Collier, Graham / Workpoints
| Album: | Workpoints | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Collier, Graham | Added: | May 2005 | |
| Label: | Cuneiform Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2005-07-31 | Pull Date: | 2005-10-02 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Oct 2 | Sep 11 | Sep 4 | Aug 28 | Aug 14 | Aug 7 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 30, 2005: | Memory Select
Workpoints Part 1 |
4. | Aug 26, 2005: | Memory Select
Deep Dark Blue Centre [excerpt] |
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| 2. | Sep 06, 2005: | Umami Jazz Program
Workpoints [entire 49-minute suite] |
5. | Aug 13, 2005: | Morning Glory
Under the Pier |
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| 3. | Sep 03, 2005: | Morning Glory
Darius Part 1 |
6. | Aug 09, 2005: | Umami Jazz Program
Deep Dark Blue Centre |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2005-07-30
Reviewed 2005-07-30
'60s free jazz, a nicely accessible set mixing improv ideas with the compositional styles of the time. Accessible works that pack a lot of adventure and some fancy soloing by a young Kenny Wheeler and John Surman.
Disk Two combines straight jazz composing with a Bitches Brew kind of jamatmosphere, aided by electric piano.
DISK ONE
1- Sinewy mid/fast horn line; includes a bouncy bop segment and a nice vibes solo.
2- Slow, sweet, gentle. Straightahead track.
3- Dusky, midtempo riff. A great jazz brew w/abstract middle.
4- Brash start into quieter flow. Swaying '60s riff later. Really nice.
5- Slow, with elements of menace. Last half: a fast gallop.
6- Quiet start into nice lumbering jazz segments. Long drum solo.
DISK TWO
1- Bright midtempo minor key w/nearly proggy guitar early on. Great straight-jazz mini-epic.
2- Bluesy w/el piano, bright mid/fast
3- Low key psych-jazz bliss to a shuffle beat
4- Tumbling, relaxed mid/fast, lots of bass and electric piano
5- Dreamy midtempo, electric piano w/rich trumpet soloing
6- Shorter version of #3, a nice track
7- Slow and wistful, pretty
8- Bluesy free-guitar intro into midtempo blues/funk.
Disk Two combines straight jazz composing with a Bitches Brew kind of jamatmosphere, aided by electric piano.
DISK ONE
1- Sinewy mid/fast horn line; includes a bouncy bop segment and a nice vibes solo.
2- Slow, sweet, gentle. Straightahead track.
3- Dusky, midtempo riff. A great jazz brew w/abstract middle.
4- Brash start into quieter flow. Swaying '60s riff later. Really nice.
5- Slow, with elements of menace. Last half: a fast gallop.
6- Quiet start into nice lumbering jazz segments. Long drum solo.
DISK TWO
1- Bright midtempo minor key w/nearly proggy guitar early on. Great straight-jazz mini-epic.
2- Bluesy w/el piano, bright mid/fast
3- Low key psych-jazz bliss to a shuffle beat
4- Tumbling, relaxed mid/fast, lots of bass and electric piano
5- Dreamy midtempo, electric piano w/rich trumpet soloing
6- Shorter version of #3, a nice track
7- Slow and wistful, pretty
8- Bluesy free-guitar intro into midtempo blues/funk.
Track Listing
| 1. | Deep Dark Blue Centre | 8. | Under the Pier | |||
| 2. | The Barley Mow | 9. | Darius Part 1 | |||
| 3. | Workpoints Part 1 | 10. | Darius Part 3 | |||
| 4. | Workpoints Part 2 | 11. | Darius Part 4 | |||
| 5. | Workpoints Part 3 | 12. | Darius Part 1 Reprise | |||
| 6. | Workpoints Part 4 | 13. | Clear Moon | |||
| 7. | Little Ben | 14. | Mackerel Sky |