8 August 2012

John Surman - Live in Genoa '96


A solo concert by Surman is a rare and unique event, highly suggestive and magic, a bit like the solo concerts by Lacy.
(great dat recording)

Rec. live at "Teatro ai Parchi di Nervi", Genoa, Italy,
on August 1, 1996 (mix recording)

John Surman,soprano & baritone saxes,bass clarinet,electronics

1. Mevagissey/Sweet Georgia Brown (21:01)
2. Improvisation (05:29)
3. Unknown (04:51)
4. The Potato Song (09:49)
5. Unknown (06:07)
6. A Blues (05:36)
7. Piperspool (24:23)

Total Time 1:17:19

The Potato Song (excerpt)
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10 comments:

  1. riccardo8 August 2012 at 19:19:00 CEST

    mp3 (177 MB):
    rapidshare | mirrorcreator

    flac (364 MB):
    rapidshare part1 | rapidshare part2 | mirrorcreator part1 mirrorcreator part2

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  2. Byablu9 August 2012 at 02:19:00 CEST

    Fantastic! Surman alone in a live situation - although absolutely ‘solo’ only here and there. The electronics clearly extend his range and diversity, but whether they always enhance and improve is maybe arguable. Where they’re used not at all, or just sparingly as on the baritone ‘Blues’, we’re reminded just what an incredibly commanding and original voice he is. Thanks so much for this, Riccardo.

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  3. matt w10 August 2012 at 02:45:00 CEST

    Thank you so much! I have to say I'm a big fan of Surman's solo/overdubbed/synthesized stuff as on many of the ECM albums, and it's great to hear him do it live (and with a different sort of production values).

    BTW the first piece is spelled "Mevagissey" -- it's from his Road to St. Ives album about places in Cornwall. (According to Wikipedia the town of Mevagissey was the basis for the setting of two books in Susan Cooper's Dark Is Rising series, which I read when I was a wee lad.)

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  4. riccardo10 August 2012 at 09:14:00 CEST

    thanks for the help apf!

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  5. john13 August 2012 at 23:26:00 CEST

    Great to have this recording, thank you very much.

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  6. toci14 August 2012 at 10:40:00 CEST

    Thank you.Beautiful magic.

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  7. Newmill Mark14 August 2012 at 21:52:00 CEST

    A rare treat indeed. Thanks very much

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  8. matt w18 August 2012 at 02:55:00 CEST

    Tracked down the last piece -- it's "Piperspool" from the Road to St Ives album (at least, that's what the synthesizer line that starts at about 3:30 is).

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  9. riccardo18 August 2012 at 09:14:00 CEST

    Thanks matt w

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  10. David1 May 2018 at 14:08:00 CEST

    Possible to reup please? Thanks!

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