Surrender to the Air
Studio album by
Surrender to the Air
ReleasedMarch 12, 1996[1]
RecordedSpring 1995[2]
GenreFree jazz
LabelElektra[3]
ProducerTrey Anastasio
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB[5]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[6]

Surrender to the Air is an album by free jazz ensemble Surrender to the Air, released in 1996.[7][8]

Marshall Allen, Michael Ray, and Damon R. Choice were members of Sun Ra's Arkestra.[7] Phish often watched Sun Ra videos on their tour bus; Jon Fishman would listen to Sun Ra interviews after Phish concerts.[9]

Surrender to the Air marked the beginning of Trey Anastasio's solo career.

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that the album "recalls a free form, improvisation-based jazz record more than hippie rock; in that sense, it is close to the actual spirit of the Grateful Dead, if not their sound."[4] The Tampa Bay Times called it "more like a disappointing mish-mash of instrumental indulgences than any sort of coherent musical statement."[10] The Tulsa World called the album "hippie avant garde," writing that Anastasio "jumps feet first into an insanity of jazz."[11]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Intro"1:48
2."And Furthermore"7:18
3."We Deflate"7:15
4."And Furthermore"7:05
5."Down"2:50
6."Intro"2:00
7."And Furthermore"4:11
8."And Furthermore"11:10
9."Out"5:38
Total length:49:15

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Phish's Trey Anastasio Airs His Jazz On Elektra". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. March 9, 1996 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Phish Share "Chalk Dust Torture"". Relix Media. April 30, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Phish". Trouser Press. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Surrender to the Air - Surrender to the Air | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  5. ↑ "Phish albums". EW.com.
  6. ↑ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 872.
  7. 1 2 Puterbaugh, Parke (October 26, 2010). "Phish: The Biography". Hachette Books – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ Watrous, Peter (April 4, 1996). "POP REVIEW;A Phish, 70's Funk And a Band Built to Jam (Published 1996)" – via NYTimes.com.
  9. ↑ Himes, Geoffrey (December 26, 1997). "PHISH'S LINE: HOOKED ON '70S FUNK" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  10. ↑ "AUDIO FILES". Tampa Bay Times.
  11. ↑ "Fred Schneider - Just Fred - Reprise". Tulsa World.
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