At the time of its original release in 1973, Morning Glory, seemed a surprising departure for John Surman. It seemed to owe more to the music being made by Miles Davis, Weather Report and Tony Williams’ Lifetime in the USA or Ian Carr’s Nucleus and Soft Machine in the UK than it did to the often abstract, free but determinedly acoustic music that Surman had pioneered up to that point. Hindsight tells another story. Morning Glory stands as both a consolidation of his work to date and, like the solo Westering Home (also re-issued by Fledg’ling), it offers a signpost for his work in subsequent years.
Surman chose his partners for the recording very carefully, drawing from his friends and trusted collaborators. In particular, Terje Rypdal on electric guitar and John Taylor on both acoustic and electric pianos allows for an expanded musical palette. The rhythm section of Malcolm Griffiths on trombone, Chris Laurence on bass and John Marshall’s chattering drums lay down a remarkably elastic rhythmic counterpoint. All of these musical signatures would become even more evident in his later recordings for ECM.
Re-mastering from the original master tapes supervised by John Surman.
“One of the finest and most lyrical jazz-rock albums of the period and a milestone in John Surman’s remarkable recording career.”
track list:
1 Cloudless Sky
2 Iron Man
3 Norwegian Steel – Septimus
4 Hinc Illae Lacrimae (Hence These Tears) – For Us All
Release date: 20th May 2016
Barcode number: 5020393 310123
JOHN SURMAN ~ Morning Glory FLED 3101 compact disc
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At the time of its original release in 1973, Morning Glory, seemed a surprising departure for John Surman. It seemed to owe more to the music being made by Miles Davis, Weather Report and Tony Williams’ Lifetime in the USA or Ian Carr’s Nucleus and Soft Machine in the UK than it did to the often abstract, free but determinedly acoustic music that Surman had pioneered up to that point. Hindsight tells another story. Morning Glory stands as both a consolidation of his work to date and, like the solo Westering Home (also re-issued by Fledg’ling), it offers a signpost for his work in subsequent years.
Surman chose his partners for the recording very carefully, drawing from his friends and trusted collaborators. In particular, Terje Rypdal on electric guitar and John Taylor on both acoustic and electric pianos allows for an expanded musical palette. The rhythm section of Malcolm Griffiths on trombone, Chris Laurence on bass and John Marshall’s chattering drums lay down a remarkably elastic rhythmic counterpoint. All of these musical signatures would become even more evident in his later recordings for ECM.
Re-mastering from the original master tapes supervised by John Surman.
“One of the finest and most lyrical jazz-rock albums of the period and a milestone in John Surman’s remarkable recording career.”
track list:
1 Cloudless Sky
2 Iron Man
3 Norwegian Steel – Septimus
4 Hinc Illae Lacrimae (Hence These Tears) – For Us All
Release date: 20th May 2016
Barcode number: 5020393 310123
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