewart; le differenti tecniche strumentali emergono plasmando un gradevole contrappunto. Prima di divenire noto per il particolare modo di suonare il contrabbasso fece parte dell'orchestra di Quincy Jones, di Woody Herman e di piccole formazioni con Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins e nel duo con Zoot Sims.
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  • Major Holley was an American jazz upright bassist. Holley played violin and tuba when young and started playing bass while serving in the Navy. In the latter half of the 1940s he played with Dexter Gordon, Charlie Parker, and Ella Fitzgerald; in 1950 he and Oscar Peterson recorded duets, and he also played with Peterson and Charlie Smith as a trio. In the mid-1950s he moved to England and worked at the BBC.
  • Major Quincy Jr. Holley, auch Mule Holley, war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Bassist. Holleys erste Instrumente waren Violine und Tuba, während des Dienstes in der US Navy wechselte er zum Kontrabass. Nach dem Militärdienst trat er mit Musikern wie Dexter Gordon, Charlie Parker und Ella Fitzgerald auf, spielte 1950 seine ersten (unveröffentlichten?) Aufnahmen im Duo mit Oscar Peterson ein und wurde neben Charlie Smith Mitglied des Peterson-Trios.
  • Fu molto richiesto per l'umorismo che riusciva a trasmettere nei gruppi in cui lavorava e nel pubblico che lo ascoltava. Di particolare rilevanza è la tecnica che usava nei solo che ricorda quella di Slam Stewart; la tecnica consiste, oltre che nell'impiego dell'archetto, nell'impiego della voce come raddoppio al solo stesso. Nel 1977 registrò un disco, Two Big Mice, in cui compare anche Slam Stewart; le differenti tecniche strumentali emergono plasmando un gradevole contrappunto.
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