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Relook

By Graham Collier

Label: Mosquitojazz Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: 1. Down Another Road - 5.08; 2. The "Berklee" Barley Mow - 3.36; 3. Crumblin' Cookie - 5.21; 4. An Alternate Workpoints - 34.29; 5. Song Three Live (excerpt) - 4.07; 6. Mosaics (excerpt) - 2.45; 7. The Alternate Mosaics (excerpt) - 2.09; 8. Adam - 7.02; 9. Aberdeen Angus - 6.01; 10. New Conditions (Part 4) - 5.10; 11. Forest Path To The Spring - 4.07; 12. Symphony of Scorpions (Part 2) - 7.36; 13. The Day of the Dead (melange of three short extracts) - 3.00; 14. Hoarded Dreams (Part 2) - 11.43; 15. One By One the Cow Goes By (Part 2) - 8.41; 16. The Hackney Five (extract) - 5.47; 17. The Third Colour (Groove 2) - 3.16; 18. Oxford Palms (Open Blues & Ballad 2) - 5.58; 19. The Vonetta Factor (Opening) - 5.58; 20. An Alternate Aberdeen Angus - 9.17. Tutte le composizioni sono di Graham Collier.

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Article: Live Review

London Jazz Festival: November 9-18, 2012

Read "London Jazz Festival: November 9-18, 2012" reviewed by Duncan Heining

by Duncan Heining

London Jazz FestivalLondon, England November, 9-18, 2012Now in its 20th year, the London Jazz Festival is a vast, all-encompassing affair. One of the great cities of the world, London's history saw it swallow village upon village and hamlet after hamlet and this can make it all seem dispersed and disconnected. It's an ...

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Article: Catching Up With

Stan Sulzmann: Neon Quartet

Read "Stan Sulzmann: Neon Quartet" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May

Stan Sulzmann is among the most singular saxophonists in the UK, with an instantly recognizable, lush but rough-edged sound, and a distinguished track record as a composer and arranger for large and small bands.Born in London in 1948, Sulzmann is approaching veteran status and is a source of inspiration to many of Britain's emerging ...

Article: Album Review

Graham Collier: Relook

Read "Relook" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Graham Collier, compositore britannico scomparso in Grecia nel settembre 2011, non è mai stato un personaggio facile. Anticonvenzionale per natura, è sempre stato nemico degli stereotipi, dei luoghi comuni - e nel jazz ce ne sono ancora moltissimi - e del cosiddetto establishment. Basterebbe leggere il suo ultimo saggio “The Jazz Composer, Moving the Music off ...

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Article: The Moment's Energy

The Fire, Regardless

Read "The Fire, Regardless" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones

If considered together a couple of recent archival releases (The 100 Club Concert 1979 (Reel Recordings, 2012), by saxophonist Elton Dean's Ninesense and Mike Osborne Trio The Birmingham Concert (Cadillac, 2012), by the Mike Osborne Trio) and one reissue (Wilderness of Glass ((Awake, 2012), by Triton) remind us of how creative improvised music happens, regardless of ...

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Article: Album Review

Elin Larsson Group: Let You In

Read "Let You In" reviewed by James Pearse

by James Pearse

Darkness and light are two recurring themes of life in Sweden. In winter, it is a dark unforgiving land. When spring and summer finally arrive, Sweden blooms and bursts into life like few other countries can.Potentially a love letter to the joys of spring, the opener (and title track) of Let You In, the ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Michael Gibbs and the NDR Bigband: Back in the Days

Read "Michael Gibbs and the NDR Bigband: Back in the Days" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Michael Gibbs and the NDR BigbandBack in the DaysCuneiform Records2012Jazz may be filled with reharmonizations, reinventions and reimaginings of songs from across its entire history; few artists have, however, made their names solely as composers and arrangers. Relative youngsters like Maria Schneider, Vince Mendoza and Darcy James Argue ...

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Article: Album Review

Graham Collier: The Day of the Dead

Read "The Day of the Dead" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones

Graham Collier's death, in 2011, lends this release a sad air--at least until the gravity of the music is considered, because truly the composer/arranger has gained some measure of immortality through it. Recorded over the years 1976 to 1978, the albums collected here mark a period of transition from Collier the bassist and small band leader ...

Album

The Day of the Dead

By Graham Collier

Label: BGO Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: CD1: The Day of the Dead, parts 1-8. CD2: October Ferry; Symphony of Scorpions parts 1-4; Forest Path to the Spring.


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