Surrender to the Air (album) explained

Surrender to the Air
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Surrender to the Air
Border:	yes
Released:	March 12, 1996^[1]
Recorded:	Spring 1995^[2]
Genre:	Free jazz
Label:	Elektra^[3]
Producer:	Trey Anastasio

Surrender to the Air is an album by free jazz ensemble Surrender to the Air, released in 1996.^[4] ^[5]

Marshall Allen, Michael Ray, and Damon R. Choice were members of Sun Ra's Arkestra.^[4] Phish often watched Sun Ra videos on their tour bus; Jon Fishman would listen to Sun Ra interviews after Phish concerts.^[6]

Surrender to the Air marked the beginning of Trey Anastasio's solo career.

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that the album "recalls a free form, improvisation-based jazz record more than hippie rock; in that sense, it is close to the actual spirit of the Grateful Dead, if not their sound." The Tampa Bay Times called it "more like a disappointing mish-mash of instrumental indulgences than any sort of coherent musical statement."^[7] The Tulsa World called the album "hippie avant garde," writing that Anastasio "jumps feet first into an insanity of jazz."^[8]

Personnel

Notes and References

Web site: Phish's Trey Anastasio Airs His Jazz On Elektra. Billboard. March 9, 1996. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Google Books.
Web site: Phish Share "Chalk Dust Torture". April 30, 2013. Relix Media.
Web site: Phish . Trouser Press . 17 December 2020.
Web site: Phish: The Biography. Parke. Puterbaugh. October 26, 2010. Hachette Books. Google Books.
Web site: POP REVIEW;A Phish, 70's Funk And a Band Built to Jam (Published 1996). Peter. Watrous. April 4, 1996. NYTimes.com.
Web site: PHISH'S LINE: HOOKED ON '70S FUNK. Geoffrey. Himes. December 26, 1997. www.washingtonpost.com.
Web site: AUDIO FILES. Tampa Bay Times.
Web site: Fred Schneider - Just Fred - Reprise. Tulsa World.