Westering Home (album)

Westering Home
Studio album by John Surman
Released 1972
Genre Jazz
Length 47:03
Label Island
Producer Peter Eden, John Surman, Robin Sylvester
John Surman chronology
By Contact
(1971)
Westering Home
(1972)
Morning Glory
(1973)

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]

Reception

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Allmusic[2]

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]


Track listing

All compositions by John Surman.

Side one

  1. "Mock Orange" – 4:31
  2. "Whirligig" – 3:43
  3. "Jynjyg" – 5:42
  4. "The Druid" – 7:38
  5. "Outside The Scorpion" – 2:46

Side two

  1. "Walrus" – 4:00
  2. "Hornpipe" – 5:52
  3. "Watershed" – 6:05
  4. "Rill-A-Ree" – 6:46

Personnel

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References

  1. Cowley, Julian. "The Wire - John Surman". thewire.co.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2013. Westering
  2. 1 2 Ankeny, Jason. "Westering Home - John Surman | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 15 December 2013.

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