How Many Clouds Can You See? How Many Clouds Can You See? How Many Clouds Can You See? is the second album by English saxophonist John Surman featuring Harry Beckett, Alan Skidmore, Barre Phillips and Tony Oxley recorded in 1970 and released on the Deram label. Allmusic awards the album 4 and a half stars and its review by Jason Ankeny states: "John Surman's second album remains his most impressive, anticipating the sound and scope of the European free jazz movement that would blossom in the decade to come". John Kelman in his All About Jazz review states: "While woodwind multi-instrumentalist John Surman's eponymous debut was
How Are Things in Glocca Morra? also performed this during her famous two-week run at The Batley Variety Club in 1965. Jazz guitarist Gene Bertoncini recorded a memorable solo guitar arrangement of this song on his 1999 release, "Body and Soul". Violinist Vov Dylan recorded this with Pianist Glenn Amer for the album release "Cocktail Classics" (2016) The song was a particular favorite of President John F. Kennedy, as was "Finian's Rainbow." The song was parodied by Scotland the What? about their fictional Aberdeenshire village Auchterturra in "How Are Things in Auchterturra?" In the movie "Party Monster", Seth Green's character, James Saint James, makes a reference