℗ 2012 ECM Records GmbH under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Released | May 25, 2012 |
Duration | 59m 12s |
Record Label | ECM |
Genre | Jazz |
1.1
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Whistman's Wood
John Surman |
6:34 | |||
1.2
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Glass Flower
John Surman |
3:14 | |||
1.3
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On Staddon Heights
John Surman |
7:34 | |||
1.4
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Triadichorum
John Surman |
3:38 | |||
1.5
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Winter Elegy
John Surman |
8:20 | |||
1.6
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Ælfwin
John Surman |
2:18 | |||
1.7
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Saltash Bells
John Surman |
10:42 | |||
1.8
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Dark Reflections
John Surman |
3:30 | |||
1.9
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The Crooked Inn
John Surman |
2:44 | |||
1.10
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Sailing Westwards
John Surman |
10:38 | |||
Digital Booklet
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"Four Stars ... the music is sometimes punchy and robust ... comes close to the delicate reveries of Jan Garbarek ... full of buoyant, engaging lyricism."
- The Guardian
"Five Stars ... haunting compositions played with considerable grace, undulating, rich-textured ostinatos ... interwoven with melodies that sometimes dance, sometimes soothe and sometimes spook just a little."
- BBC Music Magazine
"Melodies hint at timeless folk songs, while a surging clarinet suggests a distant foghorn. Nostalgia constantly threatens ... Sailing Westwards is an epic seafaring narrative ... crewed by nearly all of Surman’s instruments, (including) a mournful harmonica that weaves alluringly around his intoxicating soprano."
- JazzTimes.com
"Loops, synthesizer sequences and multitracked horns suggest preconception, but in Surman's sphere these remain a means of using improvisation to create further improvisational contexts, whether it's building foundations or soaring over them, as he does towards the end of Sailing Westwards, his soprano responding to the various layers that combine to shape this hypnotic closer of cinematic proportions."
- All About Jazz
Versatile multiple instrumentalist John Surman has been showcased in many contexts, yet his solo albums may be the best sources for insights into his melodic imagination. Saltash Bells, his first solo recording since 1994, was inspired by Surman's English childhood, his memories of special places and especially the sounds. The title track refers to the echoes of bells ringing from a church across a river as seagulls fly by. Whistman’s Wood, meanwhile, evokes the mysterious petrified forest of Dartmoor: ancient haunts inspiring vivid new music.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – ECM Studio Masters
Recorded June 2009, Rainbow Studios, Oslo Engineer: Jan Erik Kongshaug Cover Photo: Morten Delbæk Liner Photo: Erik Fuglseth Design: Sascha Kleis Produced by John Surman and Manfred Eicher
Recorded June 2009, Rainbow Studios, Oslo Engineer: Jan Erik Kongshaug Cover Photo: Morten Delbæk Liner Photo: Erik Fuglseth Design: Sascha Kleis Produced by John Surman and Manfred Eicher
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.60 -4.30 to 0.00 | -20.51 -24.84 to -17.99 | -17.37 -21.30 to -15.70 | 13 11 to 16 | |
1 | Whistman's Wood | -0.42 | -19.32 | -16.8 | 11 |
2 | Glass Flower | -4.30 | -24.84 | -21.3 | 11 |
3 | On Staddon Heights | -0.13 | -19.29 | -16.2 | 12 |
4 | Triadichorum | -0.52 | -22.24 | -18.8 | 16 |
5 | Winter Elegy | -0.21 | -19.20 | -16.1 | 13 |
6 | Ælfwin | -0.01 | -22.38 | -18.8 | 15 |
7 | Saltash Bells | -0.16 | -17.99 | -15.7 | 11 |
8 | Dark Reflections | -0.19 | -19.95 | -16.7 | 14 |
9 | The Crooked Inn | 0.00 | -21.13 | -17.5 | 15 |
10 | Sailing Westwards | -0.10 | -18.79 | -15.8 | 13 |