Portraits (Graham Collier album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Portraits
| type = Album
| artist = Graham Collier Music
| cover = Portraits (Graham Collier album).jpg|border=yes
| alt =
| released = 1973
| recorded = 16 & 17 November 1972
| venue =
| studio = RG Jones, London
| genre = Jazz
| length = 37:54
| label = Saydisc
SDL 244
| producer = Terry Brown
| chronology = Graham Collier
| prev_title = Mosaics
| prev_year = 1970
| next_title = Darius
| next_year = 1974
}}
Portraits is an album by composer/bassist Graham Collier recorded in 1972 and originally released on the Bristol Saydisc label.[http://music.geocities.jp/softsjp/collier07.html Graham Collier Discography], accessed December 29, 2016[http://www.discospat.net/homenaje-graham-collier/ Graham Collier: A Tribute], accessed December 29, 2016
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev2 = All About Jazz
|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}} {{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=281}}
}}
Allmusic said "This is a more laid-back, yet more challenging listen than any previous Collier outing, but it also dates as one of the best".{{AllMusic|first=Thom |last=Jurek |class=album |id=mw0000463717 |title=Portraits – Review |accessdate=December 29, 2016}} On All About Jazz Nic Jones noted "it's an outstanding example of work in the modal idiom. With small groups, Collier had really telling abilities that have been banished to the past by his work with large ensembles in the intervening years, but no matter. Here he manages again to coax maximum mileage and color out of a six piece band".Jones, N. [https://www.allaboutjazz.com/graham-collier-deep-dark-blue-centre-portraits-the-alternate-mosaics-by-nic-jones.php All About Jazz Review], October 1, 2008
Track listing
All compositions by Graham Collier.
- "And Now for Something Completely Different Part One" – 16:50
- "And Now for Something Completely Different Part Two" – 9:57
- "Portraits 1" – 10:57
Personnel
- Graham Collier – bass
- Dick Pearce – flugelhorn
- Peter Hurt – alto saxophone
- Ed Speight – guitar
- Geoff Castle – piano
- John Webb – drums