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John Abercrombie
John Abercrombie at Bratislava Jazz Days 2007
Background information
Birth name	John Abercrombie
Born	(1944-12-16) 16 December 1944 (age 68) Port Chester, New York, United States
Genres	Progressive jazz, jazz fusion, post-bop, hard bop, avant-garde jazz
Occupations	Guitarist, composer
Instruments	Guitar
Associated acts	Billy Cobham, Jack DeJohnette, Brecker Brothers, Dave Holland, Ralph Towner, George Mraz, Richie Beirach, Peter Erskine, Marc Johnson, Adam Nussbaum, Mark Feldman, Joey Baron, Marc Copland, Jan Garbarek, Paul Bley, Andy LaVerne, Charles Lloyd, , Enrico Rava, Lonnie Smith, Kenny Wheeler, John Scofield, Bob Brookmeyer, Joseph Tawadros, Gateway, Jan Hammer, Larry Coryell, Drew Gress, Tal Farlow, John Patitucci, Billy Hart, Larry Carlton, Hein van de Geyn, Joe LaBarbera, Joe Beck, Bobby Hutcherson, Dave Liebman, John Surman, Henri Texier, Bob Mintzer
Website	www.johnabercrombie.com

John Abercrombie (born December 16, 1944)^[1] is an American jazz guitarist, whose work often explores jazz fusion and post bop. Abercrombie has played with Billy Cobham, Jack DeJohnette, Michael Brecker and Randy Brecker. Abercrombie has recorded principally with the Manfred Eicher's ECM label; his first notable recordings were two albums with the jazz-rock band Dreams in 1970.

1 Background
2 Discography
3 References
4 External links

Background [edit]

Abercrombie attended the Berklee College of Music from 1962 to 1966 and graduated from in 1967. He later studied at the University of North Texas College of Music.^[2] In 1998, the Berklee College of Music presented him Music Distinguished Alumni Award.

The ongoing groups he has led or co-led include:

Gateway, with bassist Dave Holland and drummer Jack DeJohnette (mid-1970s, and again mid-1990s)
duo with guitarist Ralph Towner (starting mid-1970s, occasionally through mid-1990s)
quartet with pianist Richie Beirach, bassist George Mraz, and drummer Peter Donald (late 1970s to early 1980s)
trio with bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Peter Erskine (mid-1980s to early 1990s)
trio with organist Dan Wall and drummer Adam Nussbaum (through 1990s)
quartet with violinist Mark Feldman, bassist Marc Johnson, and drummer Joey Baron (starting 2000)

Discography [edit]

As leader [edit]

Timeless (ECM, 1974)
Sargasso Sea (ECM, 1976) with Ralph Towner
Characters (ECM, 1977) Solo
Arcade (ECM, 1978) Quartet
Straight Flight (1979) Trio
Abercrombie Quartet (ECM, 1979) Quartet
M (ECM, 1980) Quartet
Solar (01-1982) with John Scofield, George Mraz, Peter Donald
Five Years Later (ECM, 1981) with Ralph Towner
Night (ECM, 1984) with Jack DeJohnette, Jan Hammer & Mike Brecker
Current Events (ECM, 1985) with Marc Johnson & Peter Erskine
Jazzvisions: All Strings Attached (06-1987) with Larry Carlton, Larry Coryell, Tal Farlow, Billy Hart, John Patitucci
Getting There (ECM, 1987) with Marc Johnson, Peter Erskine & Mike Brecker
Abracadabra (1987) with Jeff Palmer, Adam Nussbaum
John Abercrombie / Marc Johnson / Peter Erskine (ECM, 1988) live
Animato (ECM, 1989) with Vince Mendoza and Jon Christensen, Judd Miller
While We're Young (ECM, 1992) with Dan Wall and Adam Nussbaum
November (ECM, 1992) with Marc Johnson, Peter Erskine & John Surman
Farewell (1993) with Andy Laverne, George Mraz, Adam Nussbaum
Nick Vollebreg's Jazzcafe (1994) with Hein van de Geyn, Joe LaBarbera
Speak of the Devil (ECM, 1994) with Dan Wall and Adam Nussbaum
Tactics (ECM, 1996) with Dan Wall and Adam Nussbaum
Open Land (ECM, 1999) with Dan Wall, Adam Nussbaum, Kenny Wheeler, Joe Lovano, Mark Feldman
Speak Easy(1999) with Jarek Smietana, Harvie Swartz, Adam Czerwinski
Cat 'n' Mouse (2000) with Mark Feldman, Marc Johnson, & Joey Baron
Three Guitars with Larry Coryell, Badi Assad
Class Trip (ECM, 2003) with Mark Feldman, Marc Johnson, & Joey Baron
Structures (2006) trio with Eddie Gomez and Gene Jackson
The Third Quartet (ECM, 2006) with Mark Feldman, Marc Johnson, & Joey Baron
Wait Till You See Her (ECM, 2009) with Mark Feldman, Thomas Morgan^{[disambiguation needed]}, & Joey Baron
Within A Song (ECM, 2012) with Joe Lovano, Drew Gress & Joey Baron

With Gateway [edit]

Gateway (ECM, 1975)
Gateway 2 (ECM, 1977)
Homecoming (ECM, 1994)
In the Moment (ECM, 1995)

As sideman [edit]

With Joe Beck

Coincidence (Whaling City Sound, 2007)

With Paul Bley

Live at Sweet Basil (Soul Note, 1988)

With Marc Copland

Second Look (1996)
That's For Sure (2002)
...And (2002)
Brand New (2004)

With Jack DeJohnette

Pictures (ECM, 1976)
New Rags (ECM, 1977)
New Directions (ECM, 1978)

With Jan Garbarek

Eventyr (ECM, 1980)

With Bobby Hutcherson

Un Poco Loco (1979)

With Andy LaVerne

Nosmo King (1994)
Now It Can Be Played (1995)
Where We Were (1996)
A Nice Idea (2006)

With Dave Liebman

Lookout Farm (ECM, 1973)

With Charles Lloyd

Voice in the Night (ECM, 1999)
The Water is Wide (ECM, 2000)
Hyperion with Higgins (ECM, 2001)
Lift Every Voice (ECM, 2002)

With Czesław Niemen

Mourner's Rhapsody (1974)

With Jeff Palmer

Ease On (1993, Sledgehammer Blues (formerly AudioQuest Music)^[3])
Island Universe (1994)
Shades of the Pine (1994)
Bunin the Blues (2001)

With Enrico Rava

Katcharpari (MPS/BASF, 1973)^[4]
The Pilgrim and the Stars (ECM, 1975)
The Plot (ECM, 1976)

With Johnny "Hammond" Smith

Nasty! (Prestige, 1968)

With Lonnie Smith

Afro Blue (1993)
Purple Haze: Tribute to Jimi Hendrix (1995)
Foxy Lady: Tribute to Jimi Hendrix (1996)

With Stark Reality

Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop (1970)

With John Surman

Brewster's Rooster (ECM, 2007)

With Henri Texier

Colonel Skopje (1988; 1995)

With Collin Walcott

Cloud Dance (ECM, 1975)
Grazing Dreams (ECM, 1977)

With Kenny Wheeler

Deer Wan (ECM, 1977)
Music for Large & Small Ensembles (ECM, 1990)
The Widow in the Window (ECM, 1990)
It Takes Two! (2006)

With others

Drum Strum (1982) George Marsh, reissued as Upon a Time Album of Duets (1994)
Solar (1983) John Scofield
Witchcraft (1986) with Don Thompson
Emerald City (1987) with Richie Beirach
Landmarks (1991) Joe Lovano with Ken Werner, Marc Johnson and Bill Stewart
Double Variations (1990) Tim Brady
Brooklyn Blues (1991) Danny Gottlieb with Jeremy Steig, Gil Golstein, Chip Jackson
Electricity (1994) with Bob Brookmeyer and the WDR Big Band
Bush Crew (1995, Sledgehammer Blues (formerly AudioQuest Music)^[5]) Les Arbuckle, Mike Stern, Essiet Okon Essiet, Victor Lewis
Standard Transmission (1997) Pat LaBarbera, Jim Vivian, Jacek Kochan
Off the Wall (1997) (under pseudonym Lester LaRue) with Dan Wall
Speak Easy (1999) with Jarek Smietana
The Hudson Project (2000) Peter Erskine, John Patitucci & Bob Mintzer
Animations (2003) with John Basile
As We Speak (2006) Mark Egan trio with Danny Gottlieb
Baseline: The Guitar Album (2007) with Hein van de Geyn
Topics (2007) with John Ruocco
Robert Balzar Trio: Tales (recorded 2006, released 2008)
The Hour of Separation (2010), Joseph Tawadros

References [edit]

^ Robinson, J. Bradford; Kernfeld, Barry (2002). "Abercrombie, John (Laird)". In Barry Kernfeld. The new Grove dictionary of jazz (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. pp. 4–5. ISBN 1561592846.
^ Abercrombie, John (Laird), Oxford Music Online
^ "Ease On". Valley Entertainment-Sledgehammer Blues. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
^ Enrico Rava: Katcharpari at Discogs
^ "The Bush Crew". Valley Entertainment-Sledgehammer Blues. Retrieved 17 June 2010.

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