Graham Collier and the Jazz Ensemble
Brian Morton introduces a concert recorded last month in the Lilian Baylis Theatre. Collier, who studied in the States and now teaches at the Royal Academy of Music, leads his new 14-piece improvising big band.
The concert includes the first performance of his work The Charles River
Fragments, dedicated to
Herb Pomeroy , under whom he studied in the 60s, and commissioned by Radio 3. Producer Tim Thome