Midnight Blue (Graham Collier album)

Midnight Blue is an album by composer/bassist Graham Collier recorded in 1975 and originally released on his own Mosaic label.[1][2]

Midnight Blue
Studio album by
Graham Collier Music
Released1975
Recorded17 February 1975
Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, England
GenreJazz
Length47:05
LabelMosaic
GCM 751
ProducerGraham Collier
Graham Collier chronology
Darius
(1974)		 Midnight Blue
(1975)		 New Conditions
(1976)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
All About Jazz[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [5]

Allmusic said "these pieces on Midnight Blue all feel very ponderous, open, and yet unyielding. This is uncharacteristic of most of Collier's work, and it feels as if even he didn't know what he was going for when he wrote these works. The lilting swing that is at the heart of his best work is absent here, and this feels more like an ECM recording than anything else".[3] On All About Jazz Nic Jones noted "It might be argued that the six-piece band featured on both Darius and Midnight Blue is one of the best Collier has ever headed".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Graham Collier.

  1. "Midnight Blue" – 22:48
  2. "Adam" – 7:02
  3. "Cathedra" – 17:15

Personnel

References
  1. Graham Collier Discography, accessed December 29, 2016
  2. Graham Collier: A Tribute, accessed December 29, 2016
  3. Jurek, Thom. Midnight Blue – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  4. Jones, N. All About Jazz Review, January 4, 2012
  5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 282. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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