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Collier & Dean: Duets
ByWhat a shame,
nothing seems to be going right...
It's a nice take on the tune, but the sentiment doesn't ring true for Collier and Dean. With this, as well as their last Origin Records release, Mallet Jazz, it sounds like just about everything is going right.
Mallet Jazz featured Collier and Dean teamed with William O. "Bill" Smith (Dave Brubeck), pianist Don Grusin, mallet man Emil Richards, and drummer John Bishop; and it was an upbeat and engaging success. For Duets they've pared down the sound to just the vibes and electric bass, a sound that proves, in their hands, rich and bright and glowingly confident. The sound bounces as the duo shines up songs by Larry Coryell ("Lines"), John Coltrane ("Giant Steps"), Miles Davis ("So What?"), Dave Holland ("Backwoods Song"), and Gerry Mulligan ("Five Brothers"), in additions to four originals.
Both Dean and Collier are educatorsCollier has been director of Percussion Studies at the University of Washington since 1980and both have impressive worked-with/recorded-with resumes as long as your arms. With this simple configuration, they've created a sound that is compellingly differentlike the elastic push and pull of electric bass bumping and tugging at the vibraphone radianceand everything seems to be going just right when they can find the time to record a sparklingly beautiful set of sounds like Duets.
Visit Tom Collier on the web at www.tomcolliervibes.com .
Track Listing
Lines, Five Brothers, Now & Then, Giant Steps, Countess Li, What a Shame, Backwoods Song, Pacifice Aire, Rockavibabe, So What?, Kill the Butler
Personnel
Tom Collier, vibraphone; Dan Dean, electric bass
Album information
Title: Duets | Year Released: 2005 | Record Label: Origin
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About Collier & Dean
Instrument: Vibraphone
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