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John Surman
English jazz saxophonist, clarinettist and composer
Since 1944
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John Douglas Surman (born 30 August 1944) is an English jazz saxophone, clarinet, and synthesizer player, and composer of free jazz and modal jazz, often using themes from folk music. He has composed and performed music for dance performances and film soundtracks.
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John Surman est un saxophoniste et clarinettiste de jazz britannique né le 30 août 1944 à Tavistock, dans le Devon.
Il est marié à la chanteuse norvégienne Karin Krog et vit en Norvège.
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Discography
Albums
- 1968 John Surman
- 1969 Open Space (The Down Beat Poll Winners in Europe)
- 1970 Alors!!!
- 1970 Our Kind of Sabi
- 1970 How Many Clouds Can You See?
- 1971 Tales of the Algonquin
- 1971 Where Fortune Smiles
- 1972 Jazz in Britain ’68–’69
- 1972 Westering Home
- 1973 Morning Glory
- 1978 Sonatinas
- 1979 Upon Reflection
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- 1981 The Amazing Adventures of Simon Simon
- 1983 Such Winters of Memory
- 1985 Withholding Pattern
- 1988 Private City
- 1990 Road to Saint Ives
- 1992 Ambleside Days
- 1992 Adventure Playground
- 1993 In the Evenings Out There
- 1993 The Brass Project
- 1993 November
- 1995 A Biography of the Rev. Absalom Dawe
- 1995 Nordic Quartet
- 1996 Huskonsert i Aurskog - musikk av og etter Anders Heyerdahl
- 1997 Proverbs And Songs
- 1998 Thimar
- 1999 Bluesand
- 2000 Coruscating
- 2003 Chain Reaction
- 2003 Free and Equal
- 2004 Cloud Line Blue
- 2005 Way Back When
- 2007 Wildenvey i ord og toner
- 2007 The Spaces in Between
- 2008 Rain on the Window
- 2009 Brewster's Rooster
- 2011 Flashpoint: NDR Jazz Workshop - April '69
- 2012 Saltash Bells
- 2013 Songs About This and That
- 2014 Another Sky
- 2018 Invisible Threads
- 2020 Transylvanian Folk Songs - The Bela Bartók Field Recordings
- 2020 Oceanic Rifts
- 2024 Words Unspoken
- 2025 Flashpoints and Undercurrents
- 2025 Electric Element
- 2025 Diriaou
- 2025 Cantica Profana: The Béla Bartók Field Recordings
- Surman, Bruce, Hiseman
