| Private City | ||||
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| Released | 1988 | |||
| Recorded | December 1987 | |||
| Studio | Rainbow Studio Oslo, Norway | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 39:57 | |||
| Label | ECM ECM 1366 | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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Private City is a solo album by English saxophonist John Surman, recorded in December 1987 and released on ECM the following year.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [2] |
AllMusic awarded the album four stars, with reviewer Michael G. Nastos stating: "This album, a fully realized project, has Surman exploiting all of the timbres and tones available to him in a manner he could not accomplish with other musicians in real time. It's a full exploration of his soul, from land, sea, and outer atmospheric galaxies, on wings of supersonic fancy and fantasy." [1]
All compositions by John Surman.
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