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English jazz musician and composer
John Surman
Surman performing in
Birdland , 2 September 2009
Birth name John Douglas Surman Born (1944-08-30 ) 30 August 1944 (age 79 ) Tavistock , Devon, EnglandGenres Jazz avant-garde , free jazz , modal jazz Occupation(s ) Musician, composer, arranger Instrument(s ) Baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, synthesizer Years active 1960s–present Labels Deram , Dawn , ECM Website www
Musical artist
John Douglas Surman (born 30 August 1944)[1] jazz saxophone, clarinet , and synthesizer player, and composer of free jazz and modal jazz , often using themes from folk music . He has composed and performed music for dance performances and film soundtracks.[2]
Life and career [ edit ]
John Surman at the 2017 Oslo Jazz Festival
Surman was born in Tavistock , Devon, England.[1] baritone saxophone in the Mike Westbrook Band in the mid-1960s,[1] soprano saxophone and bass clarinet as well.[2] Peter Lemer Quintet in 1966. After further recordings and performances with jazz bandleaders Mike Westbrook and Graham Collier and blues-rock musician Alexis Korner ,[3]
In 1969, he founded The Trio along with two expatriate American musicians, bassist Barre Phillips and drummer Stu Martin .[4] Mike Osborne and tenor saxophonist Alan Skidmore .[1] Ronnie Scott , guitarist John McLaughlin , bandleader Michael Gibbs , trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff , and pianist Chris McGregor 's Brotherhood of Breath .[5]
By 1972, he had begun experimenting with synthesizers. That year he recorded Westering Home , the first of several solo projects on which he played all parts himself via overdubbing . He recorded his final album with Mike Westbrook , Citadel/Room 315 in 1975.[2]
Many of the musical relationships he established during the 1970s continued for decades. These include a quartet with pianist John Taylor , bassist Chris Laurence , and drummer John Marshall ; duets and other projects with Norwegian singer Karin Krog (Surman's long-term partner);[6] Jack DeJohnette .[2]
His relationship with ECM Records has also been continuous from the late 1970s to the present, as Surman has recorded prolifically for the label playing bass clarinet, recorders, soprano and baritone saxophones and using synthesisers, both solo and with a wide range of other musicians.[1]
He was featured in a profile on composer Graham Collier in the 1985 Channel 4 documentary 'Hoarded Dreams' [7]
Since the 1990s, he has composed several suites of music that feature his playing in unusual contexts, including with church organ and chorus (Proverbs and Songs , 1996); with a classical string quintet (Coruscating ); and with the London Brass and Jack DeJohnette (Free and Equal , 2001). He has also played in a unique trio with Tunisian oud -player Anouar Brahem and bassist Dave Holland (Thimar , 1997); has performed the songs of John Dowland with singer John Potter formerly of the Hilliard Ensemble ; and made contributions to the drum and bass album Disappeared by Spring Heel Jack .
Other musicians he has worked with include bassist Miroslav Vitouš , bandleader Gil Evans , pianist Paul Bley and Vigleik Storaas , saxophonist (and composer) John Warren , guitarists Terje Rypdal and John Abercrombie and trumpeter Tomasz Stańko .
His latest musical endeavour is "Words Unspoken", which was released on ECM Records in February 2024 to universal critical acclaim, receiving a glowing five star write-up in BBC Music Magazine & widespread radio play across Europe and North America. This bassless quartet features ECM stalwart Thomas Strønen on drums as well as British rising star Rob Luft on guitar & electronics.
Awards and honors [ edit ]
1999: Spellemannprisen in the category Jazz, with Karin Krog for the album Bluesand
2013: Spellemannprisen in the category Jazz, with Karin Krog for the album Songs About This and That
Discography [ edit ]
As leader [ edit ]
John Surman (Deram , 1969)
How Many Clouds Can You See?
The Trio with Barre Phillips, Stu Martin (Dawn, 1970)
Conflagration (The Trio) with Barre Phillips, Stu Martin and others (Dawn, 1971)
Tales of the Algonquin John Warren (Deram, 1971)
Where Fortune Smiles with John McLaughlin, Dave Holland, Stu Martin, Karl Berger (Dawn, 1971)
Westering Home Island , 1972)
Jazz in Britain '68-'69 with Alan Skidmore, Tony Oxley (Decca Eclipse, 1972)
Morning Glory with John Marshall , Terje Rypdal , Chris Laurence , John Taylor , Malcolm Griffiths (Island , 1973)
John Surman (Jazz Vogue, 1974)
Live at Moers Festival with Tony Levin (Ring, 1975)
Live at Woodstock Town Hall (Dawn, 1975)
Sonatinas with Stan Tracey (Steam, 1978)
Upon Reflection ECM , 1979)
Cloud Line Blue with Karin Krog (Polydor, 1979)
The Amazing Adventures of Simon Simon
Such Winters of Memory
Withholding Pattern
By Contact (The Trio) with Barre Phillips, Stu Martin (Ogun, 1987) (reissue)
Private City
Road to Saint Ives
Adventure Playground
The Brass Project
Stranger than Fiction
Nordic Quartet Vigleik Storaas (ECM, 1995)
A Biography of the Rev. Absalom Dawe
Proverbs and Songs
Bluesand with Karin Krog (Meantime, 1999)
Coruscating
Invisible Nature
Free and Equal
Way Back When (Cuneiform, 2005)
The Spaces in Between
Rain on the Window
Brewster's Rooster
Flashpoint: NDR Jazz Workshop (Cuneiform, 2011)
Saltash Bells
Songs About This and That
Another Sky (Grappa, 2014)
Infinite Paths with Karin Krog (Meantime, 2016)
Invisible Threads
Words Unspoken (ECM, 2024 with Rob Luft , Thomas Strønen & Rob Waring)
As sideman [ edit ]
With Paul Bley
With Graham Collier
With Christine Collister
1998 The Dark Gift of Time (Fledg'ling)
2000 Songbird
2001 An Equal Love
With Michael Gibbs
1970 Michael Gibbs (Deram)
1971 Tanglewood 63 (Deram)
2018 Festival 69 (Turtle)
With Per Husby
1987 Your Eyes
1990 Dedications (Hot Club)
With Alexis Korner
With Karin Krog
1986 Freestyle (Odin)
2002 Raindrops, Raindrops
2010 Folkways (Meantime)
With Chris McGregor
With John McLaughlin
With Mike Osborne and Alan Skidmore
1972 Shapes
1974 Looking for the Next One
1975 SOS (Ogun )
With Barre Phillips
With John Potter
1999 In Darkness Let Me Dwell (ECM)
2003 Care-Charming Sleep (ECM)
2008 Romaria
2013 Night Sessions
With Colin Towns
1993 Mask Orchestra (The Jazz Label)
1997 Bolt from the Blue (Provocateur)
With Miroslav Vitous
With Mike Westbrook
1967 Celebration (Deram)
1968 Release (Deram)
1969 Marching Song Vol. 1 (Deram)
1969 Marching Song Vol. 2 (Deram)
1975 Citadel/Room 315 (RCA)
2018 The Night at the Old Place (Cadillac)
With others
1968 Local Colour , Peter Lemer (ESP Disk)
1968 Ronnie Scott And The Band – Live At Ronnie Scott's , Ronnie Scott (CBS)
1969 Gittin' to Know Y'All Lester Bowie
1970 Flare Up , Harry Beckett (Philips)
1971 Going to the Rainbow , Rolf Kuhn (BASF)
1971 Duke Ellington Classics , Humphrey Lyttelton (Black Lion)
1972 Bass Is , Peter Warren (Enja)
1977 A Matter Of Taste , Mumps (Albert Mangelsdorff , Barre Phillips , Stu Martin ) (MPS)
1979 In Pas(s )ing Mick Goodrick (ECM)
1983 Irina Barry Altschul (Soul Note)
1988 Meets the Francy Boland Kenny Clark Big Band , Gitte Haenning
1992 Ambleside Days John Taylor (Ah Um)
1993 November John Abercrombie (ECM)
1993 Room 1220 , Albert Mangelsdorff (Konnex)
1998 Thimar Anouar Brahem (ECM)
1998 From the Green Hill Tomasz Stańko (ECM)
1999 First Impression , Misha Alperin (ECM)
2000 Disappeared Spring Heel Jack
2003 Le Cinema de Bertrand Tavernier , Philippe Sarde
2005 Hybrids , Jack DeJohnette 's The Ripple Effect (Golden Beams)
2009 The Believers , J. Peter Robinson
2011 Nino Rota , Richard Galliano (Deutsche Grammophon)
References [ edit ]
^ Conrad, Thomas (6 September 2005). "John Surman:Listen and Trustl" . All About Jazz. Retrieved 20 July 2010 .
^ Kelman, John (30 May 2005). "CD/LP Review: Way Back Whenl" . All About Jazz. Retrieved 20 July 2010 .
^ Cotterrell, Roger. ‘John Surman: Perpetual Motion’ Jazz Forum 76 (March 1982), p. 25-29.
^ Chinen, Nate (2 October 2015). "Review: Karin Krog, a Norwegian Star, Plays at Joe's Pub" . The New York Times . Retrieved 13 June 2021 .
^ https://www.bright-thoughts.co.uk/hoarded-dreams.html Hoarded Dreams documentary website
External links [ edit ]
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