Adventure Playground (album)

Adventure Playground
Studio album by John Surman
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
John Surman chronology
Road to Saint Ives (1990) Adventure Playground (1992) The Brass Project (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]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

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

References

1. "ECM Records". ECM Records. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
2. Allmusic Review accessed October 4, 2011
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1364. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.