Bread and Circuses (Graham Collier album)

2002 live album by Graham Collier and the Collective

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
| Winter Oranges
(2000)  | Bread and Circuses
(2002)  | Directing 14 Jackson Pollocks
(2004)

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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

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Professional ratingsReview 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

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All compositions by Graham Collier.

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

## Personnel

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* 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

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1. ^ Graham Collier Discography, accessed December 30, 2016
2. ^ Graham Collier: A Tribute, accessed December 30, 2016
3. ^ a b Loewy, Steve. Bread and Circuses – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
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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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)

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