Adventure Playground (album)

1992 studio album by John Surman

Adventure Playground

Studio album by

John Surman

Released| 1992
Recorded| September 1991
Studio| Rainbow Studio
Oslo, Norway
Genre| Avant-garde jazz, free jazz
Length| 63:50
Label| ECM
ECM 1463
Producer| Manfred Eicher
John Surman chronology
| Road to Saint Ives
(1990)  | Adventure Playground
(1992)  | The Brass Project
(1992)

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Adventure Playground is an album by English saxophonist John Surman recorded in September 1991 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet features rhythm section Paul Bley, Gary Peacock and Tony Oxley.[1]

## Reception[edit]

The AllMusic review awarded the album 4 stars.[2]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [3]

## Track listing[edit]

All compositions by John Surman except where noted.

1. "Only Yesterday" (Gary Peacock) – 8:40
2. "Fig Foot" (Paul Bley) – 4:30
3. "Quadraphonic Question" – 14:14
4. "Twice Said Once" (Bley) – 5:51
5. "Just for Now" (Tony Oxley) – 3:45
6. "As If We Knew" – 7:25
7. "Twisted Roots" – 10:16
8. "Duet for One" – 3:27
9. "Seven" (Carla Bley) – 5:42

## Personnel[edit]

* John Surman – soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
* Paul Bley – piano
* Gary Peacock – bass
* Tony Oxley – drums

## References[edit]

1. ^ "ECM Records". ECM Records. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
2. ^ a b Allmusic Review accessed October 4, 2011
3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1364\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Studio albums|

* John Surman
* How Many Clouds Can You See?
* Way Back When
* Glancing Backwards
* Tales of the Algonquin
* Westering Home
* Upon Reflection
* The Amazing Adventures of Simon Simon
* Such Winters of Memory
* Withholding Pattern
* Private City
* Road to Saint Ives
* Adventure Playground
* The Brass Project
* Stranger than Fiction
* Nordic Quartet
* A Biography of the Rev. Absalom Dawe
* Coruscating
* Rain on the Window
* The Spaces in Between
* Brewster's Rooster
* Saltash Bells
* Songs About This and That
* Invisible Threads

Live albums|

* Proverbs and Songs
* Invisible Nature
* Free and Equal

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* MusicBrainz release group

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