Adventure Playground (album)

Adventure Playground
Studio album by
Released1992
RecordedSeptember 1991
StudioRainbow Studio
Oslo, Norway
GenreAvant-garde jazz, free jazz
Length63:50
LabelECM
ECM 1463
ProducerManfred Eicher
John Surman chronology
Road to Saint Ives
(1990)
Adventure Playground
(1992)
The Brass Project
(1992)

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 ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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]

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.