7/4 Posted February 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 (edited) On the Corner Dave Liebman, saxophones ; John Abercrombie, guitare ; Andy Emler, claviers ;Badal Roy, tablas, percussions ; Linley Marthe, basse électrique ; Eric Echampard, batterie here Edited February 1, 2010 by 7/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relyles Posted February 1, 2010 Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 I am not sure if I missed it on your discography, but this item from my Greg Osby discography is also available. Date: April 2005 Location: The Berkeley Church, Toronto, Ontario Label: Original Spin Media John Abercrombie, Greg Osby (ldr), Greg Osby (as), John Abercrombie (g) a. Improvisation #1 - 7:18 (John Abercrombie, Greg Osby) b. Improvisation #2 - 5:54 (John Abercrombie, Greg Osby) c. Improvisation #3 - 8:05 (John Abercrombie, Greg Osby) d. Improvisation #4 - 10:03 (John Abercrombie, Greg Osby) Canadian television series produced by Original Spin Media It is available for purchase from Original Spin Media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedwork Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 I am not sure if I missed it on your discography, but this item from my Greg Osby discography is also available. Date: April 2005 Location: The Berkeley Church, Toronto, Ontario Label: Original Spin Media John Abercrombie, Greg Osby (ldr), Greg Osby (as), John Abercrombie (g) a. Improvisation #1 - 7:18 (John Abercrombie, Greg Osby) b. Improvisation #2 - 5:54 (John Abercrombie, Greg Osby) c. Improvisation #3 - 8:05 (John Abercrombie, Greg Osby) d. Improvisation #4 - 10:03 (John Abercrombie, Greg Osby) Canadian television series produced by Original Spin Media It is available for purchase from Original Spin Media. nice thread and very cool post above. i may buy that dvd. i have an instructional cd/booklet from abercrombie that i didn't see on the discography from the OP. it's titled John Abercrombie's Concepts - Developing Improvisational Ideas. he plays/talks through sample chords and scales and then plays through tunes using the samples he's given. the booklet has the tunes wrtten out in lead seet format and has all the scales/modes written out that he talks/plays through. it's fairly basic stuff but it's abercrombie so it's useful, interesting, and fun. i think i may have gotten this from him when he came to give a master class and performance where i was working/studying, but it was quite a while ago and it's a bit hazy. anyone else have this thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted November 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2010 I am not sure if I missed it on your discography, but this item from my Greg Osby discography is also available. Date: April 2005 Location: The Berkeley Church, Toronto, Ontario Label: Original Spin Media John Abercrombie, Greg Osby (ldr), Greg Osby (as), John Abercrombie (g) a. Improvisation #1 - 7:18 (John Abercrombie, Greg Osby) b. Improvisation #2 - 5:54 (John Abercrombie, Greg Osby) c. Improvisation #3 - 8:05 (John Abercrombie, Greg Osby) d. Improvisation #4 - 10:03 (John Abercrombie, Greg Osby) Canadian television series produced by Original Spin Media It is available for purchase from Original Spin Media. same label...different release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted December 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 John Abercrombie’s Uncut Downbeat Blindfold TestJohn Abercrombie’s Uncut Downbeat Blindfold Test . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 Marek Dykta & John Abercrombie - Cradle of Light guitar duets, new album. For a second I thought that was Mike Ditka. Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 That blindfold test is a great read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Have I mentioned that I was pleasantly surprised by how well Abercrombie fit L. Smith's Hendrix tributes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 John Abercrombie’s Uncut Downbeat Blindfold Test John Abercrombie’s Uncut Downbeat Blindfold Test Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted September 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 I heard Abercrombie play with Lavano, Gress and Nussbaum at Birdland, NYC a few weeks ago and I'm glad I did. I keep up with the albums but it's been years since I've been out to hear the man. Great show, they were playing tunes from his latest ECM album Within A Song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 I heard Abercrombie play with Lavano, Gress and Nussbaum at Birdland, NYC a few weeks ago and I'm glad I did. I keep up with the albums but it's been years since I've been out to hear the man. Great show, they were playing tunes from his latest ECM album Within A Song. My favourite Abercrombie in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted September 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 I heard Abercrombie play with Lavano, Gress and Nussbaum at Birdland, NYC a few weeks ago and I'm glad I did. I keep up with the albums but it's been years since I've been out to hear the man. Great show, they were playing tunes from his latest ECM album Within A Song. My favourite Abercrombie in a while. I have mixed thoughts about the new one. It's a retrospective and he didn't write the tunes, so it's really different from a typical ECM album by Abercrombie. He's quite a prolific composer. “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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 (edited) I heard Abercrombie play with Lavano, Gress and Nussbaum at Birdland, NYC a few weeks ago and I'm glad I did. I keep up with the albums but it's been years since I've been out to hear the man. Great show, they were playing tunes from his latest ECM album Within A Song. My favourite Abercrombie in a while. I have mixed thoughts about the new one. It's a retrospective and he didn't write the tunes, so it's really different from a typical ECM album by Abercrombie. He's quite a prolific composer. “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. I just found the Abercrombie/Feldman combination a bit too samey over the last few records. I like Mark Feldman in other contexts, but prefer the saxophone on this recent disc. And I think they spin the covers enough to keep them fresh. Just a personal preference, not an evaluation of worth. Edited September 11, 2012 by A Lark Ascending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted September 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 I just found the Abercrombie/Feldman combination a bit too samey over the last few records. I like Mark Feldman in other contexts, but prefer the saxophone on this recent disc. And I think they spin the covers enough to keep them fresh. Just a personal preference, not an evaluation of worth. I agree, that's four albums with Feldman on 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 I can't help thinking that Abercrombie isn't well served by the "ECM sound." His playing has a lot more bite and verve than how he's recorded by ECM. In listening to "Cat 'N Mouse," i really have to crank up the volume to get any sort of dynamics; otherwise, it just sounds like noodling. Or an album like "Tactics," which should be a great organ trio album. The sound is almost too polite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETman Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 I can't help thinking that Abercrombie isn't well served by the "ECM sound." His playing has a lot more bite and verve than how he's recorded by ECM. In listening to "Cat 'N Mouse," i really have to crank up the volume to get any sort of dynamics; otherwise, it just sounds like noodling. Or an album like "Tactics," which should be a great organ trio album. The sound is almost too polite. If this were the case, and you'd have to trust the artist's judgement on considerations such as this, why in the world would he still be recording for ECM some 40 years after he began? FWIW, he lives in my neighborhood and I run into him from time to time. Whenever I mention things that the ECM naysayers on this board and other boards say about ECM and its "sound", he just laughs, shakes his head and says something like "where would the world be if people didn't have SOMETHING to complain about?". You're just trying to stir the pot, and are full of scata. If you're the native NYer you claim to be, you'll know what I mean by that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwbol Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 I can't help thinking that Abercrombie isn't well served by the "ECM sound." His playing has a lot more bite and verve than how he's recorded by ECM. In listening to "Cat 'N Mouse," i really have to crank up the volume to get any sort of dynamics; otherwise, it just sounds like noodling. Or an album like "Tactics," which should be a great organ trio album. The sound is almost too polite. The only Abercrombie album I have is Gateway's Homecoming (apart from Joe Lovano's Landmarks). How would you grade Abercrombie's sound on that (those)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarThrower Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 I've always liked his ECM album, Getting There. And Lovano's first Blue Note record w/ Abercrombie, Landmarks. Also, the McCoy Tyner double album 4 x 4, where each side features a guest soloist including Abercrombie, Hutcherson, Hubbard, and Arthur Blythe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 I can't help thinking that Abercrombie isn't well served by the "ECM sound." His playing has a lot more bite and verve than how he's recorded by ECM. In listening to "Cat 'N Mouse," i really have to crank up the volume to get any sort of dynamics; otherwise, it just sounds like noodling. Or an album like "Tactics," which should be a great organ trio album. The sound is almost too polite. The only Abercrombie album I have is Gateway's Homecoming (apart from Joe Lovano's Landmarks). How would you grade Abercrombie's sound on that (those)? Sorry, I don't have the album to judge. I can't help thinking that Abercrombie isn't well served by the "ECM sound." His playing has a lot more bite and verve than how he's recorded by ECM. In listening to "Cat 'N Mouse," i really have to crank up the volume to get any sort of dynamics; otherwise, it just sounds like noodling. Or an album like "Tactics," which should be a great organ trio album. The sound is almost too polite. If this were the case, and you'd have to trust the artist's judgement on considerations such as this, why in the world would he still be recording for ECM some 40 years after he began? FWIW, he lives in my neighborhood and I run into him from time to time. Whenever I mention things that the ECM naysayers on this board and other boards say about ECM and its "sound", he just laughs, shakes his head and says something like "where would the world be if people didn't have SOMETHING to complain about?". You're just trying to stir the pot, and are full of scata. If you're the native NYer you claim to be, you'll know what I mean by that. Wow, you're abrasive.I've always liked his ECM album, Getting There. And Lovano's first Blue Note record w/ Abercrombie, Landmarks. Also, the McCoy Tyner double album 4 x 4, where each side features a guest soloist including Abercrombie, Hutcherson, Hubbard, and Arthur Blythe. A second for the Tyner album. Abercrombie on electric mandolin burns! But the whole album is good: Freddie, Booby, Arthur Blythe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETman Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 I can't help thinking that Abercrombie isn't well served by the "ECM sound." His playing has a lot more bite and verve than how he's recorded by ECM. In listening to "Cat 'N Mouse," i really have to crank up the volume to get any sort of dynamics; otherwise, it just sounds like noodling. Or an album like "Tactics," which should be a great organ trio album. The sound is almost too polite. The only Abercrombie album I have is Gateway's Homecoming (apart from Joe Lovano's Landmarks). How would you grade Abercrombie's sound on that (those)? Sorry, I don't have the album to judge. > I can't help thinking that Abercrombie isn't well served by the "ECM sound." His playing has a lot more bite and verve than how he's recorded by ECM. In listening to "Cat 'N Mouse," i really have to crank up the volume to get any sort of dynamics; otherwise, it just sounds like noodling. Or an album like "Tactics," which should be a great organ trio album. The sound is almost too polite. If this were the case, and you'd have to trust the artist's judgement on considerations such as this, why in the world would he still be recording for ECM some 40 years after he began? FWIW, he lives in my neighborhood and I run into him from time to time. Whenever I mention things that the ECM naysayers on this board and other boards say about ECM and its "sound", he just laughs, shakes his head and says something like "where would the world be if people didn't have SOMETHING to complain about?". You're just trying to stir the pot, and are full of scata. If you're the native NYer you claim to be, you'll know what I mean by that. Wow, you're abrasive. I've always liked his ECM album, Getting There. And Lovano's first Blue Note record w/ Abercrombie, Landmarks. Also, the McCoy Tyner double album 4 x 4, where each side features a guest soloist including Abercrombie, Hutcherson, Hubbard, and Arthur Blythe. A second for the Tyner album. Abercrombie on electric mandolin burns! But the whole album is good: Freddie, Booby, Arthur Blythe. When people spout untruths and bs as if it's universally accepted common knowledge, I get abrasive. Besides, I told you I personally spoke to the artist about things included in your post, and HE'S basically saying you're full of it. So instead of addressing that, you call me 'abrasive'. Way to deflect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted May 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 (edited) This just in from ECM's Steve Lake at Jazz Corner: The three Abercrombie Quartet discs with Beirach comprise the next box set in the series. For release later this year. I'd already heard about this from John Abercrombie a few months ago, but this is cool too. I've been asking about this for years. Edited May 28, 2013 by 7/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 Does that include "M"? Which AFAIK has never been out on CD. It was used on the CD's for the jazz history course I TA'ed, and dug it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted May 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 I think it's: Arcade, ECM 1133 M, ECM 1191 Abercrombie Quartet, ECM 1164 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted February 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 I think it's: Arcade, ECM 1133 M, ECM 1191 Abercrombie Quartet, ECM 1164 Still no release date on that box! New interview. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homefromtheforest Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 Nice interview; thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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