Private City

Private City is a solo album by English saxophonist John Surman, released on the ECM label in 1987.

Private City
Studio album by John Surman
Released	1987
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:57
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
John Surman chronology
Withholding Pattern (1985) Private City (1987) Road to Saint Ives (1990)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[2]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album with 4 stars and its review by Michael G. Nastos states: "This album, a fully realized project, has Surman exploiting all of the timbres and tones available to him in a manner he could not accomplish with other musicians in real time. It's a full exploration of his soul, from land, sea, and outer atmospheric galaxies, on wings of supersonic fancy and fantasy."[1]

Track listing

All compositions by John Surman.

1. "Portrait of a Romantic" – 7:03
2. "On Hubbard's Hill" – 4:33
3. "Not Love Perhaps" – 5:20
4. "Levitation" – 4:06
5. "Undernote" – 2:44
6. "The Wanderer" – 5:46
7. "Roundelay" – 5:15
8. "The Wizard's Song" – 8:51

Personnel

• John Surman – baritone and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet, recorder, piano, synthesizer

References

1. Nastos, Michael G.. Private City at AllMusic accessed 8 June 2010
2. Richard Cook and Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (Penguin, 1992: ISBN 978-0-14-015364-4).