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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
John Surman: Way Back When
by Glenn Astarita
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 ...
John Surman: Way Back When
by AAJ Staff
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 ...
John Surman: Way Back When
by Jerry D'Souza
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.
John Surman: Way Back When
by John Kelman
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 ...