JOHN SURMAN 'MORNING GLORY' 1974
this was reissued by f.m.r records a few years ago.
but now seems to have slipped out of the catalog
there may be a few copies of the cd floating 'round the aether,
boromir'said '''Here's John Surman's "Morning Glory" from 1973
John Surman: soprano sax, bass clarinetJohn Taylor: keyboardsTerje Rypdal: guitarJohn Marshall: drumsChris Laurence: bassMalcolm Griffiths: trombone
Tracklist Cloudless Sky2 Iron ManSide 21 Norwegian Steel - Septimus2 Hinc Illae Lacrimae - For Us All (Hence Thes Tears) Viny ripped at 192 kbps
The group, which was short-lived (this their only recording together) went under the name of Morning Glory (which I think is a yellow flower that is short-lived and sheds it's petals by mid-day, but it does grow more flower the next day). So this is perhaps why they called themselves Morning Glory. I digress, but many, many years ago, before my time even, there was a music hall performer called Nosmo King, who apparently got the inspiration for his stage name from the No Smoking notices around the theatre.
Anyway, back to the record. We are all probably familiar with Surman, Taylor and Rypdal, all of whom are still enjoying illustrious careers, making records for ECM. John Marshall I believe is still drumming with a Soft Machine legacy band, and occasionally with John Surman. Sadly I have not heard of Malcolm Griffiths for many years. During the 70s, it seemed to be a case in British jazz, if you want a trombone - send for Malcolm. Chris Laurence is also still playing and recently released his first recording as leader at the age of 60.
just a brief coda to boromir's message- morning glory seeds ,have the reputation of being a hallucinogen.
heres the list of available f.m.r releases
http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk:80/labels/fmr/cfmr.html
BUY JOHN SURMANS RECORDINGS.
ALSO find the earlier classic surman,phillips and stu martins the trio here in the recesses of the archive with some refreshed links in the comments
http://inconstantsol.blogspot.com/2007/03/surman-phillipsmartin-trio-1970.html
