Private City is a solo album by English saxophonist John Surman, recorded in December 1987 and released on ECM the following year.
| Private City | ||||
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| Released | 1988 | |||
| Recorded | December 1987 | |||
| Studio | Rainbow Studio Oslo, Norway | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 39:57 | |||
| Label | ECM ECM 1366 | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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Reception edit
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| 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 edit
All compositions by John Surman.
- "Portrait of a Romantic" – 7:03
- "On Hubbard's Hill" – 4:33
- "Not Love Perhaps" – 5:20
- "Levitation" – 4:06
- "Undernote" – 2:44
- "The Wanderer" – 5:46
- "Roundelay" – 5:15
- "The Wizard's Song" – 8:51
Personnel edit
- John Surman – baritone and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet, recorder, piano, synthesizer
References edit
- ^ a b Nastos, Michael G.. Private City at AllMusic accessed 8 June 2010
- ^ Richard Cook and Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (Penguin, 1992: ISBN 978-0-14-015364-4).