Arguably the best British jazz album of the
year.
Music
Week (1975)
Cathedra
featuring Harry
Beckett and Derek Wadsworth.
Featuring
Harry Beckett
(trumpet and flugelhorn)
Derek Wadsworth (trombone)
Ed Speight (guitar)
Roger Dean (piano)
John Webb (drums)
Graham Collier (bass)
Recording
History
First issued on LP
by Mosaic, 1975
First issued on CD by Disconforme, 2001
Remastered and repackaged by
BGO records as part of a 2 CD compilation,
2009
Remastered
by Tom Leader of LCL Digital.
The
Tracks
Three
compositions inspired by paintings by the American Abstract
Expressionist Barnett Newman.
Midnight Blue
Adam
Cathedra
Midnight
Blue is used as the avatar, complete with record cover
illustration, of a regular contributor to the British jazz
re-issues thread on the All About
Jazz forum.
Some
Reviews
An
arranger who seems to have truly grasped the essence of his
art.
Barry
McRae, Jazz Journal
International (1975)
The
music is free but always articulate and
expressive.
Music
Week (1975)
Both
a cogent return to the tried and true, and a pivotal
transition album.
Bill
Shoemaker, Jazz Review
(2001)
The
change of emphasis is subtle and gradual … Collier
seems to be looking for a long line on which to hang his
increasingly advanced compositional
ideas.
The
Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (2001)
The quote in the subheading comes from the Chicago based
record store Dusty Groove.
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