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John Surman

A solo performance given by one of the statesmen of British jazz, virtuoso reeds player John Surman.

Reeds player John Surman has been key to the story of British jazz for 40 years and more. This solo performance, featuring music from his most recent album Saltash Bells, sums up why. Surman's musical pathways have taken him into free jazz and folk, South African township music and the blues - and many of those sounds are filtered into this set, in which he uses his trademark virtuosity, allied to an array of pedals and loops, to build rich soundworlds.

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Mon 29 Jul 2013 23:45
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  • Jez introduces John Surman and his role in the story of British jazz.

Music Played

  • Jez speaks with John Surman

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  • John Surman recorded at the Barbican, London on 15 May 2013

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      Line up: John Surman (alto recorder, baritone sax, soprano sax, bass clarinet, synth, effects)

    • John Surman

      Running Sands

      Composer: John Surman

    • John Surman

      Far Away

      Composer: John Surman

    • John Surman

      Dark Reflections

      Composer: John Surman

    • John Surman

      Lokk

      Composer: John Surman

    • John Surman

      Glass Flower

      Composer: John Surman

    • John Surman

      Not Love Perhaps

      Composer: John Surman

    • John Surman

      Hocus Pocus

      Composer: John Surman

Broadcast

  • Mon 29 Jul 2013 23:45
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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