Private City

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Private City
Private City.jpg
Studio album by
John Surman
Released1987
GenreJazz
Length39:57
LabelECM
ProducerManfred Eicher
John Surman chronology
Withholding Pattern
(1985) 		Private City
(1987) 		Road to Saint Ives
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz2.5/4 stars[2]

Private City is a solo album by English saxophonist John Surman, released on the ECM label in 1987.

Reception[]

Allmusic awarded the album with 4 stars and its review by Michael G. Nastos states: "This album, a fully realized project, has Surman exploiting all of the timbres and tones available to him in a manner he could not accomplish with other musicians in real time. It's a full exploration of his soul, from land, sea, and outer atmospheric galaxies, on wings of supersonic fancy and fantasy."[1]

Track listing[]

All compositions by John Surman.

  1. "Portrait of a Romantic" – 7:03
  2. "On Hubbard's Hill" – 4:33
  3. "Not Love Perhaps" – 5:20
  4. "Levitation" – 4:06
  5. "Undernote" – 2:44
  6. "The Wanderer" – 5:46
  7. "Roundelay" – 5:15
  8. "The Wizard's Song" – 8:51

Personnel[]

  • John Surman – baritone and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet, recorder, piano, synthesizer

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Nastos, Michael G.. Private City at AllMusic accessed 8 June 2010
  2. ^ Richard Cook and Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (Penguin, 1992: ISBN 978-0-14-015364-4).
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