Mosaics (Graham Collier album)

1971 live album by Graham Collier Music featuring Harry Beckett

Mosaics

Live album by

Graham Collier Music featuring Harry Beckett

Released| 1971
Recorded| 8 December 1970
Venue| The Torrington, North Finchley, England
Genre| Jazz
Length| 40:30
Label| Philips
6308 051
Producer| Terry Brown
Graham Collier chronology
| Songs for My Father
(1970)  | Mosaics
(1971)  | Portraits
(1972)

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Mosaics is a live album by composer/bassist Graham Collier which was originally released on the British Philips label in 1971.[1][2][3]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [4]
All About Jazz| [5]

Allmusic said "Mosaics is one of Collier's most provocative works yet, and stands the test of time extremely well".[4] On All About Jazz Nic Jones noted "As a bandleader Collier was by this time fashioning some distinctive frameworks for improvisation, and the group as a whole, with alto and tenor saxophonist Bob Sydor joining Beckett and Wakeman in the front line, seems so "bedded in" with Collier's work that the result is only stimulating listening of a rarefied order".[5]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Graham Collier.

1. "Piano Cadenza (Including Theme 1)" – 2:00
2. "Theme 1 (Ensemble) and Flugel Solo" – 5:58
3. "Duet Flugel and Soprano and Soprano Cadenza (Including Theme 4)" – 2:51
4. "Theme 2 (Soprano and Rhythm) and Soprano Solo" – 3:42
5. "Drum Cadenza (Including Theme 2) Into Theme 3 (Ensemble)" – 4:10
6. "Flugel Cadenza (Including Theme 4) Duet Bass / Flugel" – 3:48
7. "Theme 6 (Ensemble) and Tenor Solo (Sydor)" – 5:01
8. "Tenor Cadenza (Sydor) and Tenor Duet" – 2:00
9. "Piano Cadenza Into Theme 2 (Piano and Rhythm)" – 4:40
10. "Flugel Solo Over Theme 8 in Tenors" – 6:07

## Personnel

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* Graham Collier – bass
* Harry Beckett – trumpet, flugelhorn
* Alan Wakeman – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
* Bob Sydor – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
* Geoff Castle – piano
* John Webb – drums

## References

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1. ^ Graham Collier Discography, accessed December 29, 2016
2. ^ Graham Collier: A Tribute, accessed December 29, 2016
3. ^ 45 World: album entry, accessed December 29, 2016
4. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. Mosaics – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
5. ^ a b Jones, N. All About Jazz Review, December 26, 2007

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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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