Ron Holloway

Ron Holloway

Ronald Edward "Ron" Holloway, born August 24, 1953 in Washington, D.C., is an American tenor saxophonist known for his ability to adapt to a variety of musical genres. He has played with famous bands since his entry into the Washington, D.C. music scene. Holloway is listed in the Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz, and 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."

Holloway was a member of Dizzy Gillespie's final quintet until his death, on January 6, 1993. Currently he is a member of Susan Tedeschi's Band, and in addition, Ron also 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 grew up in a household where listening to jazz was a favorite pastime. His parents, Winston and Marjorie Holloway were and remain avid jazz listeners. His parents met while attending Howard University in Washington, D.C. They both loved jazz and would frequently attend concerts at the Howard Theatre. He has commented that he must have heard jazz in the womb. In pre-teen years, Holloway's father would return from work, bringing the latest Prestige Records or Blue Note albums. A big fan of saxophone and trumpet led groups, he shared his love for all of the great horn soloists with his son. Ron listened to and enjoyed his father's albums but had no interest in becoming a musician himself.

Saxophone

In October 1966, at age 13, while attending Carter G. Woodson Junior High School. There, he was introduced to the saxophone. During orientation, the first day at school, the director of the school band mentioned a shortage of students for a complete band, and the students were invited to join him the next day. Two of Holloway's friends were enthusiastic, but he had to be persuaded to join them. The next morning, the director, Mr. Capehart, showed them the french horn, clarinet, and an alto saxophone. Holloway quickly chose the saxophone because of all the music he remembered hearing while growing up with 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."

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 voice. The family relocated from Washington, D.C. to Takoma Park, Maryland in December 1966, with Ron's grandmother joining them. The house provided a large basement where he could practice without disturbing others. Looking back, Holloway remarked, "At that point in my life I was very excited about pursuing music and starting that journey toward reaching my full potential. I was only thirteen but I felt I had found my life's work."

Influences: Discovering the masters

January 1967 saw the Holloway's beginning the new year in their new home in Takoma Park, Maryland. Ron was eager to begin the next semester in a new school; Takoma Park Junior High School, playing in the school band. Each day upon returning home he would go down to the basement and listen to his fathers 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. Players like Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane and Miles Davis, became Holloway's principle influences and have remained so to the present day. Listening to these players he found each had their own distinctive styles and sounds. It became obvious to him this was the thing to strive for; a personal expression that people could readily identify as Ron Holloway.

First group

Holloway did begin 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 regularly participated in jam sessions with school friends and joined his first top 40/R&B band; the Speculations. More practice of sitting in with all types of groups became an important element in Ron's development and the main reason for his versatility. It wasn't unusual to find him sitting in with a jazz, R&B, funk, rock, jazz fusion, blues or even a country music band all in the space of a week. The Washington D.C. music scene continued to thrive into the early 1970s and Holloway took full advantage of it. However, despite all the local activity he eventually felt the need for greater musical challenges.

Milestones:Sitting in 1970s

Freddie Hubbard

In the summer of 1974 the Holloway's discovered Freddie Hubbard was scheduled to make an appearance at the (short lived) Etcetera Club in downtown Washington, D.C.. Ron brought along a cassette player and a tape of himself practicing along with one of Hubbard's recordings to the concert. During the break Holloway went up to the dressing room and introduced himself to Freddie. After hearing the tape Freddie invited him to come back to the club on Sunday night and sit in. Holloway did and the result was an open invitation to sit in anytime 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. Sonny was backed by a rhythm section comprised 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 Ron received a standing ovation from the audience. Rollins and Holloway kept in touch afterwards and the two became good friends. Years later Sonny would send Holloway's demo to his record label (Fantasy/Milestone) which resulted in Holloway being signed by the label.

Dizzy Gillespie

By 1977 Holloway was making a living playing music. 1977 proved to be a most pivotal year in Ron Holloway's career. This was the year he met and sat in with Dizzy Gillespie. He got a call from his father one morning, and found a new club was opening within a mile from his home. The name of the club was the Showboat Lounge and Sonny Rollins, Freddie Hubbard and Dizzy Gillespie were among the scheduled performers.

On the first night of Dizzy's first week Holloway went to the Showboat armed with a tape recorder. Approaching the dressing room about 45 minutes before showtime, he could hear Dizzy warming up. He was holding long tones, starting from the lowest notes and coming up the chromatic scale. Gillespie noticed him standing in the doorway, and Holloway was asked to play his tape of his performance with Rollins, once Gillespie understood what he was carrying. Dizzy listened intently. After hearing the solo he asked Holloway if he had his horn. Holloway answered that 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 Dizzy all week. Afterwards, Holloway had a standing invitation to sit in with the band. In 1979 he sat in with Dizzy at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London. On June 6, 1987 Ron performed with a large group of musicians honoring Dizzy at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts. Holloway would eventually become a full time member of Gillespie's quintet.

Root Boy Slim & The Sex Change Band

1977 continued to be a pivitol year for the young saxophonist. It was in the summer 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 the Takoma Park, Maryland suburb 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 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 Rootboy and at least two 45's: "Xmas at K-Mart" and "Too Much Jawbone" on the flip side, and "Do the Meltdown" backed with "Graveyard of Losers". 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. Ron recorded two albums with Osiris; Since Before Our Time for Warner Brothers Records and O-Zone for Marlin Records. Holloway played with Osiris from 1979 to 1981.

Gil Scott-Heron

In November 1981 Holloway left home and headed downtown for one of the most popular D.C. clubs; Blues Alley where he heard 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, climbing the stairs leading to the dressing room, a deep resonant baritone voice said, "I like the way you handled yourself up there!" It was Gil Scott-Heron. That night Scott-Heron invited Holloway to join his group. In February, 1982 Holloway played his first gig with Scott-Heron at the Bottom Line in New York City with Diana Ross and Gato Barbieri in the audience. Holloway comments, "I got so many things together on my horn while playing with Gil. It was really a valuable period of self discovery." In addition, 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 of 1982 until June of 1989.

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 of 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. Ron toured the world with Dizzy, performing for kings and dignitaries and performed on the Johnny Carson and Arsenio Hall shows. During his tenure with Gillespie, Holloway recorded two CDs; The Symphony Sessions on Pro Arte, and Dizzy Gillespie - Live! at Blues Alley, on the Blues Alley imprint. He also played many of the important Jazz festivals and clubs around the world with Gillespie as well.

"Joining Dizzy Gillespie's Quintet was a major milestone in my life. If you are an aspiring young musician you'd be hard pressed to improve upon standing next to John Birks Gillespie night after night. When I think back on it I still have to pinch myself. It's difficult to say whether my life has been more enriched professionally or personally but I suspect the latter. For 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 nice club called Jazz AlleyJazz Alley, in Seattle, Washington. It wound up being Diz' last booking. Here's the thing: I remember he played so strong and with such precision that week that guitarist Ed Cherry and myself 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 had been 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. It was uncanny and just a little eerie. Dizzy had just played the way he played twenty years previous. The very next week Dizzy underwent some tests because he hadn't been feeling well. To everyone's shock the diagnosis was grim. Dizzy was forced to cancel his engagements until further notice. Sadly, on January 6 1993 we lost him. It was the end of an era. I will forever treasure the time I was fortunate enough to spend in his company before and after joining his band."

Thus, the sitting in period that had begun in June 1977 ended in June 1989 when Dizzy hired Ron. Ron Holloway was a member of the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet from June 1989 until the passing of his friend on January 6 1993.

Fantasy Records

From August through September 1993, Holloway recorded what would be released as his first CD. Once the recording was finished Ron sent his demo tape to his friend and mentor Sonny Rollins who sent the tape to Ralph Kaffel at Fantasy Records, and within a week, Holloway was signed to their label.

Holloway's albums include Slanted, released in early 1994 followed by Struttin in 1995; Scorcher in 1996, and Groove Update in 1998, all on the Fantasy/Milestone Records label. In the spring of 2002 Ron Holloway's performance at Montpelier Cultural Arts Center was recorded. In the spring of 2003 the CD "Ron Holloway & Friends - Live at Montpelier" was released on the Jazzmont label, the Montpelier imprint.

With Little Feat

The time honored tradition of sitting-in in all kinds of musical situations is something Holloway has done throughout his life. In 2002, as Holloway was leaving Rams Head Tavern in Annapolis, Maryland a crew member of the band Little Feat saw him with his saxophone. 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". The result: Holloway's first time ever performance with the band was recorded and appears on the Live at the Rams Head CD on Hot Tomato Records, their imprint label. 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 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 on their annual performance there.

Derek Trucks

The original meeting between Derek Trucks and Ron Holloway took place in 2002 aboard Derek's tour bus just outside the entrance to Rams Head Onstage. "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

For Ron Holloway a lot of things converged on September 30 2004. Little Feat was scheduled to open for the Allman Brothers Band at Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, Virginia. "I realized this was a very momentous occasion. First of all I was playing with the opening band; Little Feat. Second; both Derek Trucks, who I had played with and Warren Haynes, who I had met previously are the two guitarists with the Allman Brothers Band. To top it all off I was about to hear the Allman Brothers Band live for the first time. After I finished playing the opening set with Little Feat I was on my way back to the dressing rooms and the moment I opened the stage door I bumped into Warren Haynes. He and I spoke and suddenly Warren says "Hey, Ron-- how would you like to do some playin' with the Brothers?" Holloway played on one of the last tunes of the night called "Southbound".

After the show Warren Haynes invited Ron to sit in with his band; Gov't Mule. The Mule, as they are affectionately called were scheduled to perform at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. in October. Holloway performed with them to a packed house on October 27-28, 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.

Gregg Allman

Gregg Allman and Ron Holloway were introduced to each other by Warren Haynes the night they all played together for the first time at the Nissan Pavilion. Ron has since toured with the Allman Brothers Band and can be heard on numerous Instant Live Recordings with the band.

Over the past few years Ron has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Gregg several times at the Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, Virginia, the Wanee Festival in Live Oak, Florida, the Beacon Theatre in New York City and Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland.

Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks

In October, 2005 Holloway remembered that blues singer Susan Tedeschi was performing at the Rams Head in Baltimore, Maryland. Rams Head Live in Baltimore, Maryland. "Susan and I originally met a few years before on one of Derek's concerts. In fact we both sat in with Derek on some of the same shows like the Wanee Festival and the Birchmere." Since joining her band Ron has performed in Europe and toured extensively throughout the United States with Susan playing major festivals, theatres and clubs. He has also appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and has been heard on several radio broadcasts with Susan in the U.S. and Canada. Susan and Ron have also performed together in the group she co-leads with her husband; the "Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Soul Stew Revival".

Selected discography

Ron Holloway

• (2003) Ron Holloway - "Ron Holloway & Friends / Live at Montpelier" - Jazzmont Records - CD
• (1998) Ron Holloway - "Groove Update" - Fantasy / Milestone - CD
• (1996) Ron Holloway - "Scorcher" - Fantasy / Milestone - CD
• (1995) Ron Holloway - "Struttin'" - Fantasy / Milestone - CD
• (1994) Ron Holloway - "Slanted" - Fantasy / Milestones - CD

With other musicians

• Allman Brothers Band - "The Allman Brothers Band Live in Snowmass, Colorado"___9/2/07
• Allman Brothers Band - "The Allman Brothers Band Live in Bristow, Virginia"___8/14/07
• Allman Brothers Band - "The Allman Brothers Band Live at the Wanee Festival"___4/14/07
• Allman Brothers Band - "The Allman Brothers Band Live at the Wanee Festival"___4/13/07
• Allman Brothers Band - "The Allman Brothers Band Live at Charlottesville Pavilion" in Charlottesville, Va___9/28/05
• Allman Brothers Band - "The Allman Brothers Band Live at DTE Energy Music Theatre" in Clarkston, Michigan___8/14/05
• Allman Brothers Band - "The Allman Brothers Band Live at the Rosemont Theatre" in Rosemont Illinois___8/13/05
• Allman Brothers Band - "The Allman Brothers Band Live at Penn's Landing" in Philadelphia, Pa.___7/23/05
• Allman Brothers Band - "The Allman Brothers Band Live at Nissan Pavilion @ Stone Ridge" in Bristow, Va.___7/17/05
• Allman Brothers Band - "The Allman Brothers Band Live at the Wanee Festival" in Live Oak, Florida___4/16/05
• Allman Brothers Band - "The Allman Brothers Band Live at the Wanee Festival" in Live Oak, Florida___4/15/05
• Allman Brothers Band - "The Allman Brothers Band Live at Nissan Pavilion" in Bristow, Va.___9/30/04

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• Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule at the Grand Opera House - Wilmington, Del.___7/24/08
• Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule at Xmas Jam - Asheville, N.C.___12/15/07
• Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule at the 9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.___10/13/07
• Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule at the 9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.___10/12/07
• Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule at Aspen Jazz Festival - Snowmass, Colorado___09/03/07
• Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule at the Wanee Festival - Live Oak, Florida___4/14/07
• Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule at the Pavilion - Charlottesville, Virginia___09/16/06
• Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule at the Warner Theatre - Washington, D.C.___9/15/06
• Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule at the Bospop Festival - Weert, Holland___07/09/06
• Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule at Innsbrook Pavilion - Glen Allen, Virginia___4/19/06
• Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule at the Beacon Theatre (Mule-a-Go-Go) New York City___12/31/05
• Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule at the Beacon Theatre (Mule-a-Go-Go) New York City___12/30/05
• Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule at the Beacon Theatre (Mule-a-Go-Go) New York City___12/29/05
• Gov't Mule - Warren Haynes Christmas Jam at the Asheville Convention Center - Asheville, North Carolina___12/17/05
• Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule at DAR Constitution Hall - Washington, D.C.___11/23/05
• Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule at Rams Head Live - Baltimore, Maryland___06/25/05
• Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule at Innsbrook Pavilion - Glen Allen, Virginia___06/09/05
• Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule at Festival Pier - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania___06/05/05
• Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule at the Wanee Festival - Live Oak, Florida___4/16/05
• Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule at the Wanee Festival - Live Oak, Florida___4/15/05
• Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule at Kirby Center - Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania___02.25.05
• Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule at Martin Luther King Performing Arts Center - Charlottesville, Virginia___ 02/20/05
• Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule at the Beacon Theatre in New York City (New Year's Eve)___12/31/04
• Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule at the Beacon Theatre in New York City___12/30/04
• Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule at Rams Head Live - Baltimore, Maryland___12/27/04 and 12/28/04
• Gov't Mule - Warren Haynes Christmas Jam at the Asheville Convention Center - Asheville, North Carolina___12/18/04
• Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule at Landmark Theatre - Richmond, Virginia___10/31/04
• Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule at the 9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.___10/28/04
• Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule at the 9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.___10/27/04

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• Dizzy Gillespie - "The Symphony Sessions" - Pro Arte
• Dizzy Gillespie - "Live! at Blues Alley"
• Gil Scott-Heron - "Live at the Town and Country 1988" - Evangeline
• Gil Scott-Heron - "The Best of Gil Scott-Heron Live" - Compendia
• Gil Scott-Heron - "Moving Target" - BMG International
• Gil Scott-Heron - "Minister of Information: Live" - Castle Music UK
• Little Feat - "Live at the Rams Head" - Hot Tomato Records
• Root Boy Slim - "Root Boy Slim & the Sex Change Band" - Warner Bros.___1977___(out of print vinyl)___(scarce CD on Wounded Bird)
• Root Boy Slim - "Zoom" -(CD release in December 2007 on Rip Bang Records) Originally on IRS Records ___1979___(out of print vinyl)
• Root Boy Slim - "Dog Secrets" - Congressional Records___1983___(out of print vinyl)
• Root Boy Slim - "Don't Let This Happen to You" - Kingsnake Records___1987___(out of print vinyl)
• Marc Jordan - "Mannequin" - Warner Bros.___1978___(out of print vinyl)___Holloway solos at the end of the albums single; "Survival"
• The Reddings - "The Awakening" - Believe In a Dream Records (a subsidiary of Columbia Records)___1980___(out of print vinyl)___Holloway solos near the end of "Funkin' On the One"
• Deanna Bogart - "Out to Get You" - Blind Pig
• Deanna Bogart - "Crossing Borders" - Flying Fish Records
• Deanna Bogart - "New Address" - Lightyear
• Osiris - "Since Before Our Time" - Warner Brothers___1979___(out of print vinyl)
• Osiris - "O-Zone" - Marlin Records___1980___(out of print vinyl)
• Chuck Brown - "Timeless" - Raw Venture
• Kim Jordan - "Full Circle" - Koch Records
• Marge Calhoun - "Twisted Tales of Passion and Pain"
• Elliot Levine - "Smash" -

Television appearances

• Susan Tedeschi on Late Night with Conan O'Brien performing "Evidence" (First Aired: Wednesday December 14 2005)
• Ron Holloway Group on BET Jazz
• 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 Home Video - VHS (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) Michael O'Donoghue, Dan Aykroyd and Root Boy Slim - "Mr. Mike's Mondo Video"

- Pacific Arts Video - VHS (Directed by Michael O'Donoqhue)

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.

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
• Allmusic to Jazz by Scott Yanow___Backbeat 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

• Ron Holloway My Space
• Ron Holloway's CDs on Amazon.com
• JamBase Article w/ Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi (Ron Holloway mentioned)
• Downbeat Magazine interview w/ Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi (Ron Holloway mentioned)
• Susan Tedeschi Band LIVE on national TV w/ Ron Holloway
• Gil Scott-Heron LIVE in concert (feat. Ron Holloway) on YouTube
• Review of Susan Tedeschi Band at Carnegie Hall on 6/20/06
• Jazz Times Tribute to Sonny Rollins
• Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians - Institute of Jazz Studies by Lewis Porter.
• Modern Memories of Dizzy Gillespie by Phil Elwood (Ron Holloway mentioned)
• Ron Holloway Remembers Dizzy Gillespie
• Man With a Horn by Francis Davis
• Ron Holloway on All Music
• Profile at the Millennium Stage of the Kennedy Center