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| 1. | Symphony of Scorpions, Pt. 1
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| 2. | Symphony of Scorpions, Pt. 2
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| 3. | Symphony of Scorpions, Pts. 3 4
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| 4. | Forest Path to the Spring
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Jazz
Recorded on 1976-1977
Graham Collier - Bass, Leader, Liner Notes, Producer
Art Themen - Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
Ed Speight - Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic)
Harry Beckett - Trumpet
John Cameron Mitchell - Percussion
Malcolm Griffiths - Trombone
Mike Page - Saxophone
Peter Duncan - Trumpet
Roger Dean - Piano
* Art Lange - Liner Notes
* Barry McRae - Author
* Bob Auger - Engineer
* Ken Ansell - Author
* Mike Jarvis - Cover Design, Technical Producer
4**** by All Music Guide
"Symphony of Scorpions, recorded late in 1976, was loosely based around Malcolm Lowry's shambolic novel of the same name. Written more as a saxophone concerto to showcase the work of sax great Art Theman, the ensemble Graham Collier formed for the date numbered 12 pieces, as it did for the previous year's New Conditions, and included five members of his regular group, including Harry Beckett, Ed Speight, John Webb, Roger Dean, and, of course, Collier himself. In addition to Theman, Peter Duncan, Henry Lowther, Malcolm Griffiths, Tony Roberts, Mike Paige, and John Marshall filled out the band. It is through the solo statements by Theman that new themes, motions, and directions are uncovered in Collier's loosely written text. At times indulgent, and at others very sparse, the ensemble moves along with excellent focus, drama, and tension, allowing for groupings of smaller units inside the ensemble to carry the motion of this seemingly directionless ramble forward - all the while honing in on Collier's small-figured place of balance within movement. This is an arduous listen, but is far more successful at sustenance and creative dialogue than New Conditions was, and showcases Collier as having fully embraced the vanguard, and as being very comfortable writing for such a large group."
--- Thom Jurek (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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