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Way Back When

By Gregory Johnson

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2013

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Way Back When

By John Surman

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Way Back When: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four; Owlshead; Out and About

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I played this disc before reading the press kit and liners, and was wondering why it took so long for a recording of strikingly good sound quality to be reissued 35 years after the fact. And of course, British saxophonist/composer John Surman's praiseworthy legacy is well-documented. But after finally perusing the press release, it all made ...

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John Surman: Way Back When

Read "Way Back When" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
June 4, 2005

Most listeners know John Surman for his spacious baritone and soprano saxophone work on around thirty ECM releases, dating back to his appearance on Barre Phillips' Mountainscapes (1976) and his own label debut, Upon Reflection (1979). Surman's saxophone playing tends to be open, articulate, and lyrical, and he's usually at his strongest in acoustic settings. Check ...

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John Surman: Way Back When

Read "Way Back When" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
June 2, 2005

Britain in the sixties was a musical maelstrom. Pop music was witnessing some exciting changes, and so was jazz. While American musicians were influential during this period, a large number of British musicians were beginning to cast their own voices and give the music new extensions in ideas and approaches. John Surman was one of them.

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John Surman: Way Back When

Read "Way Back When" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
May 30, 2005

Musical developments rarely occur in a vacuum. While many look to Miles Davis and his associates in the late '60s as the progenitors of jazz-rock fusion, the truth is that a wide range of artists were exploring the juncture of these two styles, including New Zealander Mike Nock and his group Fourth Way, and American vibraphonist ...