Stranger than Fiction (John Surman album)

Stranger than Fiction
Studio album by John Surman Quartet
Released October 11, 1994
Recorded December 1993
Studio Rainbow Studio, Oslo
Genre Jazz
Length 64:42
Label ECM
ECM 1534
Producer Manfred Eicher
John Surman chronology
The Brass Project
(1992)The Brass Project1992
Stranger than Fiction
(1993)
Nordic Quartet
(1994)Nordic Quartet1994

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
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track listing

All compositions by John Surman except where noted.

  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. 1 2 Yanow. S. Allmusic Review accessed October 5, 2011
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