Editing Surrender to the Air

{{Short description|American jazz ensemble}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name                = Surrender to the Air
| image                 = STTA.jpg
| caption            = Surrender to the Air in 1996
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| background          = group_or_band
| origin              = [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]], [[Vermont]], [[United States|USA]]
| genre               = [[Free jazz]]
| years_active        = [[1996 in music|1996]]
| label               = [[Elektra Records|Elektra]]
| associated_acts     = [[Phish]], [[Sun Ra]], [[Medeski Martin and Wood]], [[Aquarium Rescue Unit]]
| website                 = 
| past_members     = [[Trey Anastasio]]<br/>[[Marshall Allen]]<br/>Damon R. Choice<br/>[[Marc Ribot]]<br/>[[John Medeski]]<br/>[[Michael Ray (trumpeter)|Michael Ray]]<br/>James Harvey<br/>[[Jon Fishman]]<br/>[[Oteil Burbridge]]<br/>[[Kofi Burbridge]]<br/>Bob Gullotti 
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'''Surrender to the Air''' was a [[free jazz]] ensemble led by [[Trey Anastasio]] of [[Phish]] that included [[Marshall Allen]], Damon Choice, and [[Michael Ray (trumpeter)|Michael Ray]] of the [[Sun Ra|Sun Ra Orchestra]], [[John Medeski]], [[Marc Ribot]], [[Oteil Burbridge]], [[Jon Fishman]], and several other musicians.<ref>{{cite book |last=Gehr |first=Richard |title=The Phish Book |publisher=Villard |year=1998 |pages=53 }}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Porter |first=Todd S. |encyclopedia=Free Jazz and Free Improvisation: An Encyclopedia |title=The Path to Freedom |date=2001 |publisher=Greenwood Press |volume=2 |pages=xiii}}</ref>

The group performed two concerts at the Academy of Music In New York City in April 1996 and disbanded shortly thereafter.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Norris |first=Chris |date=April 1, 1996 |title=The Last Mosh |magazine=New York Magazine |pages=97}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/04/arts/pop-review-a-phish-70-s-funk-and-a-band-built-to-jam.html |title=Pop Review: A Phish, 70's Funk And a Band Built to Jam |first=Peter |last=Watrous |date=April 4, 1996 |website=The New York Times |access-date=September 29, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Macnie |first=Jim |date=March 9, 1996 |title=Phish Phenom Airs Jazz on Elektra |magazine=Billboard |pages=100}}</ref> The concerts, like the group's sole album, consisted of completely improvised music.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jambase.com/article/twenty-years-later-trey-anastasio-presents-surrender-air |title=Twenty Years Later: Trey Anastasio Presents Surrender To The Air |first=Scott |last=Bernstein |date=April 1, 2016 |website=JamBase |access-date=September 29, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/surrender-to-the-air-mw0000185515 |title=Surrender to the Air: Surrender to the Air |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |website=AllMusic |access-date=September 29, 2022}}</ref>

Around the time of the group's formation, Anastasio mentioned in interviews that he based the ensemble around [[Sun Ra]]'s free jazz ensembles of the mid-twentieth century. "A lot of times, I think he was the pinnacle," said Anastasio. "He was as good as it got. His values remained pure for his entire life, and there's something to be said for that."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/sun-ra-arkestra-marshall-allen-2639135059.html |title=Space is Still the Place for Marshall Allen and the Sun Ra Arkestra |first=Greg M. |last=Schwartz |date=July 11, 2019 |website=PopMatters |access-date=September 29, 2022}}</ref>

==Discography==

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*''[[Surrender to the Air (album)|Surrender to the Air]]'' (1996)

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{Discogs artist|Surrender To The Air}}

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[[Category:American jazz ensembles]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1996]]
[[Category:Musical groups from Vermont]]
[[Category:Elektra Records artists]]
[[Category:Free jazz ensembles]]