We’re delighted to welcome back the versatile, unpredictable, funny, and musically awesome duo of Holland & Coots for their fourth Rose Avenue performance.

For more than 30 years, Brian Holland has entertained audiences all over the world by combining his impeccable piano technique, his love for the music he performs, and his affable and approachable demeanor. He is a three-time winner of the World Old-Time Piano Playing championship.

Since starting to drum at the age of 6, Danny Coots has performed in about 100 countries. Based in Nashville since 1996, he has recorded extensively there as well as in New York and Los Angeles.

Brian and Danny have played together regularly since 2010, creating a mix of music and fun that they’ve jocularly described as “exciting, exhilarating, and exhausting.”

“Holland and Coots take you on a musical journey that radiates joyful ebullience one moment and wistful lyricism the next.”

—Pianist and musicologist Bryan Wright

“They work together splendidly as a telepathic team, hearing each other’s impulses and subtexts as well.”

—Michael Steinman, Jazz Lives