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| Артист: |
John Surman |
| Альбом: |
Road To Saint Ives, 1990 |
| Жанр: |
Jazz |
| Формат файла: |
EAC (Secure) / APE + CUE / Scans / 233 MB |
| Ссылка: |
CD |
| Нахождение: |
eDonkey/Kademlia |
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| QUOTE | Most of the music on this recording has been inspired by the landscape and history of the county of Cornwall in England. I am not Cornish. My birthplace lies just to the east of the river Tamar, which forms the border between Devon and Cornwall. However, ever since my first visit to Land's End, the county has held a special fascination for me. Its early inhabitants are traceable back to Paleolithic man. It has a language of its own, which remained in use up until the nineteenth century. With a rich fund of folklore and legend in addition, I've found much to inspire me.
The pieces are not intended to be musical portraits of particular places or events, the titles being simply a collection of some of the intriguing place-names found on and around the road to St. Ives. John Surman |
| QUOTE | Review by Stacia Proefrock (AMG)
During a period of his career that would feature some notable collaborations with luminaries such as Paul Bley, Bill Frisell, Elvin Jones, and Barre Phillips, John Surman also produced Road to Saint Ives, a gentle, introspective, yet adventurous solo work. The entire album is a one-man effort, from the composition to all of the instrumentation, with Surman building strata of sound over keyboard and percussion structures using bass clarinet and the soprano and bass saxophones he is known for. The resulting work communicates a unique vision and mood, unsullied by the conflicting interpretations of other performers. The album centers around a portrait of the landscape and spirit of Cornwall, taking more than a few bits of inspiration from British folk music, but remaining firmly perched in the jazz tradition. The individual pieces, while they have place names, are not intended to evoke specific geographic locations -- rather they act as facets of the whole experience. Surman's work on the soprano sax is the most impressive of all of his instrumentation on the recording -- most noticable because it has the brightest sound, but also because he takes the instrument further texturally than most, allowing it to quiver, sing, squeak, and slide. The result is ethereal without being saccharine, adventurous while still highly listenable. Some of the most interesting tracks include the brief but pretty "Kelly Bray," the complex echoing birdsongs of "Perranporth," and the electronic ambience of "Piperspool." |
Tracks: 1. Polperro (Surman) - 2:07 2. Tintagel (Surman) - 12:12 3. Trethevy Quoit (Surman) - :55 4. Rame Head (Surman) - 4:42 5. Mevagissey (Surman) - 1:28 6. Lostwithiel (Surman) - 2:01 7. Perranporth (Surman) - 6:41 8. Bodmin Moor (Surman) - 1:23 9. Kelly Bray (Surman) - 6:41 10. Piperspool (Surman) - 5:11 11. Marazion (Surman) - 7:27 12. Bedruthan Steps (Surman) - 2:36 Enjoy!Greetings Doc  | CODE | EAC extraction logfile from 19. April 2005, 16:29 for CD
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John Surman - Road To Saint Ives, ECM 1418 (1990)
