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| 1. | Introduction
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| 2. | Ballad One
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| 3. | Clapping
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| 4. | Pattern One
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| 5. | Interlude
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| 6. | Pattern Two
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| 7. | Ballad Two
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| 8. | Blues
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| 9. | Picky Blues and Ballad One
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| 10. | Open Blues and Ballad Two
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| 11. | One Note Blues and Ballad Three
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| 12. | Clapping Blues and Ballad Four
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Jazz
Graham Collier - Liner Notes
Adrian Kelly - Leader, Mastering, Trumpet
Graeme Blevins - Saxophone
Lee Buddle - Mastering, Recording, Saxophone
Graham Collier has built a considerable legacy as a sophisticated composer of considerable depth, and this release builds on that foundation with further evidence of his extraordinary talents. While Collier remains an underrated, little-known figure on the world scene, despite a not inconsiderable output, his recordings deserve respect and admiration. For this one, he joins two suites -- "Bread and Circuses" (tracks one through nine) and "Oxford Palms" (tracks ten through 13) -- each performed by the Collective, described by Collier as "a 15-piece co-operative of Western Australia's finest musical talent which first performed in 1997." As a composer, Collier is a colorist who expects the soloists to fill the gaps, which they do here impressively. Collier paints with a broad brush, his shiny landscapes filled with quality extended chords and interspersed with surprisingly outstanding solos, in particular from Lindsay Vickery on soprano saxophone, Keiran Hurley on trombone, and Graeme Blevins on alto saxophone. While Collier's arrangements often use traditional strategies, he lets his freer-style improvisers indulge in just left-of-center solos, giving the pieces a progressive tinge. The Australian Collective acquits itself well, with powerful contributions from many players and tightly focused ensemble performances. For breadth of composition, strong improvisations, and complex, largely conventional writing with a slightly leftward tint, there is very little around that competes with Graham Collier at his best, and this album is among his finest.
--- Steven Loewy, All Music Guide
Graham Collier
Active Decades: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Feb 21, 1937 in Tynemouth, England
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Big Band, Modern Creative, Modern Big Band, Avant-Garde Jazz, Experimental Big Band
Composer. English composer Graham Collier was the first British student to graduate from Berklee College of Music. Collier won a scholarship in 1961, after playing more than seven years in an army band. He toured briefly in 1963 with the Jimmy Dorsey orchestra playing bass, then returned to England where he formed the Graham Collier Ensemble. This group through the '60s,'70s and '80s has contained many of Britain's finest musicians, gathered to play Collier's original compositions. It's varied in size and personnel; some alumni include Harry Beckett, Kenny Wheeler and John Surman. Collier established a big band, Hoarded Dreams, in 1983. It debuted at the Bracknell Jazz Festival with a lineup bolstered by such special guests as Ted Curson and Manfred Schoof. Then the next year he began a rehearsal ensemble that late became the nucleus of the group Loose Tubes. Collier became a professor and eventually director of jazz studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire by the Queen in 1987 for contributions to jazz, and has also written music for several plays, films and television, plus authored a number of books. Since 1974, Collier has owned and managed Britain's now defunct Mosaic label, not to be confused with America's premier reissue operation. Collier was also a founder member and member of the board of the International Association of Schools of Jazz and ran its magazine, Jazz Changes, for seven years until it publication ended in 2000. Collier now lives in southern Spain and continues to compose and tour internationally. Recent projects have included work with the Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra and the NDR Big Band, and concerts throughout Europe and in the USA and Australia.
---Ron Wynn, All Music Guide |
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