Graham Collier

Graham Collier, born in Tynemouth, England in 1937, is a highly regarded jazz composer, whose music has been compared to that of Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Gil Evans. He was the first British graduate of the Berklee School of Music, and the first recipient of a jazz bursary from the Arts Council of England. He is the author of several books on jazz, and for 12 years was artistic director of the jazz course at the Royal Academy of Music. He currently lives in Greece, where he continues to compose, travelling from there to present concerts and workshops around the world.

His latest book is the jazz composer, moving music off the paper and his latest CD is directing 14 Jackson Pollocks.

http://www.grhamcolliermusic.com for recordings, biographical information and more

http://www.thejazzcomposer.com for more about the book

http://www.jazzcontinuum.com for a blog and further writings