[ ECM Touchstones / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 17 May 2019
John Surman and Jack DeJohnette first played together in 1968, but didn't make a duo album together until The Amazing Adventures of Simon Simon in 1981. Immediately recognised as a special album it won the Record of the Year Award in Jazz Forum's Readers Poll. The press was equally enthusiastic. Down Beat: "Unrestrained delight! The stunning Adventures of Simon Simon shatters through several stylistic barriers in the most swingful of fashions - and goes right to the heart of modern musical artistry…5 stars."
Part I - Nestor's Saga (Tale Of The Ancient)
Part II - The buccaneers
Part III - Kentish Hunting (Lady Margaret's Air)
Part IV - The Pilgrim's Way (To The Seventeen Walls)
Part V - Within The Walls Of Neptune
Part VI - Phoenix and the Fire
Part VII - Fide Et Amore (By Faith and Love)
Part VIII - Merry Pranks (Jester's Song)
Part IX - A Fitting Epitaph