john john warren surman tales of the algonquin lpthis album was recently included in jazzwise magazines the 100 jazz albums that shook the world and they praised it with the big beast of the brit jazz golden age & the masterpiece that is. the jazz collectors bible, the penguin guide to jazz awarded the album with a coveted crown and it was complemented further with masterpiece, conceived on a grand scale, meticulously executed and marked by superb soloing