Bread and Circuses (Graham Collier album)

Bread and Circuses
Bread and Circuses
Live album by Graham Collier and the Collective
Released	2002
Recorded	12 September 2001; Perth, Australia
Genre	Jazz
Length	51:13
Label	Jazzprint; JPVP131CD
Producer	Graham Collier
Graham Collier chronology

Bread and Circuses is a live album by composer Graham Collier accompanied by the Collective featuring two suites performed in Australia and released on the Jazzprint label in 2002.^[1]^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

Allmusic said "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 ... 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".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Graham Collier.

"Bread and Circuses: Introduction" - 2:53
"Bread and Circuses: Ballad One" - 2:28
"Bread and Circuses: Clapping" - 4:33
"Bread and Circuses: Pattern One" - 5:25
"Bread and Circuses: Interlude" - 1:54
"Bread and Circuses: Pattern Two" - 5:29
"Bread and Circuses: Ballad Two" - 3:10
"Bread and Circuses: Blues" - 5:51
"Bread and Circuses: Coda" - 3:02
"Oxford Palms: Picky Blues and Ballad One" - 3:14
"Oxford Palms: Open Blues and Ballad Two" - 6:01
"Oxford Palms: One Note Blues and Ballad Three" - 4:26
"Oxford Palms: Clapping Blues and Ballad Four" - 5:49

Personnel

Graham Collier – composer
Adrian Kelly – trumpet
Lucy Fisher – violin
Stephanie Dean – violin
Martin Payne – viola
Jenny Tingley – cello
Lindsay Vickery – soprano saxophone
Graeme Blevins – alto saxophone
Lee Buddle – baritone saxophone
Jeremy Greig – trombone
Kieran Hurley – trombone
Matthew Savage – trombone, euphonium
Phil Waldron – bass
Grant Windsor – piano
Tom O'Halloran – piano
Steve Richter – percussion, marimba
Hans Drieberg – drums, percussion

References

^ Graham Collier Discography, accessed December 30, 2016
^ Graham Collier: A Tribute, accessed December 30, 2016
^ ^a ^b Loewy, Steve. Bread and Circuses – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 281. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[1] Graham Collier Discography, accessed December 30, 2016

[2] Graham Collier: A Tribute, accessed December 30, 2016

[Allmusic-3] Loewy, Steve. Bread and Circuses – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 30, 2016.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 281. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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v t e Graham Collier
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Deep Dark Blue Centre (1967) Down Another Road (1969) Songs for My Father (1970) Portraits (1972) Midnight Blue (1975) New Conditions (1976) The Day of the Dead (1978) Charles River Fragments (1994 & 1995) Adam's Marble (1995) The Third Colour (1997)
Live albums	Mosaics (1970) Darius (1974) Symphony of Scorpions (1976 & 1977) Hoarded Dreams (1983) Something British Made in Hong Kong (1985) Winter Oranges (2000) Bread and Circuses (2001)