A lovely album with a mix of avant-garde/free/spiritual/post bop. A majority is on the free side though. It’s bombastic and chaotic at times and slower paced and more melodic in parts. There are plenty of different interesting passages throughout. It keeps you engaged at all times for sure.
There is a large ensemble (which varies a bit) on some of the tunes and fewer cats on some of them. Very dynamic.
John Surman is a English multi-instrumentalist and composer. Brilliant player. Haven’t explored his work at all up to this point. After hearing this superb album though, I will definitely dive deeper.
Highly recommended.