Charles River Fragments
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Artist:
Graham Collier
Label: Jazzprint UK
Category: Music
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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
UPC: 604388495122
EAN: 0604388495122
ASIN: B00006LEOT
Release Date: 2005-07-05 |
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Tracks:
- The Hackney Five
- Charles River Fragments
Customer Reviews:
Starts great then..........2006-01-28
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.
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