Born in Tavistock, Devon in 1944, composer/multi-instrumentalist John Surman is one of the key figures in a generation of European musicians who have crucially expanded the international horizons of ...

While woodwind multi-instrumentalist John Surman's eponymous debut was a strange mixture of everything from free improvisation to calypso, his second date, 1970's How Many Clouds Can You See?, is a ...

John Surman’s on-stage bonhomie soon surfaced in the warmth of his scoring for the Trans4mation String Quartet, led by violinist Rita Manning. Plaintive strings introduced the melody of “Moonlighter”, ...

This is a development of the John Surman Coruscating project, now nearly a decade old, in which the reeds virtuoso and his long-time jazz/classical bass partner Chris Laurence explore chamber jazz ...

Lucian Ban, John Surman and Mat Maneri bring a fresh treatment — and musical chemistry — to the bare-bones folk transcriptions of the 20th-century Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. This is FRESH AIR.

Ivan Hewett watches two giants of European Jazz, Tomasz Stanko and John Surman, play back-to-back at the Barbican. Ivan Hewett 16 May 2013 • 2:08pm Tomasz Stanko performed with John Surman at the ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. John Surman introduced this well-paced sax and drum duet by recalling that he first met American drummer Jack ...

Devon-born saxophonist and composer John Surman first emerged in the creative British large ensemble scene of the late 1960s. But his playing has always borne traces of the simpler, more lyrical ...

As UK legend John Surman gets ready to play at Cork’s jazz fest, he tells Philip Watson about his well-travelled career and why he’s so angry about Brexit. Mon, 14 Oct, 2019 - 18:14 As UK legend John ...

In a special programme recorded in front of an audience at the 2009 London Jazz Festival, British saxophonist John Surman joins Alyn Shipton to look back over his recording career. Show more Recorded ...

Although John Surman's name headed the bill, this concert was a showcase for the talents of the Voice of the North Jazz Orchestra and its composer/leader, John Warren. Surman didn't even appear until ...