''Mosaics'' is a live album by composer/bassist Graham Collier which was originally released on the British

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Reception

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said "''Mosaics'' is one of Collier's most provocative works yet, and stands the test of time extremely well". On All About Jazz Nic Jones noted "As a bandleader Collier was by this time fashioning some distinctive frameworks for improvisation, and the group as a whole, with alto and tenor saxophonist Bob Sydor joining Beckett and Wakeman in the front line, seems so "bedded in" with Collier's work that the result is only stimulating listening of a rarefied order".Jones, N
All About Jazz Review
December 26, 2007

Track listing

All compositions by Graham Collier. # "Piano Cadenza (Including Theme 1)" – 2:00 # "Theme 1 (Ensemble) and Flugel Solo" – 5:58 # "Duet Flugel and Soprano and Soprano Cadenza (Including Theme 4)" – 2:51 # "Theme 2 (Soprano and Rhythm) and Soprano Solo" – 3:42 # "Drum Cadenza (Including Theme 2) Into Theme 3 (Ensemble)" – 4:10 # "Flugel Cadenza (Including Theme 4) Duet Bass / Flugel" – 3:48 # "Theme 6 (Ensemble) and Tenor Solo (Sydor)" – 5:01 # "Tenor Cadenza (Sydor) and Tenor Duet" – 2:00 # "Piano Cadenza Into Theme 2 (Piano and Rhythm)" – 4:40 # "Flugel Solo Over Theme 8 in Tenors" – 6:07

Personnel

* Graham Collier –

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

* Harry Beckett –

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

flugelhorn The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B, though some ...

Alan Wakeman Alan Wakeman (born 13 October 1947) is an English saxophonist who was a member of Soft Machine during 1976, appearing on the album '' Softs''. He is a cousin of the keyboard player Rick Wakeman. Career Wakeman started on the clarinet at age ...

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tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...

soprano saxophone The soprano saxophone is a higher-register variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument invented in the 1840s. The soprano is the third-smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists (from smallest to largest) of the soprillo, sop ...

*Bob Sydor –

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...

*Geoff Castle –

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

*John Webb –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

References

{{reflist 1971 live albums Graham Collier live albums Philips Records live albums Albums produced by Terry Brown (record producer)