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Westering Home is the ninth album by English saxophonist John Surman recorded in 1972 and released on the Island label. This is the first album where he used the possibilities of overdubbing and composing on the fly.[1]

Westering Home
Studio album by John Surman
Released	1972
Genre	Jazz
Length	47:03
Label	Island
Producer	Peter Eden, John Surman, Robin Sylvester
John Surman chronology
By Contact (1971) Westering Home (1972) Morning Glory (1973)

Reception

Professional ratings

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

Jason Ankeny awards this album in his allmusic review four and a half stars and classifies it as Surman´s most melodic and soulful recording. He further states, "The album is vividly experimental yet deeply intimate – while previous LPs like How Many Clouds Can You See? seemed fascinated with the reaches of sound, here Surman turns inward to explore the heart and mind. At the same time, his playing boasts its signature physical prowess, but with a new economy of scale – his solos are honed to a razor's edge, and not a single note is superfluous."[2]

Track listing

All compositions by John Surman.

Side one

1. "Mock Orange" – 4:31
2. "Whirligig" – 3:43
3. "Jynjyg" – 5:42
4. "The Druid" – 7:38
5. "Outside The Scorpion" – 2:46

Side two

1. "Walrus" – 4:00
2. "Hornpipe" – 5:52
3. "Watershed" – 6:05
4. "Rill-A-Ree" – 6:46

Personnel

• John Surman – bass clarinet, euphonium, organ, percussion, piano, baritone sax, soprano sax, trumpet
• Robin Sylvester – engineering, recording, mixing
• Kenny Foster – photography

References

External links

• Westering Home at Discogs (list of releases)

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