Charles River Fragments

Charles River Fragments

Charles River Fragments

ASIN: B00006LEOT

Track Listings
 
1. The Hackney Five
2. Charles River Fragments

Editorial Reviews
Philippe Renaud, Improjazz, France
One of the great frescoes of modern jazz.

Product Description
British composer Collier conducts his 14-piece The Jazz Ensemble in a BBC Radio 3 commission for the 1994 London Jazz Festival. Line-up includes Hugh Fraser, John Marshall, Henry Lowther, Art Themen, Pete Saberton, Chris Biscoe, Steve Waterman, Mark Lockheart, Dudley Phillips, Geoff Warren, Ed Speight, Patrick White, Bill Mee, Andy Grappy.

Charles River Fragments

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Charles River Fragments
Average customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars
  • Starts great then...
 Charles River Fragments
Graham Collier
Manufacturer: Jazzprint UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006LEOT
Release Date: 2005-07-05

Tracks:

  1. The Hackney Five
  2. Charles River Fragments

Album Description

British composer Collier conducts his 14-piece The Jazz Ensemble in a BBC Radio 3 commission for the 1994 London Jazz Festival. Line-up includes Hugh Fraser, John Marshall, Henry Lowther, Art Themen, Pete Saberton, Chris Biscoe, Steve Waterman, Mark Lockheart, Dudley Phillips, Geoff Warren, Ed Speight, Patrick White, Bill Mee, Andy Grappy.

Album Details

Commissioned by the BBC Radio Three for Performance at the London Jazz Festival in May 1994, this Composition is Dedicated to Charles Mingus, who Died 15 Years Earlier, and to Herb Pomeroy, Collier's Guru at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Ma. The Title Track is a 55 Minutes Opus Divided Into 10 "Fragments". All Trumbone Solos Are by Hugh Fraser. Steve Waterman (Trumpet) Solos on Hackney Five and Henry Lowther (Trumpet) Solos During Charles River Fragments.

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Starts great then..........2006-01-29

There is something about British Jazz that seems to embrace the 'free' element and unfortunately Graham Collier is one of them. That is for every good moment the next is disjointed noise or 'free' soloing. For the listener this proves an endurance test and i had difficulty getting through the 55 minute suite.If only the opener 'hackney five' had been the benchmark for the rest, but it isn't. The first two movements have some excellant ensemble playing and Art Themen plays a great solo and after that it is all downhill. Solo's are played alone or mesh with each other and the opening theme gets buried in the molase. I'd suggest novices go for 'songs for my father' which is coherant and accesible, but this well its just dull.
Charles River Fragments
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    Manufacturer: Boathouse
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD
    ASIN: B000SOCKNI

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