Private City
Studio album by
John Surman
Released1988
RecordedDecember 1987
StudioRainbow Studio
Oslo, Norway
GenreJazz
Length39:57
LabelECM
ECM 1366
ProducerManfred Eicher
John Surman chronology
Withholding Pattern
(1985)		 Private City
(1988)		 Road to Saint Ives
(1990)

Private City is a solo album by English saxophonist John Surman, recorded in December 1987 and released on ECM the following year.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]

AllMusic awarded the album four stars, with reviewer Michael G. Nastos stating: "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. 1 2 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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