Down Another Road @ Stockholm Jazz Days '69

Originally recorded for the Fontana label in March 1969, Down Another Road was notable for how Collier’s compositional tapestries were perfectly balanced – in some cases exceeded – by the outstanding... — Jazzwise, March 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 24th Feb 2023
Catalogue No: MOD005
Label: My Only Desire

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24th February 2023

Down Another Road @ Stockholm Jazz Days '69

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Recording of the Week, Graham Collier, 'Down Another Road @ Stockholm Jazz Days '69'

24th February 2023

The second Graham Collier offering from My Only Desire Records is a live set showcasing an alternative take on the bassist's cult classic album Down Another Road, with a sextet band featuring Harry Beckett and Karl Jenkins.

Since its release in 1969 on Fontana, 'Down Another Road' has become a cornerstone of British jazz, with the LP now a much sought-after rarity that regularly exchanges hands for over £200. It's considered the revered composer Collier's greatest album by many of its fans, thanks to its highly melodic, almost pop-like themes and irresistible '60s groove, spurred on by the on-point drumming of Soft Machine/Nucleus drummer John Marshall.

To make 'Down Another Road @ Stockholm Jazz Days '69' even more special, the abstract track "Danish Blue" has been replaced by the similarly epic free jazz composition "Burblings for Bob", which is released here for the first time. All the other tracks that everyone loves are present and correct - "Lullaby for a Lonely Child", "Aberdeen Angus", "Molewrench" etc. but with a rawer live feel to them, longer arrangements and more soloing - with the band in scintillating form.

Remastered from the original tapes by Caspar Sutton-Jones @ Gearbox Records, 'Down Another Road @ Stockholm Jazz Days '69' is available as a limited edition 2LP set housed in a gatefold sleeve and 'mini-LP' gatefold CD, with sleeve notes by Graham Collier biographer Duncan Heining.

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March 2023

Originally recorded for the Fontana label in March 1969, Down Another Road was notable for how Collier’s compositional tapestries were perfectly balanced – in some cases exceeded – by the outstanding solos of Beckett, Evans, Sulzmann and Jenkins, and how a rather standard front line was imaginatively voiced with strong melodic lines and counter lines contrasted by occasional episodes of collective improvisation and elements drawn from the rising tide of jazz-rock then current to create his own genre within British jazz.

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