Coruscating

Coruscating
Coruscating
Studio album by John Surman
Released 2000
Recorded January 1999
Genre Jazz
Length 72:51
Label ECM
Producer Manfred Eicher
John Surman chronology
Proverbs and Songs
(1997)		 Coruscating
(1999)		 Invisible Nature
(2000)

Coruscating is an album by English saxophonist John Surman recorded in 1999 and released on the ECM label.[1]

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Coruscating is one of the finer moments in an already stellar career. Coruscating's mood and timbre is delicate, mysterious, and gentle, but its musical reach is muscular and wide".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[2]

Track listing

All compositions by John Surman
  1. "At Dusk" - 2:17
  2. "Dark Corners" - 4:57
  3. "Stone Flower" - 5:47
  4. "Moonless Midnight" - 7:34
  5. "Winding Passages" - 6:44
  6. "An Illusive Shadow" - 9:24
  7. "Crystal Walls" - 9:49
  8. "For the Moment" - 6:56
  • Recorded at CTS Studios in London in January 1999.

Personnel

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References

  1. ^ ECM discography accessed October 4, 2011
  2. ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed October 4, 2011
v · d · eJohn Surman
Studio albums
John Surman • 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
Live albums
Proverbs and Songs • Invisible Nature • Free and Equal

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