John Surman/Tony Levin Duo
Live at Moers Festival
Ring Records (Germany)1975
01006 (LP) Coated sleeve.
sleeve : VG+(wear on corner, color-faded, some peel-off of laminate.)
media : EX-/EX-(some light noise.)
An outstanding duo album released in 1975 by British saxophonist John Surman, active since the late 1960s and known for numerous masterpieces on ECM, and British drummer Tony Levin, who has played in groups led by Keith Tippett, Gordon Beck, and others. The album captures their live performance at the International New Jazz Moers Festival held in Germany the same year. qWhile John Surman would go on to release deeply spiritual, synthesizer-driven works on ECM in the late 1970s, this live album already showcases his bold use of freaky, free-form synthesizer sounds. On A3, resonant, thick-toned synth arpeggios form the foundation for his effect-laden saxophone improvisations, while B1 erupts with aggressive, high-voltage synth work reminiscent of Wolfgang Dauner’s masterpiece Output or his group Et Cetera—utterly mind-blowing. Hearing a performance like this live must have been completely transcendent. Original German pressing on Ring Records.
A3: A Solution Found
B1: Journey in Hope
Live at Moers Festival
Ring Records (Germany)1975
01006 (LP) Coated sleeve.
sleeve : VG+(wear on corner, color-faded, some peel-off of laminate.)
media : EX-/EX-(some light noise.)
An outstanding duo album released in 1975 by British saxophonist John Surman, active since the late 1960s and known for numerous masterpieces on ECM, and British drummer Tony Levin, who has played in groups led by Keith Tippett, Gordon Beck, and others. The album captures their live performance at the International New Jazz Moers Festival held in Germany the same year. qWhile John Surman would go on to release deeply spiritual, synthesizer-driven works on ECM in the late 1970s, this live album already showcases his bold use of freaky, free-form synthesizer sounds. On A3, resonant, thick-toned synth arpeggios form the foundation for his effect-laden saxophone improvisations, while B1 erupts with aggressive, high-voltage synth work reminiscent of Wolfgang Dauner’s masterpiece Output or his group Et Cetera—utterly mind-blowing. Hearing a performance like this live must have been completely transcendent. Original German pressing on Ring Records.
A3: A Solution Found
B1: Journey in Hope