Portraits (Graham Collier album) explained

Portraits
Type:Album
Artist:Graham Collier Music
Border:yes
Released:1973
Recorded:16 & 17 November 1972
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.[1] [2]

Reception

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". 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".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Graham Collier.

  1. "And Now for Something Completely Different Part One" – 16:50
  2. "And Now for Something Completely Different Part Two" – 9:57
  3. "Portraits 1" – 10:57

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://music.geocities.jp/softsjp/collier07.html Graham Collier Discography
  2. http://www.discospat.net/homenaje-graham-collier/ Graham Collier: A Tribute
  3. Jones, N. All About Jazz Review, October 1, 2008