Preview.One hour documentary, a profile of jazz composer Graham Collier OBE and the commissioned work Hoarded Dreams, recorded live improvised performances at the Bracknell Jazz Festival with additional interviews and otherwise unseen footage.
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Hoarded Dreams
OVERVIEW OF THE PRODUCTION
Bright Thoughts were commissioned by Andy Park of Channel 4 to make this documentary profiling Graham Collier as a Jazz composer and to follow the development of this work from its inception through to the live improvised performance at the Bracknell Jazz Festival.
Included are interviews and discussions with renown Jazz critics, his partner John Gill, and the Arts Council Jazz Officer. Importantly, the composer gives us insight as an openly gay man, his views not only about the composition but also about Jazz and this specialist sub-sect within the world of music.
We see Graham working at home as he explains the context of the piece, the motivation behind its title, the composition itself, who and what inspires him and particularly Herb Pomeroy and Duke Ellington.
Included are interviews and discussions with renown Jazz critics, his partner John Gill, and the Arts Council Jazz Officer. Importantly, the composer gives us insight as an openly gay man, his views not only about the composition but also about Jazz and this specialist sub-sect within the world of music.
We see Graham working at home as he explains the context of the piece, the motivation behind its title, the composition itself, who and what inspires him and particularly Herb Pomeroy and Duke Ellington.
Neil Anthony, Creative Director
