| Bread and Circuses | ||||
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| Live album by Graham Collier and the Collective | ||||
| Released | 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 12 September 2001 Perth, Australia | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 51:13 | |||
| Label | Jazzprint JPVP131CD | |||
| Producer | Graham Collier | |||
| Graham Collier chronology | ||||
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Bread and Circuses is a live album by composer Graham Collier accompanied by the Collective featuring two suites performed in Australia and released on the Jazzprint label in 2002. [1] [2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Allmusic said "Graham Collier has built a considerable legacy as a sophisticated composer of considerable depth, and this release builds on that foundation with further evidence of his extraordinary talents ... The Australian Collective acquits itself well, with powerful contributions from many players and tightly focused ensemble performances. For breadth of composition, strong improvisations, and complex, largely conventional writing with a slightly leftward tint, there is very little around that competes with Graham Collier at his best, and this album is among his finest". [3]
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