Stranger than Fiction (John Surman album)

Stranger than Fiction
Studio album by John Surman Quartet
Released October 11, 1994
Recorded December 1993
Rainbow Studio, Oslo
Genre Jazz
Length 64:42
Label ECM
ECM 1534
Producer Manfred Eicher
John Surman chronology

The Brass Project
(1992)
Stranger than Fiction
(1993)
Nordic Quartet
(1994)

Stranger than Fiction is an album by English saxophonist John Surman featuring John Taylor, Chris Laurence and John Marshall recorded in 1993 and released on the ECM label.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "Surman always sounds relaxed, even on the more heated originals. It's an interesting set of generally introverted music".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]

Track listing

All compositions by John Surman except as indicated
  1. "Canticle with Response" - 6:10
  2. "A Distant Spring" - 7:45
  3. "Tess" - 6:44
  4. "Promising Horizons" (Marshall, Surman, Taylor) - 5:32
  5. "Across the Bridge" - 7:55
  6. "Moonshine Dancer" - 6:43
  7. "Running Sands" - 9:10
  8. "Triptych: Hidden Orchid/Synapsis/Paratactic Paths" - 14:43

Personnel

References

  1. ECM discography accessed October 5, 2011
  2. 2.0 2.1 Yanow. S. Allmusic Review accessed October 5, 2011