Adventure Playground (album)

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Adventure Playground
Adventure Playground (album).jpg
Studio album by
John Surman
Released1992
RecordedSeptember 1991
StudioRainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway
GenreAvant-garde jazz, free jazz
Length63:50
LabelECM
ProducerManfred Eicher
John Surman chronology
Road to Saint Ives
(1990) 		Adventure Playground
(1992) 		The Brass Project
(1992)

Adventure Playground is an album by English saxophonist John Surman featuring Paul Bley, Gary Peacock and Tony Oxley recorded in 1991 and released by ECM.[1]

Reception[]

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars.[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings4/4 stars[3]

Track listing[]

All compositions by John Surman except where noted.

  1. "Only Yesterday" (Gary Peacock) – 8:40
  2. "Fig Foot" (Paul Bley) – 4:30
  3. "Quadraphonic Question" – 14:14
  4. "Twice Said Once" (Bley) – 5:51
  5. "Just for Now" (Tony Oxley) – 3:45
  6. "As If We Knew" – 7:25
  7. "Twisted Roots" – 10:16
  8. "Duet for One" – 3:27
  9. "Seven" (Carla Bley) – 5:42

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ "ECM Records". ECM Records. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Allmusic Review accessed October 4, 2011
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1364. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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