Mosaics (Graham Collier album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Mosaics

| type = Live album

| artist = Graham Collier Music featuring Harry Beckett

| cover = Mosaics (Graham Collier album).jpg

| alt =

| released = 1971

| recorded = 8 December 1970

| venue = The Torrington, North Finchley, England

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 40:30

| label = Philips
6308 051

| producer = Terry Brown

| chronology = Graham Collier

| prev_title = Songs for My Father

| prev_year = 1970

| next_title = Portraits

| next_year = 1972

}}

Mosaics is a live album by composer/bassist Graham Collier which was originally released on the British Philips label in 1971.[http://music.geocities.jp/softsjp/collier05.html Graham Collier Discography], accessed December 29, 2016[http://www.discospat.net/homenaje-graham-collier/ Graham Collier: A Tribute], accessed December 29, 2016[http://www.45worlds.com/vinyl/artist/graham-collier-music-featuring-harry-beckett 45 World: album entry], accessed December 29, 2016

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

| rev2 = All About Jazz

| rev2Score = {{rating|5|5}}

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Allmusic said "Mosaics is one of Collier's most provocative works yet, and stands the test of time extremely well".{{AllMusic|first=Thom |last=Jurek |class=album |id=mw0000456438 |title=Mosaics – Review |accessdate=December 29, 2016}} 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".Jones, N. [https://www.allaboutjazz.com/graham-collier-down-another-road-songs-for-my-father-mosaics-by-nic-jones.php All About Jazz Review], December 26, 2007

Track listing

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

References