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Private City
Studio album by John Surman
Released	1988
Recorded	December 1987
Studio	Rainbow Studio Oslo, Norway
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:57
Label	ECM ECM 1366
Producer	Manfred Eicher
John Surman chronology
Withholding Pattern (1985) Private City (1988) Road to Saint Ives (1990)

Private City is a solo album by English saxophonist John Surman, recorded in December 1987 and released on ECM the following year.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz

AllMusic awarded the album four stars, with reviewer Michael G. Nastos stating: "This album, a fully realized project, has Surman exploiting all of the timbres and tones available to him in a manner he could not accomplish with other musicians in real time. It's a full exploration of his soul, from land, sea, and outer atmospheric galaxies, on wings of supersonic fancy and fantasy."

Track listing

All compositions by John Surman.

1. "Portrait of a Romantic" – 7:03
2. "On Hubbard's Hill" – 4:33
3. "Not Love Perhaps" – 5:20
4. "Levitation" – 4:06
5. "Undernote" – 2:44
6. "The Wanderer" – 5:46
7. "Roundelay" – 5:15
8. "The Wizard's Song" – 8:51

Personnel

• John Surman – baritone and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet, recorder, piano, synthesizer

References

1. ^ Nastos, Michael G.. Private City at AllMusic accessed 8 June 2010
2. Richard Cook and Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (Penguin, 1992: ISBN 978-0-14-015364-4).

• 1987 albums
• ECM Records albums
• John Surman albums
• Albums produced by Manfred Eicher