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Tom Collier: Impulsive Illuminations

Read "Impulsive Illuminations" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Vibraphonist Tom Collier offers up something quite different from his previous Origin Records CDs, where he covered the jazz standards like John Coltrane's “Giant Steps; Miles Davis' “So What," and some seemingly unlikely pop hits: The Rolling Stones “What a Shame" and Brian Wilson's “God Only Knows," alongside his own always engaging compositions. With Impulsive Illuminations, ...

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Tom Collier: Across The Bridge

Read "Across The Bridge" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Ruminations on the past, musical or otherwise, are often weighed down by the sediment of sentiment. But it certainly doesn't have to be that way. Looking back can provide an outlet for the imagination to take control, and vibraphonist Tom Collier seems well aware of that. On Across The Bridge, Collier revisits his youth, delivering nine ...

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Alone in the Studio

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Little Green Thing; Lines; Double Bars; Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most; Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise; God Only Knows / Here, There, And Everywhere; Five Brothers; Anyone Who Had A Heart; Turning To Spring; Alone; Orbital Dance.

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Tom Collier: Alone in the Studio

Read "Alone in the Studio" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Percussionist Tom Collier has the solo touch. His previous recording, Tom Collier: Plays Haydn, Mozart, Telemann and Others (Origin, 2012) had the vibraphonist and educator making his way through a Baroque and classical recitals to great effect. Presently, Collier strolls through some originals and standards and not-so-standard standards making up this most inventive and clever collection ...

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Sleek Buick

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Sleek Buick; California Avenue; MWB's; Touching; Lettercollum / Paris; A Corona Haze; Playas de Rosarita; Mallet Tech; Ethiopian; Walking In My Old Shoes

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Plays Haydn, Mozart, Telemann and Others

Label: Origin Classical
Released: 2012
Track listing: Duo I For Two Violins, Opus 67 - Louis Spohr; Three Duos For Two Violins, Opus 99 - Franz Joseph Haydn; Duet For Two Violins (After The Piano Sonata In A Major, K.331) - W.A. Mozart; Duet In G Major For Violin And Flute - Georg Philipp Telemann (Rolf Ermeler, Editor); Duet No. 1 For Two Violins, Opus 33 - Franz Krommer; Allegro From Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Moto Perpetuo In C Major, Opus 11 - Niccol˜ Paganini (Fritz Kreisler, Transcription).

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Tom Collier: Plays Haydn, Mozart, Telemann and Others

Read "Plays Haydn, Mozart, Telemann and Others" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Tom Collier is a bit of a character as, can be attested by the YouTube videos below. He has served as Director of Percussion Studies at the University of Washington since 1980. In 2011, he was appointed Chair of Jazz Studies at the school, and was awarded the Adelaide D. Currie Cole Endowed Professorship in the ...

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Mallet Fantastique

Label: Origin Classical
Released: 2010
Track listing: Marimba Fantastic; Three Scenes for Vibraphone and Marimba - Nordica Hills; Three Scenes for Vibraphone and Marimba - Cedar Park After Dark; Three Scenes for Vibraphone and Marimba - Pink Skies Over Carnaby; Cross Bars; Duettino Improvisando for Vibraphone and Marimba; Vibescape for Solo Vibraphone - Nocturne; Vibescape for Solo Vibraphone - Space; Vibescape for Solo Vibraphone - Rondo; Radio Galop

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Duets

Label: Origin
Released: 2005
Track listing: Lines, Five Brothers, Now & Then, Giant Steps, Countess Li, What a Shame, Backwoods Song, Pacifice Aire, Rockavibabe, So What?, Kill the Butler

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Mallet Jazz

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2004
Track listing: Mallet jazz, Eddie's Pad, Double Bars, Jupiter Jump, Laser Glade, Stick It To the Bar, Subito Sox, Mutso Futso, Pink Skies Over Carnaby


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