John Surman - The Wizard's Song!

The fantastic track "The Wizard's Song" is taken from John Surman's great album "Private City" (1988), a ballet choreographed by Susan Crow and premiered by Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet in 1987. The album is recorded by ECM Records in excellent audio quality. Listen and enjoy it.

MUSICIANS: John Surman
Bass Clarinet
Recorders
Soprano Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Synthesizer

Produced by John Surman & Manfred Eicher (ECM Records, 1988).

"John Surman was one of the very few saxmen in England to find a significant audience in rock during the late '60s, playing gigs regularly at venues like the Marquee Club in London. Also a clarinetist of some renown, and no slouch on keyboards either, the atmospheric sounds that Surman creates on his horns has been a major asset to the ECM label ever since the late '70s; but, before that, he was an extremely prolific artist on Deram, Futura, Dawn, and Island, cutting seven solo albums between 1968 and 1974 on those mainstream pop-oriented labels, as well as recording with Morning Glory on Island. One of England's top jazz players of the past several decades, Surman is particularly strong on the baritone. Surman played in jazz workshops while still in high school. He studied at the London College of Music and London University Institute of Education in the mid-'60s, played with Alexis Korner and Mike Westbrook until the late '60s, and recorded with the latter until the mid-'70s. He was voted best soloist at the 1968 Montreux Festival while heading his band. Surman worked with Graham Collier, Mike Gibbs, Dave Holland, Chris McGregor, and John McLaughlin in the '60s, and toured Europe with the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland big band in 1970. Surman toured and recorded with Barre Phillips and Stu Martin in the late '60s and early '70s, and again in the late '70s, adding Albert Mangelsdorff to the group. They called themselves the Trio, then Mumps. Surman played with Mike Osborne and Alan Skidmore in the sax trio SOS in the mid-'70s. He also collaborated with the Carolyn Carlson dance company at the Paris Opera through the mid- and late '70s. Surman recorded with Stan Tracey and Karin Krog, while working with Miroslav Vitous and Azimuth. He led the Brass Project in the early '80s, and played in Collier's big band and Gil Evans' British orchestra. Surman toured with Evans again in the late '80s. He began recording as a leader for Pye in the early '70s, and did sessions for Ogun and ECM. Surman continued recording in the '80s, mostly for ECM. He worked with Terje Rypdal, Jack DeJohnette, Pierre Favre, Bengt Hallberg, Archie Shepp, Warne Marsh, and Red Mitchell, among others. Surman has made many recordings for ECM, spanning from free form to mood music, and he remains one of the label's most consistently stimulating artists."(by Ronn Wynn & Bruce Eder, All Music Guide)

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[jerrykingmusser]

I remember the day I first bought and listened to this album and track. A special day. This is a serious, rich, eventful story he's telling us. I can listen to that story a million times.

[Asmodeusex]

Po raz pierwszy usłyszałem to niepowtarzalne brzmienie na płycie From The Green Hill, gdzie wyczyniał cuda razem ze Stańko i Saluzzim. Od tamtej pory wracam często.

[jcroshi]

where did you get these photos of materials of this movie?

[pauligurize]

... che dire: straordinario!

[3zyPL]

John Surman jest po prostu świetny.

[4yn5]

Great.

[tiersen89]

Ludzie wzniosłych myśli i ideałów łączcie się!

[koliberek3]

Magiczne, niebanalne...rozwija się zadziwiająco...Klasa! Jakość! Jestem oczarowana!

[SySMasis]

Wonderful!

[zayetsus]

MAGIC!!!