ALBUMInvisible ThreadsJohn Surman, Nelson Ayres & Rob Waring
ALBUMAnother SkyJohn Surman & Bergen Big Band
ALBUMSongs About This and ThatKarin Krog & John Surman
ALBUMSaltash BellsJohn Surman
ALBUMBrewster's RoosterJohn Surman, John Abercrombie, Drew Gress & Jack DeJohnette
ALBUMRain On the WindowJohn Surman & Howard Moody
ALBUMWildenvey I Ord Og TonerKarin Krog, John Surman & Liv Dommersnes
ALBUMThe Spaces In BetweenJohn Surman
ALBUMFree and EqualJack DeJohnette, John Surman & London Brass
Artist Biography
One of the key figures in contemporary jazz, John Surman is a resourceful improviser who is equally adept on soprano, tenor and baritone saxophones, bass clarinet, bamboo flutes and synthesizers. He was twice voted the World’s Best Baritone Saxophone Player by Melody Maker readers, and Top Instrumentalist at the 1968 Montreux International Jazz Festival. During the '70s, Surman worked with John McLaughlin, Terje Rypdal and Jack DeJohnette. In 1981, Surman released the magnificently sparse, THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF SIMON SIMON, possibly his finest work.
In the early '90s he recorded with John Abercrombie and Marc Johnson, although it was his solo work later in the decade that was particularly inspired, notably 1994's STRANGER THAN FICTION.