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Abercrombie/Erskine/Mintzer/Patitucci: The Hudson Project

by Ed Kopp
In 1998, the D’Addario Company hired four respected jazz veterans -- Bob Mintzer (tenor sax), John Abercrombie (electric guitar), John Patitucci (acoustic and electric basses) and Peter Erskine (drums) -- to conduct a series of concerts/clinics together. The four adopted the group name the Hudson Project, and their final engagement was recorded and is now available ...
Voice In The Night

Label: ECM Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Voice in the Night; God Give Me Strength; Dorotheas Studio; Requiem; Pocket Full of Blues 1141; Homage; Forest Flower Sunrise/Sunset 1522; A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing.
What If

By Bruce Ditmas
Label: Postcards
Released: 2021
Track listing: Island Seven; What If; Clever Conversation; 3348 Big Easy: A. Deep Blue Sleep; 3348
Big Easy: B. Thursday Nite Special; 3348 Big Easy: C. Voodoo Street Beat; Pulp; Power
Surge; Don’t Wake Me.
Open Land

Label: ECM Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Just in Tune; Open Land; Spring Song; Gimme Five; Speak Easy; Little Booker; Free Piece Suit(e); Remember When; That's For Sure.
John Abercrombie: Open Land

by Glenn Astarita
One of the true treasures of Modern Jazz, guitarist John Abercrombie’s impressive and somewhat legendary recorded legacy continues with Open Land. Here, Abercrombie expands his longtime “organ trio” group consisting of organist Dan Wall and drummer Adam Nussbaum while garnering the rather estimable support of special guests, saxophonist Joe Lovano, trumpeter Kenny Wheeler and violinist Mark ...
John Abercrombie: Open Land

by David Adler
John Abercrombie’s guitar tone has changed a lot over the years. I am particularly fond of his late 70s quartet with Richard Beirach, George Mraz, and Peter Donald. Back then his sound was extremely dark—nearly underwater in fact, with no treble to speak of. Lately it’s developed a lot more flesh and attack. On this new ...
John Abercrombie: Open Land

by C. Andrew Hovan
Truth be told, John Abercrombie has always been one of the more neglected players of his generation. He's never done the more commercial types of things that have brought fellow guitarists like Pat Metheny a broader audience base, and yet the irony is that his adventurous style and sound was the forerunner of such current underground ...
Abercrombie / Wall / Nussbaum: Tactics

by Douglas Payne
Despite their popularity, organ trios have a bad reputation in jazz. Perhaps it's the greasy grooves, or the domination of too many heavy-handed B-3 players. Guitarist John Abercrombie got his start three decades ago in Johnny Hammond" Smith's organ combo. But since then, he's shown he's anything but a stereotypical chord cruncher or fatback slinger. He's ...