John Surman
Brewster´s Rooster
John Surman baritone & soprano saxophones
John Abercrombie guitar
Drew Gress double-bass
Jack DeJohnette drums
Slanted Sky
Hilltop Dancer
No Finesse
Kickback
Chelsea Bridge
Haywain
Counter Measures
Brewster's Rooster
Going For A Burton
Recorded Feburary 2008
ECM 2046
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After ECM recordings with organ (“Rain on the Window”), strings (“The Spaces In Between”), brass ensemble (“Free and Equal”), choir (“Proverbs and Songs”), and early music experiments with the Dowland Project (“Romaria”). John Surman offers an album unequivocally jazz in its orientation. Soulful ballads, hard-driving pieces and fiery improvisations are all to be found here, and Surman is in best creative form on baritone and soprano saxophones. Both Surman and guitarist Abercrombie have long musical relationships with powerhouse drummer DeJohnette, and all three are in accord at a high level. A strong showing, too, for bassist Drew Gress in his ECM debut. Music is all by Surman, apart from “Slanted Sky” by old comrade John Warren, and the timeless “Chelsea Bridge” of Billy Strayhorn.
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