| Westering Home | ||||
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| Released | 1972 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 47:03 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer | Peter Eden, John Surman, Robin Sylvester | |||
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Westering Home is the ninth album by English saxophonist John Surman recorded in 1972 and released on the Island label. This is the first album where he used the possibilities of overdubbing and composing on the fly. [1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [3] |
Jason Ankeny awards this album in his allmusic review four and a half stars and classifies it as Surman´s most melodic and soulful recording. He further states, "The album is vividly experimental yet deeply intimate – while previous LPs like How Many Clouds Can You See? seemed fascinated with the reaches of sound, here Surman turns inward to explore the heart and mind. At the same time, his playing boasts its signature physical prowess, but with a new economy of scale – his solos are honed to a razor's edge, and not a single note is superfluous." [2]
All compositions by John Surman.
Nashville is the ninth album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch label and his first to be recorded in Nashville, Tennessee. It was released in 1997 and features performances by Frisell, Viktor Krauss, Jerry Douglas, Ron Block, and Adam Steffey with guest appearances from Robin Holcomb on vocals and Pat Bergeson on harmonica.
The Individualism of Gil Evans is an album by pianist, conductor, arranger and composer Gil Evans originally released on the Verve label in 1964. It features Evans' big band arrangements of five original compositions and compositions by Kurt Weill, Bob Dorough, John Lewis and Willie Dixon. Tracks 1, 6, 7, 8 & 9 first appeared on the CD version of the album.
Withholding Pattern is a solo album by English saxophonist John Surman, released on the ECM label in 1985.
Private City is a solo album by English saxophonist John Surman, released on the ECM label in 1987.
Fragments is an album by Canadian jazz pianist Paul Bley recorded in 1986 and released on the ECM label.
Road to Saint Ives is a solo album by the English saxophonist John Surman, recorded in 1990 and released on the ECM label.
Adventure Playground is an album by English saxophonist John Surman featuring Paul Bley, Gary Peacock and Tony Oxley recorded in 1991 and released by ECM.
The Brass Project is an album by English saxophonist John Surman with a brass section conducted by John Warren. It was recorded in 1992 and released on the ECM label.
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.
A Biography of the Rev. Absalom Dawe is a solo album by English saxophonist John Surman recorded in 1994 and released on the ECM label.
Coruscating is an album by English saxophonist John Surman recorded in 1999 and released on the ECM label.
Invisible Nature is a live album by English saxophonist John Surman and American drummer Jack DeJohnette recorded in Tampere and Berlin in 1999 and released on the ECM label.
Free and Equal is a live album by English saxophonist John Surman featuring American drummer Jack DeJohnette and the London Brass recorded in Queen Elizabeth Hall in London in 2001 and released on the ECM label.
From the Green Hill is an album by Polish jazz trumpeter and composer Tomasz Stańko recorded in 1998 and released on the ECM label.
The Spaces in Between is an album by English saxophonist John Surman recorded in 2006 and released on the ECM label.
November is an album by jazz guitarist John Abercrombie with saxophonist John Surman, bassist Marc Johnson, and drummer Peter Erskine that was recorded in 1992 and released by ECM in 1993.
Nordic Quartet is an album by English saxophonist John Surman featuring Karin Krog, Terje Rypdal and Vigleik Storaas recorded in 1994 and released on the ECM label.
Proverbs and Songs is a live album by the English saxophonist John Surman of a suite of choral settings of Old Testament texts. It was recorded on June 1, 1996, at Salisbury Cathedral with the organist John Taylor and released on the ECM label. It was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 1998.
'S Make It is a recording by the hard bop Art Blakey jazz ensemble. It was recorded in Los Angeles in 1964 and issued on the Limelight label. Following the departure of stars from his 1961 to 1964 band, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter and Cedar Walton, it includes previous Blakey alumni and newer players. This was trombonist Curtis Fuller's last recording as a regular member of the group, though he would return to record sporadically with Blakey in the 1970s and 80s. The album was re-released on Verve in 2004.
How Many Clouds Can You See? is the second album by English saxophonist John Surman featuring Harry Beckett, Alan Skidmore, Barre Phillips, and Tony Oxley recorded in 1970 and released on the Deram label.
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