Adventure Playground (album) explained

Adventure Playground
Type:	studio
Artist:	John Surman
Cover:	Adventure Playground (album).jpg
Released:	1992
Recorded:	September 1991
Studio:	Rainbow Studio Oslo, Norway
Genre:	Avant-garde jazz, free jazz
Length:	63:50
Label:	ECM ECM 1463
Producer:	Manfred Eicher
Chronology:	John Surman
Prev Title:	Road to Saint Ives
Prev Year:	1990
Next Title:	The Brass Project
Next Year:	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

The AllMusic review awarded the album 4 stars.^[2]

Track listing

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

• John Surman – soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
• Paul Bley – piano
• Gary Peacock – bass
• Tony Oxley – drums

Notes and References

1. Web site: ECM Records . ECM Records . 8 October 2020.
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/adventure-playground-r163681 Allmusic Review