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
| rev2 = All About Jazz
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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.
- "Piano Cadenza (Including Theme 1)" – 2:00
- "Theme 1 (Ensemble) and Flugel Solo" – 5:58
- "Duet Flugel and Soprano and Soprano Cadenza (Including Theme 4)" – 2:51
- "Theme 2 (Soprano and Rhythm) and Soprano Solo" – 3:42
- "Drum Cadenza (Including Theme 2) Into Theme 3 (Ensemble)" – 4:10
- "Flugel Cadenza (Including Theme 4) Duet Bass / Flugel" – 3:48
- "Theme 6 (Ensemble) and Tenor Solo (Sydor)" – 5:01
- "Tenor Cadenza (Sydor) and Tenor Duet" – 2:00
- "Piano Cadenza Into Theme 2 (Piano and Rhythm)" – 4:40
- "Flugel Solo Over Theme 8 in Tenors" – 6:07
Personnel
- 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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