Within a Song
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John Abercrombie Quartet
Within a Song
[ ECM Records / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 25 May 2012
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"Within A Song" celebrates the spirit of discovery that illuminated the jazz of the 1960s, as John Abercrombie declares his musical loyalties in a quartet album that pays tribute to a range of early influences including Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins and Jim Hall. "This was the music that spoke to me. When I heard it, it was like finding a new home." The group assembled especially for this production, recorded at New York's Avatar Studios in September 2011 features tenorist Joe Lovano as the optimal partner for Abercrombie. Together they mine deep feelings from these modern jazz classics.
Guitarist John Abercrombie has been one of the most thoughtful and least exhibitionist improvisers of the post-bop era. Now, with a trio of master musicians - saxophonist Joe Lovano, bassist Drew Gress and drummer Joey Baron - he delves back into his roots, re-examining the work of the musicians who inspired him. Unlike some, as he wryly comments in his accompanying note, Abercrombie remembers the 1960s clearly. It was the time when musicians like Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Bill Evans and Jim Hall were taking be-bop in new directions, giving those of Abercrombie's generation, in his words, "a place to live." Each of them is celebrated here, but the guitarist still manages to make a record that is very much his own, his feather-light touch coaxing intense creativity out of his bandmates.
Cormac Larkin, The Irish Times
The guitarist's precision, warm sound and ability to match tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano's free-floating invention reveal music of greater substance, with drummer Joey Baron's restrained subtleties and the unobtrusive, firm-fingered bassist Drew Gress spurring and supporting each twist of Lovano's gruff, wispy and perfectly placed lines.
Mike Hobart, Financial Times
Tracks:
Where Are You
Easy Reader
Within A Song / Without A Song
Flamenco Sketches
Nick Of Time
Blues Connotation
Wise One
Interplay
Sometime Ago
