Will Collier

The Will Collier Septet: Everybody Loves The Will Collier Septet

by Chris May
November 19, 2008

To name your debut album with a knowing reference to the titles producer Orrin Keepnews gave to breakthrough releases by pianist Bill Evans and guitarist Wes Montgomery--Everybody Digs Bill Evans (Riverside, 1958) and The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery (Riverside, 1960)--takes either a lot of nerve or a very British touch of self-deprecating humour. Everybody Loves The Will Collier Septet suggests a bit of both, but the good natured, playful nature of Collier's music tips the scales in the ...