Jazz Articles about John Surman

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Novara Jazz 2018

by Luciano Rossetti
August 18, 2018

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John Surman: Invisible Threads

by Mario Calvitti
May 17, 2018

Dopo oltre 50 anni di attività professionale, il sassofonista britannico John Surman è ancora in grado di sorprenderci. Lo fa con il suo nuovo lavoro, pubblicato sempre dalla ECM, a 6 anni di distanza dal precedente Saltash Bells. Questo Invisible Threads è nato quasi per caso, da un incontro fortuito del sassofonista con la musica brasiliana e il pianista Nelson Ayres (membro del Grupo Pau Brasil), con il quale Surman ha trovato un'intesa musicale immediata e profonda. Il progetto era ...

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John Surman Trio a Crossroads 2018

by Mario Calvitti
May 9, 2018

John Surman Trio Teatro Comunale Crossroads 2018 Castel S. Pietro Terme 15.04.2018 Facendo seguito alla recente pubblicazione del loro CD Invisible Threads, il trio formato dal sassofonista inglese John Surman, dal pianista brasiliano Nelson Ayres e dal vibrafonista americano (ma, come Surman, residente in Norvegia) Rob Waring si è presentato in Europa per due soli concerti, uno dei quali (in esclusiva nazionale) era in cartellone al Teatro Comunale di Castel S. Pietro Terme, ...

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John Surman: Invisible Threads

by Samuel Stroup
January 24, 2018

Half a century into his musical career, English reed player John Surman continues to find outlets to explore a wide variety of introspective compositions. Invisible Threads, out on ECM, finds Surman exploring folk and world music, accompanied by pianist Nelson Ayres and mallet percussionist Rob Waring. The album features Surman's woodwind melodies bouncing atop piano and vibraphone/marimba patterns so smoothly that it becomes almost impossible to tell what is improvised and what is not. Surman's trio is an ...

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John McLaughlin: Where Fortune Smiles

by Roger Farbey
September 13, 2017

Where Fortune Smiles although customarily attributed to John McLaughlin is as much John Surman's record as it was the Mahavishnu's. But it's probably more accurate to describe it as a collective recording since all five musicians were equally matched players of international standing. The cover art actually depicts all five musicians' names and the title of the album in an egalitarian circular arrangement. The album was recorded at Apostolic Studios, New York in late May 1970, at a time when ...

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Mike Westbrook Concert Band: Marching Song Volumes 1 & 2 Plus Bonus Tracks

by Roger Farbey
May 31, 2017

It's hardly surprising that Mike Westbrook reigned supreme in the latter quarter of the 1960s and early 70s. His big band was voted top of that category in the late-lamented Melody Maker British jazz polls for 1970 (and the two years either side of that). In the same year, his third album, Marching Song, recorded a year earlier came third in the category “LP Of The Year" (the number one album that year was John McLaughlin's seminal Extrapolation so there ...

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John Surman: Morning Glory

by Roger Farbey
June 8, 2016

This is the first John Surman-authorised reissue of his seminal album released on the Island Records label in 1973 (ILPS9237) that acted as a signal delineation between what preceded it (a relatively conventional approach with an emphasis on blistering baritone saxophone outings) and what was to follow (the far more pastoral ECM years, albeit with the occasional quartet and big band foray). Up to this point British jazz has been stoking-up a real furnace of excellent and often ground breaking ...