Jackalope (feat. John Abercrombie) Live Volume 2 (August 2021)

1. Long Ago And Far Away 10:38

2. Open Land 10:07

3. How Deep Is The Ocean 11:38

4. Improvisation 06:25

5. It Could Happen To You 11:32

6. With You 11:28

Jackalope

Loren Stillman, saxophone

John Abercrombie, guitar

Bob Meyer, drums

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Jackalope (feat. John Abercrombie) Live Volume 1 (2021)

1. On The Loose 11:13

2. Spring Song 10:56

3. Stop And Go 09:05

4. The Brothers Breakfast 08:41

5. Densities 14:39

6. Kryptonite 08:18

7. Darling Clementine 07:09

Jackalope

Loren Stillman, saxophones

John Abercrombie, guitar

Bob Meyer, drums

Recorded live at Brooklyn College June 14, 2008

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John Abercrombie - Open Land: Meeting John Abercrombie (ECM RECORDS 2018)

An intimate portrait of a great guitarist, filmed near the end of his musical journey. Here we see John Abercrombie gigging with Gary Versace and Adam Nussbaum in Lichtenstein, jamming with Rob Sheps, Eliot Zigmund and David Kingsnorth in New York, teaching music students at Purchase College, talking guitars with NYC luthier Ric McCurdy, and hanging out at home with wife Lisa and Al the cat. Along the way John reflects, with characteristic good humor, on a creative life lived outside the mainstream and traces his story from his first encounter with an electric guitar onwards. Subtly combining and contrasting images and sound, director Arno Oehri achieves a fine balance between music passages and interviews. The film’s soundtrack includes, in addition to the live performances, selections from many of John Abercrombie’s ECM recordings.

John Abercrombie

Adam Nussbaum

Gary Versace

1 SAD SONG - NYC (John Abercrombie)

2 FIRST GUITARS (John Abercrombie)

3 NEW MCCURDY GUITAR (John Abercrombie)

4 CHILDHOOD (John Abercrombie)

5 WITHIN A SONG - GREENWICH (John Abercrombie)

6 FIRST STEPS INTO JAZZ (John Abercrombie)

7 BANSHEE - FLIGHT TO EUROPE (John Abercrombie)

8 ADAM NUSSBAUM - GARY VERSACE (John Abercrombie)

9 ANOTHER RALPH'S - JAZZTAGE TANGENTE 2014 (John Abercrombie)

10 BOSTON YEARS (John Abercrombie)

11 39 STEPS (John Abercrombie)

12 FIRST RECORDING (John Abercrombie)

13 WORK WITH ECM (John Abercrombie)

14 LISA (John Abercrombie)

15 CLASS TRIP - HOME (John Abercrombie)

16 THE FIRE (John Abercrombie)

17 JAM SESSION (John Abercrombie)

18 PLAYING & COMPOSING (John Abercrombie)

19 TIMELESS (John Abercrombie)

20 CREDITS (John Abercrombie)

Rale Micic, John Abercrombie, Peter Bernstein, Lage Lund - Inspired (ARTIST SHARE 2017)

By Raul da Gama / jazzdagama

There has not been, nor will there likely be, a dearth of guitarists acknowledging a very large debt to and paying homage to Jim Hall. However, the nonchalant, playful charm of Hall’s musical genius can neither be masked, nor underscored with greater profundity than in the exquisite performances on Inspired by this quartet that includes John Abercrombie, Peter Bernstein, Rale Micic and Lage Lund. Each of the guitarists frames this recital with sizeable performances either solo, in duo, trio and quartet formations. In all instances the music takes the form of a vignette that is hushed and reflective, where the guitarists purr seductively and there are numerous magical moments gifted to the listener by each of the musicians throughout the recording.

One cannot help but feel that Micic, Bernstein and Lund look to John Abercrombie to lead with the sublime delicacy of his thumb and finger picking. It should come as no surprise that this should be so. Abercrombie’s artful musicianship is well-formed and well-suited for this purpose. His maturity and his style remain deceptive, his limpid, euphonious tone artfully leavening his logical, but nonetheless oblique and unpredictable melodic thinking. It’s just the kind of thing you would want to draw into the music if you were Micic, Bernstein and Lund in the first place. As if to capitalize on this priceless gift from Abercrombie each of the others adds his own warmth, swelling dynamics and subtle inflections to three of Jim Hall’s original compositions on this recording: “Dream Steps”, “Bon Ami” and “All Across the City”. In each of these three charts the Inspired guitarists prove adept at creating monumental, all-pervading ensembles while leaving – in each instance – breathing space for the voice of the individual. The pieces played solo – “Alone Together” by Micic, “My Ideal” by Bernstein, “Body and Soul” by Lund and “Embraceable You” by Abercrombie – a performances of insurmountable beauty.

In other cases – music in which they perform as duos, trios or in the instance of the quartet performance – the guitarists offer individual voices, crucial textural components and complex meditations on the interactions between visceral humanity and the vitality that each of them brings to the music. Although one is hard-pressed to single out any particular song to make a case for this, “All Across the City” the one quartet piece on the album is the epitomé of this sublime interaction. It really is a flawless record where a quiet bravura element is present no matter where or to whom the listener’s ear is tuned into for, from end to end, the music seems to flow unimpeded as if gleefully egged on by the ghost of Jim Hall himself.

John Abercrombie Quartet - Up And Coming (ECM 2017)

Guitarist John Abercrombie – who has recorded as a leader for ECM since 1974 – returns with a second album by his quartet featuring Marc Copland on piano, along with longtime rhythm partners Drew Gress and Joey Baron. Extolling 39 Steps, the group’s 2013 album, the Financial Times said: “The emphasis is on subtle intrigue, flowing lyricism and the interplay between the leader’s warm, cleanly articulated guitar and Copland’s piano… with bassist Gress and drummer Baron equally supple and sinewy companions.” The same virtues of lyrical melody and harmonic/rhythmic subtlety are apparent with the new Up and Coming, though with even more emphasis on the enduring values of song. Abercrombie’s liquid phrasing and glowing tone – enabled by the thumb technique he has honed since eschewing a plectrum in recent years – animate his five originals and the pair by Copland, as well as a take on the Miles Davis classic “Nardis” done in the spirit of Bill Evans. Up and Coming has a twilight atmosphere, with melodic flow the guiding light. Read more...

1.JOY (John Abercrombie) 04:09

2.FLIPSIDE (John Abercrombie) 02:50

3.SUNDAY SCHOOL (John Abercrombie) 07:15

4.UP AND COMING (John Abercrombie) 05:47

5.TEARS (Marc Copland) 07:34

6.SILVER CIRCLE (Marc Copland) 07:04

7.NARDIS (Miles Davis) 06:17

8.JUMBLES (John Abercrombie) 05:57

John Abercrombie   Guitar

Marc Copland   Piano

Drew Gress   Double Bass

Joey Baron   Drums

John Abercrombie, Richie Beirach, George Mraz, Peter Donald - The First Quartet (2015)

This 3-CD set with recordings from 1978 to 1980, issued in ECM’s acclaimed Old & New Masters series, returns some historically-important material to the catalogue, namely the albums Arcade, Abercrombie Quartet and M. The quartet with Richie Beirach, George Mraz and Peter Donald – John Abercrombie’s first touring band as a leader – was the group in which the guitarist defined some priorities, moving away from a jazz-rock period into a more spacious, impressionistic and original music. Abercrombie and pianist Beirach had a strong musical rapport as improvisers and wrote almost all of the band’s book between them. George Mraz and Peter Donald provided imaginative support. For this edition the recordings - made in Oslo and Ludwigsburg and produced by Manfred Eicher – were remastered from original analog sources.

John Abercrombie, Guitar, Mandolin Guitar

Richie Beirach, Piano

George Mraz, Double Bass

Peter Donald, Drums

CD 1

1. ARCADE (John Abercrombie) 09:43

2. NIGHTLAKE (Richie Beirach) 05:35

3. PARAMOUR (John Abercrombie) 05:09

4. NEPTUNE (Richie Beirach) 07:34

5. ALCHEMY (Richie Beirach) 11:34

CD 2

1. BLUE WOLF (John Abercrombie) 08:33

2. DEAR RAIN (John Abercrombie) 06:54

3. STRAY (Richie Beirach) 06:36

4. MADAGASCAR (Richie Beirach) 09:05

5. RIDDLES (Richie Beirach) 08:12

6. FOOLISH DOG (John Abercrombie) 06:18

CD 3

1. BOAT SONG (John Abercrombie) 09:57

2. M (John Abercrombie) 06:19

3. WHAT ARE THE RULES (Richie Beirach) 07:33

4. FLASHBACK (Richie Beirach) 06:17

5. TO BE (John Abercrombie) 05:17

6. VEILS (Richie Beirach) 05:44

7. PEBBLES (George Mraz) 04:45

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