Ron Holloway

Ron Holloway
Ron Holloway performing at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Background information
Birth name	Ronald Edward Holloway
Born	24 August 1953 (1953-08-24) (age 56)
Origin	Washington, D.C., United States
Genres	Jazz R&B Blues Funk Rock
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Tenor Saxophone
Years active	1966 - 2009
Labels	Fantasy Records / Milestone Records
Associated acts	Dizzy Gillespie Susan Tedeschi Gil Scott-Heron Root Boy Slim Sonny Rollins
Website	Official site
Notable instruments
Keilwerth SX90R Tenor Saxophone.

Ronald Edward "Ron" Holloway, born August 24, 1953 in Washington, D.C., is an American tenor saxophonist known for his love of a sweeping breadth and knowledge of jazz, his genial manner sitting in with various bands, his eclectic tastes in music and his ability to adapt his playing to a variety of musical genres.^[1] A few years after his entry onto the Washington, D.C. music scene, Holloway was already getting noticed by internationally known musicians. He is listed in the Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz^[2] where veteran jazz critic Ira Gitler describes Holloway as a "bear-down-hard-bopper who can blow authentic R&B and croon a ballad with warm, blue feeling."^[3]

Ron Holloway was a member of Dizzy Gillespie's final quintet until Gillespie's 1993 death. Currently, he is a member of Susan Tedeschi's band and appears as a frequent guest of The Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule, The Derek Trucks Band, Little Feat and Taj Mahal.

Biography

Childhood

Ron Holloway was born to Winston and Marjorie Holloway, avid jazz fans who met while attending Howard University in Washington, D.C. They frequently attended concerts at the Howard Theatre. Holloway himself has commented he must have heard jazz in the womb.^[4] When he was very young, his father would return from work, bringing home the latest Prestige Records or Blue Note albums. Though he was not a musician, Winston was a big fan of saxophone and trumpet led groups and shared his love for all the great horn soloists with his son.^[5] Ron was equally enthusiastic about music but felt no inclination to become a musician himself.

Introduction to the saxophone

In 1966, on his the first day of school at Carter G. Woodson Junior High School, the director of the school band mentioned during orientation a shortage of students for a complete band. The students were invited to join him in the band room the next day. Two of Holloway's friends were eager to go but they had to persuade him to join them. The next morning, the director showed them the french horn, clarinet, and an alto saxophone. Holloway quickly chose the saxophone remembering all the music he'd been exposed to growing up around his parents. He comments:

"The irony is my two friends both quit playing the clarinet and the french horn after a mere two years. Forty-two years later I'm still playing the saxophone and that's how I make my living."

"I started taking the school horn home everyday so I could practice. I was very eager to learn and improve. As soon as I got home I'd take the horn out of its case and start playing. Before I knew anything three hours had gone by and it was dinner time."^{[cite this quote]}

Holloway played the alto saxophone for only a few months. His teacher needed a tenor saxophonist and by the end of the year he made the switch to the instrument that was to become his primary musical "voice". Holloway commented in JazzTimes magazine that he remembers hearing the Sonny Rollins album, What's New?, feeling particularly moved by Rollins' solo on the song, "If Ever I Should Leave You", when he was only ten years old. Despite his youth, he would press his father to keep playing "'that record by Sonny Rollins", saying that what affected him most was "how rhythmically animated Sonny's playing was, along with the speech-like quality of his sound. It was like listening to a human voice but with a thousand times the rhythmic capacity".^{[6][dead link]} Hearing what was possible on the tenor saxophone made the switch from alto to tenor sax a little less daunting.

In December 1966, Holloway's grandmother joined the family in relocating to suburban Takoma Park, Maryland from Washington, D.C. in a house which provided a large basement where Holloway could practice without disturbing others. Holloway stated, "I was only thirteen but I felt I had found my life's work."^{[cite this quote]}

Influences: Discovering the masters

In January 1967, Holloway's family began the new year in their new home in Takoma Park, Maryland and he began the new semester in Takoma Park Junior High School where he joined the school band, returning home daily to the basement where he would listen to his father's vinyl record collection. One of the first tenor sax players to grab his attention was Willis Gator Jackson. His style was more R&B based and therefore easier for Holloway to grasp at that early stage. As his hearing became more advanced he heard and identified "voices" that spoke most profoundly. Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane and Miles Davis became Holloway's principle influences and have remained so to the present day.^[7] Listening to these players he found each had their own distinctive styles and sounds. He began to tackle a new goal; to develop a personal expression that people could readily identify as Ron Holloway.

Late 1960s into early 1970s

In the last years of the 1960s, Holloway began to find his own voice on the tenor saxophone. When school let out in the summer of 1967 he practiced anywhere from 8–10 hours every day. "I didn't mind devoting the whole day to practicing. I was thoroughly consumed by my instrument and my musical heroes." Over the next few years Holloway began sitting in with all types of musical groups and sought out jam sessions. The practice of sitting in became an important element in Ron's development and the main reason for his versatility. It wasn't unusual to find him playing with a jazz, R&B, funk, rock, jazz fusion, blues or even a country and folk music group,^[8] all in the space of a single week. The Washington D.C. music scene continued to thrive into the early 1970s and Holloway took full advantage of it. Two of the first bands he joined were a couple of popular R&B groups based in D.C. called 'The Sounds of Shea' and 'Mad Dog & the Lowlifers'.^[9] However, despite his busy schedule, Ron eventually felt the need for greater musical challenges.

Sitting in Milestones: Mid 1970s into early 1980s

Freddie Hubbard

In the summer of 1974 the Holloways discovered Freddie Hubbard was scheduled to make an appearance at the (short lived) Etcetera Club in downtown Washington, D.C.. Holloway brought an audio cassette he'd made of himself practicing along with one of Hubbard's recordings to the concert. During the break he introduced himself to Hubbard and played the tape for him. After hearing the tape, he was invited to come back that Sunday night and sit in. Holloway accepted and the result was an open invitation to sit in whenever Hubbard was in town.

Sonny Rollins

The next year, 1975, Holloway and his mother attended a packed clinic given by tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins at Howard University. Rollins was backed by a rhythm section composed of local musicians. At one point Rollins invited local horn players to join him onstage. Holloway played on the Rollins original "Playin' in the Yard". The solo went well and Holloway received a standing ovation from the audience. Rollins and Holloway kept in touch afterwards and the two became good friends. In an issue of Jazz Times Magazine Holloway mentioned some of the qualities in Rollins that had inspired him; his big explosive sound, his unique "voice" and willingness to explore all the facets of the tenor sax, making it an extension of himself, and finally, like John Coltrane, his deep contemplation of the music on a "meditative" level.^[6] The friendship and respect between the two ran both ways. Rollins has been equally generous in his praise of Holloway over the years and has mentioned him in several interviews as one of his favorite young tenor players.^[10]

Dizzy Gillespie

1977 was a pivotal year for Ron Holloway. It was in the summer of that year that he learned of a new club about to open within a mile of his home. Among the scheduled performers at the Showboat Lounge were Sonny Rollins, Freddie Hubbard and Dizzy Gillespie. On Gillespie's first night there, Holloway approached his dressing room armed with a cassette tape about 45 minutes before showtime. He could hear Gillespie warming up, starting from the lowest notes and coming up the chromatic scale. When Gillespie spotted him standing in the doorway, Holloway was asked to play his tape, which he identified as the recording of his performance with Rollins. Gillespie listened intently. After hearing the solo he asked Ron if he had his horn with him. Holloway answered he hadn't brought it because he didn't want to appear presumptuous. Dizzy grinned widely and said "Presumptuous-- now there's a word!" After a good laugh, Holloway found himself performing with Gillespie all week. Afterwards, he had a standing invitation to sit in with the band. In 1979 Holloway sat in with Dizzy Gillespie at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London, England. Holloway continued to sit in with Gillespie well into the eighties and on June 6, 1987, performed with a large group of musicians honoring Gillespie at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts.

Root Boy Slim and The Sex Change Band

It was also in the middle of 1977 that Holloway met Foster MacKenzie III, better known as Root Boy Slim, aka "The Duke of Puke". Root Boy had a reputation for bizarre behavior and wild stage antics. He was a notorious fixture in suburban Maryland and throughout the Washington, D.C. music scene. Holloway began playing with Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band in the summer of 1977. The band played the better alternative clubs such as The Bayou, the Psychedelly, the Cellar Door and other music venues around Washington D.C.

In 1979 Root Boy, Holloway, and the rest of Root Boy's Sex Change Band participated in a film entitled "Mr. Mike's Mondo Video" which was written by Michael O'Donoghue. Mondo Video was deemed a bit too raunchy for regular television. In the early 1980s Root Boy and Holloway made cameo appearances in a film made by the D.C. area comedy group known as The Langley Punks for their Travesty Films group. Ron recorded four albums with Root Boy and at least three 45's: "Too Much Jawbone" with "Xmas at K-Mart" on the flip side, "The Meltdown" backed with "Graveyard of Losers" and "Dare To Be Fat" on I.R.S. Records. Holloway was a member of several Root Boy configurations from 1977-1987.

Osiris Marsh

As is so often the case in the music business, Holloway's tenure with Root Boy Slim overlapped with a couple of other groups. One such group was the D.C. funk band called Osiris. Osiris Marsh and Ron Holloway first met in 1979. With influences ranging from Parliament/Funkadelic, Earth, Wind, and Fire, and Sly and the Family Stone, Osiris was interested in the culture of ancient Egypt (hence the name) and the roots of African Americans altogether. Holloway recorded two albums with Osiris. The group consisted of Osiris Marsh on lead vocals, Tony Jones and Tyrone "Ty" Brunson on bass guitars (having two was intended to add extra funk to their sound), Maceo Bond on keyboards, Ron Holloway on tenor saxophone, Brent Mingle on guitar and Jimmy "Sha-Sha" Stapleton on percussion. As a band they produced "the most unalloyed, dirty and downright nasty Funk imaginable." ^[11] Marsh, who wrote or co-wrote the majority of the band's songs, with Bond and Brunson produced an independent studio album on the band's own label, "Tomdog" titled, Since Before Our Time in 1978. In 1979, Warner Bros. Records picked it up, remixed and repackaged it. One single, "Consistency", was the only song to reach the Billboard Top 100 R&B singles chart. It debuted on March 3, 1979 and peaked at #77. The album received good reviews but the label failed to promote it after its release in 1979. This was due in part, according to Marsh, because of the depth of the music and lyrics which dealt with the importance of retracing one's roots, as opposed to the increasingly shallower lyrics and simpler, danceable rhythms typical of disco music.^[11] All Music critic Alex Henderson claims Warner Bros. Records failed to promote not only the album but the band and they were dropped after just one album.^[12] Another album, O-Zone, on Marlin Records met with similar reviews, but faced the same overall inability to overcome the dance floor fever that enticed many funk and soul listeners towards disco, as the 1970s came to an end. Holloway played with Osiris from 1979 to 1981.

Gil Scott-Heron

In November 1981 Holloway visited one of the most popular D.C. clubs; Blues Alley, where he had been told jazz drummer Norman Connors would be performing. He brought his horn and upon arriving spotted Connors and introduced himself. With an offer from Connors, he sat in on the next set, getting a good response from the audience. Afterward, Holloway was approached by singer, and spoken word artist, Gil Scott-Heron, who complimented him and invited him to join his group, which - for a reason Gil couldn't quite remember was dubbed the "Amnesia Express". In February, 1982 Holloway played his first gig with Scott-Heron at the Bottom Line in New York City with fellow saxophonist and Amnesia Express co-founder Carl Cornwell on stage and Diana Ross and Gato Barbieri in the audience. Holloway found his playing evolving while in the band, commenting, "I got so many things together on my horn while playing with Gil. It was really a valuable period of self discovery." The audience appreciated his contributions as well, singling him out in several reviews.^[13] It happened that early in 1982 Holloway was aboard when filmmaker Robert Mugge documented Scott-Heron's performance at the Wax Museum nightclub in Washington, D.C. The film is called Black Wax. Holloway was a member of Scott-Heron's group from February 1982 until June 1989.^[14]

Joining the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet

Though he was a member of Scott-Heron's group during this period Holloway continued to appear with Dizzy whenever he would perform in D.C. In June 1989 he was sitting in with Dizzy at Blues Alley. "Dizzy's manager came up to me at the bar and said 'Birks wants to see you upstairs. He wants to talk to you about something.' I went up to the dressing room and Dizzy told me he needed a regular saxophone player and asked me if I'd like to join his quintet. I responded with a question: "When do I start?" 'I think you already have," was Dizzy's reply. Holloway toured the world with Gillespie, performing for kings and dignitaries as well as popular American television shows like the Johnny Carson and Arsenio Hall shows. During his tenure with Gillespie, Holloway recorded two CDs; The Symphony Sessions on Pro Arte,^[15] and Dizzy Gillespie - Live! at Blues Alley,^[16] on the Blues Alley imprint. He also played the top music festivals that featured jazz ^[17] and clubs around the world with Gillespie.

"Joining Dizzy's quintet was one of the greatest events of my life! If you are a young aspiring musician, you'd be hard-pressed to improve on standing next to John Birks Gillespie! When I think back on it now, fifteen years after the fact, I still have to pinch myself. It's difficult to say whether my life has been enriched more professionally or personally, but I suspect the latter. As great a musician as Dizzy was, he may have been an even more remarkable human being." "The last week I played with Dizzy, in February of 1992, was at a very nice club called Jazz Alley, in Seattle," Holloway sadly recalled. "It wound up being his last booking. I remember he played so strong and with such precision that week that guitarist Ed Cherry and I were pleasantly stunned. We stood dead in our tracks as one set in particular ended and Ed looked at Diz in amazement and called out Dizzy's name loudly to let Dizzy know how impressive his playing was throughout that entire set. Dizzy just shrugged it off but Ed and I both knew what we had just witnessed. We were both emotionally affected by what we had just heard. It was uncanny and just a little eerie. It was as if God had smiled down on Dizzy and allowed him to play the way he had twenty years previously. The very next week Dizzy underwent some tests because he hadn't been feeling well. To everyone's shock the diagnosis was grim- cancer of the pancreas. Dizzy was forced to cancel his engagements until further notice. On January 6, 1993 we lost him. By then he had been off the scene for nine months. It was the end of an era. I will forever treasure the time I was fortunate to spend in his company, before and after joining his band." ^[18]

Holloway remained a member of the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet from June 1989 until the passing of his friend on January 6, 1993.

Milestone Records

From August through September 1993, Holloway recorded his first CD. Once the recording was finished he sent his demo tape to his friend and mentor Sonny Rollins who passed it along to Ralph Kaffel at Fantasy Records, and within a week, Holloway was signed. Ron recorded four CD's between 1993 and 1998 for Fantasy's Milestone Records label.^[19]

Little Feat

The time honored tradition of sitting-in in all kinds of musical situations is something Holloway has done throughout his career. In 2002, as Holloway was leaving Rams Head Onstage in Annapolis, Maryland, a crew member of the band Little Feat saw him with his sax. He told Holloway that the band would be performing on the main stage the next night and suggested Holloway come down and bring his horn. He did, and made a Cameo appearance on the song "Feats Don't Fail Me Now". His timing proved to be impeccable, resulting in his first appearance with the band being recorded on Little Feat's CD, Live at the Rams Head on their imprint label, Hot Tomato Records. On October 14, 2002 Little Feat revisited their 1978 live album "Waiting For Columbus". Once again the band performed many of the original songs in front of a live audience in the same venue the original album was recorded; Lisner Auditorium on the campus of George Washington University in Washington, D.C. For this event the group enlisted a large number of their musical friends. It was at this concert that Holloway and guitarist Warren Haynes first met.

Over the years Little Feat and Holloway have maintained close ties. In early February 2006 Holloway traveled to Negril, Jamaica to perform as a special guest during their annual performance there.

Allman Brothers and Related Bands

Derek Trucks

The original meeting between Derek Trucks and Holloway took place in 2002 aboard Trucks' tour bus just outside the entrance to Rams Head Onstage.^[specify] "The first time I met Derek I was surprised how conversant he is with musicians of various genres. As I boarded his bus I realized he was listening to a Wayne Shorter CD. As we talked he mentioned several other favorite recordings by Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Charles Lloyd, Sun Ra, John Gilmore and John Coltrane. That night I realized just how serious he is about music." Trucks and Holloway have performed together many times since in the context of The Derek Trucks Band, The Allman Brothers Band, Susan Tedeschi, and a conglomeration of (husband and wife) Trucks' and Tedeschi's bands called the "Soul Stew Revival".

Warren Haynes and Gregg Allman

On September 30, 2004, Little Feat with Holloway were scheduled to open for the Allman Brothers Band at the Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, Virginia. Holloway was surrounded by notable musicians. Aside from Little Feat, Ron found himself in the company of the two featured guitarists in the Allman Brothers Band. He had played with Derek Trucks and met Warren Haynes previously. This was his first opportunity to hear the Allman Brothers Band live. After the opening set with Little Feat, Haynes invited Holloway to sit in with Allman Brothers. Holloway played on one of the last tunes of the night called "Southbound"; an Allman Brothers classic tune.^[20]

After the show Warren Haynes invited Ron to sit in with his band; Gov't Mule. Nicknamed "The Mule", the band had been scheduled to perform at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. in October, 2004. Holloway performed with them to a packed house on October 27 and 28, 2004. Both these nights were recorded.

Since this first encounter Gov't Mule and Ron Holloway have performed together many times, most notably at the Beacon Theatre, the Wanee Festival and the Warren Haynes Annual Christmas Jam in Asheville, North Carolina.

Haynes went further and introduced Holloway to Gregg Allman, at the Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, Virginia. The following year, in 2005, Holloway toured with the The Allman Brothers Band for the first time.^[21] Over the years Holloway has performed with and made numerous live recordings with the Allman Brothers Band. Other than the Nissan Pavilion, other venues and concerts in which Holloway has guested include the Wanee Festival in Live Oak, Florida,^[22] the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, in 2008, and the Beacon Theatre in New York City.

Devon Allman and Honeytribe

Playing with Honeytribe 2009
Photo: Stephen Grodek

Gregg Allman's son, Devon is also a musician with whom Holloway has performed. Their first musical meeting took place at the Iota Club & Cafe in Arlington, Virginia on March 31, 2009 when Devon's band Honeytribe appeared there. Holloway maintains his association with Devon and the rest of the Allman Brothers family of bands.

Susan Tedeschi

Holloway in 2007 With
Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi's Soul Stew Revival

In October, 2005 Holloway visited Rams Head Live! in Baltimore, Maryland, remembering that blues and R&B singer Susan Tedeschi was scheduled to appear there that night. Tedeschi is married to Derek Trucks and Holloway had met her years before while sitting in with Trucks at the Wanee Festival and a show at the Birchmere, (in suburban Virginia just outside Washington, D.C.). After renewing their acquaintance and performing together, Tedeschi invited Holloway to join her band shortly thereafter.^[23] Since that time, he's performed in her band across Europe and toured extensively throughout the United States with Tedeschi playing major festivals, theatres and clubs. Tedeschi, along with her band has also appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien^[24] and been seen on numerous occasions on local news spots as they tour across the United States. Along with the airplay her recordings receive, Tedeschi has performed live many times on several radio stations across the U.S. (including NPR^[25]), Canada and Europe. Holloway continues to play in Tedeschi's band and occasionally performs with the band she co-leads with her husband Trucks; called "Soul Stew Revival".

Ron Holloway Discography

Discography: Selected contributions

With Root Boy Slim

With Osiris

With Gil Scott-Heron

with Dizzy Gillespie

With Little Feat

With Deanna Bogart

With other artists

With The Allman Brothers Band

With Warren Haynes and Gov't Mule

Albums and singles

• Marc Jordan - "Mannequin" - Warner Bros. Records ___1978___(Vinyl is long out of print but the recording was recently released on CD by Cafe Records)___Holloway solos at the end of the albums single; "Survival"
• Root Boy Slim - "Dare To Be Fat" - I.R.S. Records___1980___Scarce 45 RPM featuring Ron Holloway on Baritone sax solo
• Root Boy Slim - "The Meltdown" - Joe-Tel Records___1979___Scarce 45 RPM featuring Ron Holloway (tenor sax) and Marshall Keys (alto sax)
• Root Boy Slim - "Too Much Jawbone" - Joe-Tel Records___1978___Scarce 45 RPM featuring Ron Holloway (tenor sax)
• The Reddings recorded on (a subsidiary of Columbia Records)___1980___(out of print vinyl)___Holloway solos near the end of "Funkin' On the One"
• Marge Calhoun - "Twisted Tales of Passion and Pain" - Wize Woman Records___2002
• Elliot Levine - "Smash" - MP3.com___2000

Reviews

• Review of Susan Tedeschi and Shemekia Copeland performance at the Cape Cod Melody Tent in Hyannis, Massachusetts___(June 26, 2009)
• Review of Susan Tedeschi and James Hunter performance at the Aladdin Theater in Portland, Oregon___(February 22, 2009)
• Pop Matters review of Susan Tedeschi performance at the La Zona Rosa in Austin, Texas___(February 7, 2009)
• Review of Susan Tedeschi and James Hunter performance at New Orleans House of Blues___(February 2, 2009)
• Tedeschi, Hunter play Blues, Soul and more___TimesUnion.com___(November 18, 2008)
• Tedeschi Leads Band in Strong Show at the Egg___DailyGazette.com___(November 15, 2008)
• Soaring Sound and Fury___The Boston Globe___(November 14, 2008)
• Standard Time review of Susan Tedeschi concert at the Berklee Performance Center___(November 11, 2008)
• Gov’t Mule, Girls Guns & Glory put a little kick in Halloween night___Enterprisenews.com___(November 2, 2008)
• Susan Tedeschi a Brash Blues Force___The Buffalo News___(October 15, 2008)
• Change Rocks with The Dead & The Allman Brothers Band___JamBase___(October 15, 2008)
• New Year's Eve at the Fabulous Fox: Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi Ring in the New Year Family Style___Hittin' the Note___(December 2007)
• Xmas Jam: Something Something Soulshine___Hidden Track___(December 18, 2007)
• 19th Annual Warren Haynes Christmas Jam___Asheville Civic Center___Asheville, NC___JamBase___(December 17, 2007)
• Review of Susan Tedeschi performance at Cape Cod Melody Tent___PatriotLedger.com___(August 27, 2007)
• Allman Brothers Band at the Third Annual Wanee Festival___Glidemagazine.com___(April 13 & 14, 2006)
• Gov't Mule at the Beacon Theatre___New York City___Glidemagazine.com___(January 12, 2006)
• Allman Brothers Band at the Beacon Theatre___New York City___Glidemagazine.com___(April 29, 2005)
• Derek Trucks's No-Strut Zone___Derek Trucks at Rams Head Onstage___Washingtonpost.com___(January 13, 2005)
• Derek Trucks Band at Rams Head OnStage, Annapolis, Maryland___(January 10, 2005)
• Gov't Mule at Rams Head Live___Baltimore, Maryland___Glidemagazine.com___(November 28, 2004)
• Ron Holloway Group at Blues Alley___Washington D.C.___Washingtonpost.com___(April 11, 2003)
• JazzTimes review of Groove Update by Willard Jenkins___(June, 1998)

Selected video

• Susan Tedeschi Band performing "Evidence" on Late Night with Conan O'Brien
• Peter Frampton performing "Shotgun" - Live at the 2007 Warren Haynes Christmas Jam featuring Ron Holloway (December 15, 2007)
• Gov't Mule performing band intro jam and "Can't Turn You Loose" at the Beacon Theater in New York City (December 31, 2005)
• Susan Tedeschi Band performing "Back to the River" at the Neighborhood Theatre in Charlotte, N.C. (April 17, 2009)
• The Allman Brothers Band performing "Dreams" at the Beacon Theatre in New York City (March 19th, 2005)
• Gov't Mule performing Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" - Live at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts (October 31, 2008)
• Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi performing "I Wish I Knew" - Live at the Fillmore in San Francisco (June 16, 2007)
• The Allman Brothers Band performing "Soulshine" - Live at the Beacon Theatre (March 24, 2007)
• The Susan Tedeschi Band performing "Little By Little" - Live at the Rhythm & Roots Festival in Charlestown, Rhode Island (September 1, 2007)
• The Susan Tedeschi Band performing "Voodoo Woman" - Live at the Rhythm & Roots Festival in Charlestown, Rhode Island (September 1, 2007)
• The Susan Tedeschi Band performing "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" - Live at the Rhythm & Roots Festival in Charlestown, Rhode Island (September 1, 2007)
• The Wanee Family Band performing "The Same Thing" - Live at the Wanee Festival in Live Oak, Florida (April 16, 2008)
• The Wanee Family Band performing "All Along the Watchtower" - Live at the Wanee Festival in Live Oak, Florida (April 16, 2008)
• Gil Scott-Heron performing "Is That Jazz?" - Live from the film Black Wax (1982)...Ron Holloway takes the first tenor sax solo
• Susan Tedeschi Band in five video performances - Live from the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles (November 18, 2005)

Television appearances

• Susan Tedeschi on Late Night with Conan O'Brien performing "Evidence" (First Aired: Wednesday December 14, 2005)
• Ron Holloway Group on BETJazz
• Ron Holloway & Friends on the Maureen Bunyan Show
• Gil Scott-Heron on Nightline
• Ron Holloway & Friends on Fox Morning News
• Ron Holloway Group on Saturday Magazine
• The Johnny Carson Show with Dizzy Gillespie performing "The Tenor Song"
• The Arsenio Hall Show with Dizzy Gillespie featuring Jon Faddis performing "A Night in Tunisia"
• The Early Show with Dizzy Gillespie performing "Brother K"
• The Joan Lunden Show with Dizzy Gillespie performing "Fiesta Mojo"
• The Tim and Daphne Show with Dizzy Gillespie performing "The Tenor Song" and "Ooh Pah Pa Dah"
• The Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon with Dizzy Gillespie
• Gil Scott-Heron on the Angel Casis Show (filmed and aired in Barcelona Spain)
• Gil Scott-Heron on Ohne Filter performing "Winter in America" and "Not Needed" (filmed and aired in Baden-Baden, Germany) March, 1984
• Gil Scott-Heron on the Old Grey Whistle Test performing "Winter in America" (filmed and aired in London)
• The Panorama Show (hosted by Maury Povich) with Dizzy Gillespie
• Root Boy Slim & the Sex Change Band on PM Magazine (feat. an interview with Root Boy and snipets of the band performing at the Cellar Door)

Filmography

• (2005) Gil Scott-Heron - "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" (Directed by Don Letts)
• (1988) Whoopi Goldberg - "Clara's Heart" - Warner Brothers - (Unavailable for many years, the film was finally released in 2006 in Germany under the title "Claras Geheimnis") Warner Brothers DVD (Directed by Robert Mulligan)
• (1987) Dizzy Gillespie - "Wolf Trap Salutes Dizzy Gillespie" - Pioneer Laser Disc
• (1983) Gil Scott-Heron - "Cool Runnings: The Reggae Movie" - Xenon DVD (Directed by Robert Mugge)
• (1982) Gil Scott-Heron - "Black Wax" - Winstar DVD (Directed by Robert Mugge)
• (1979) "Mr. Mike's Mondo Video" - Produced and directed by Michael O'Donoghue the film features Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Bill Murray, Laraine Newman, Gilda Radner plus Root Boy Slim and more. Michael O'Donoghue appears throughout the film as Mr. Mike. (Unavailable for many years, the film was finally released in 2009) - Shout Factory DVD

Awards

• Ron Holloway is the recipient of forty-two Washington Area Music Association awards (Wammies) from 1985 to 2005. Two of them for Musician of the Year.

References

Books

• The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz by Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler, Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Living the Jazz Life: Conversations with Forty Musicians about Their Careers in Jazz by W. Royal Stokes, Oxford University Press (U.S.A.)
• Dizzy: The Life and Times of John Birks Gillespie by Donald Maggin___Harper Entertainment
• Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie by Alyn Shipton___Oxford University Press, USA
• Bebop:Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion by Scott Yanow___Miller Freeman Books
• The Great Jazz Day by Charles Graham, Dan Morgenstern, Whitney Balliett, Gary Giddins and Ralph Ellison___Da Capo Press
• Bebop and Nothingness: Jazz and Pop at the End of the Century by Francis Davis___Schirmer Books
• Musichound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide edited by Steve Holtje and Nancy Ann Lee___Schirmer Trade Books

Radio

• Susan Tedeschi at the Edmonton Folk Festival (2006) on Saturday Night Blues (CBC Radio in Canada)
• Susan Tedeschi on etown - LIVE from Boulder Theatre on 11.21.05
• Susan Tedeschi LIVE from World Cafe on 10.27.05
• Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center feat/ Ron Holloway
• Gil Scott-Heron and his Amnesia Express at Bremen, Kulturzentrum Schauburg on April 18th, 1983

External links

• Profile at the Millennium Stage of the Kennedy Center
• Jazz Times Tribute to Sonny Rollins
• JamBase Article w/ Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi (Ron Holloway mentioned)
• Downbeat Magazine interview w/ Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi (Ron Holloway mentioned)
• "Preview: Sonny Rollins at the Kennedy Center" - Article/interview with Sonny Rollins (Holloway mentioned)
• Ron Holloway on All Music
• Ron Holloway's CDs on Amazon.com
• Jazz Profiles from NPR - Jazzed in D.C. produced by Molly Murphy
• Review of Susan Tedeschi Band at Carnegie Hall on 6/20/06
• Photo essay of the Susan Tedeschi Band at the Abel Dubois Auditoire in Mons, Belgium on 5/4/06
• Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians - Institute of Jazz Studies by Lewis Porter.
• A Fireside Chat with Sonny Rollins by Fred Jung on Jazzweekly.com (Ron Holloway mentioned)
• Milestone Records listing
• Montpelier Cultural Arts Center/JazzMont Records
• Man With a Horn by Francis Davis
• Ron Holloway My Space