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Released
  
1987

Artist
  
John Surman

Producer
  
Manfred Eicher

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
39:57

Release date
  
1987

Label
  
ECM Records

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Private City (1987)
  
Road to Saint Ives (1990)

Similar
  
John Surman albums, Jazz albums

John surman portrait of a romantic


Private City is a solo album by English saxophonist John Surman, released on the ECM label in 1987.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album with 4 stars and its review by Michael G. Nastos states: "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."

Track listing

All compositions by John Surman.

  1. "Portrait of a Romantic" – 7:03
  2. "On Hubbard's Hill" – 4:33
  3. "Not Love Perhaps" – 5:20
  4. "Levitation" – 4:06
  5. "Undernote" – 2:44
  6. "The Wanderer" – 5:46
  7. "Roundelay" – 5:15
  8. "The Wizard's Song" – 8:51

Personnel

  • John Surman – baritone and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet, recorder, piano, synthesizer

    • Songs

    1Portrait of a Romantic7:03
    2On Hubbard's Hill4:33
    3Not Love Perhaps5:21

    References

    Private City Wikipedia
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