Open Land
1999 studio album by John Abercrombie
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| Studio album by John Abercrombie | ||||
| Released | June 9, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | September 1998 | |||
| Studio | Avatar, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 64:56 | |||
| Label | ECM ECM 1683 | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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Open Land is an album by American jazz guitarist John Abercrombie recorded in September 1998 and released on ECM June the following year. The sextet features trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, saxophonist Joe Lovano, violinist Mark Feldman, organist Dan Wall, and drummer Adam Nussbaum.[1]
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [3] |
The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell called the album "an absorbing set of elegantly textured, poly-styled music laced with his drifting, occasionally jagged yet never overbearing guitar."[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz stated: "Like most current ECM sets, this feels very much like a collaborative project rather than a leader-plus-group; but Abercrombie does seem firmly, quietly in charge here, steering the performances in his distinctive hard to define way."[3]
Track listing
All tracks are written by John Abercrombie except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Just in Tune" | 6:35 | |
| 2. | "Open Land" | 10:08 | |
| 3. | "Spring Song" | 8:59 | |
| 4. | "Gimme Five" | 7:23 | |
| 5. | "Speak Easy" | 6:43 | |
| 6. | "Little Booker" | 6:13 | |
| 7. | "Free Piece Suit(e)" |
| 6:53 |
| 8. | "Remember When" | 7:57 | |
| 9. | "That's for Sure" | 4:05 |
Personnel
- John Abercrombie – guitar
- Kenny Wheeler – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone
- Mark Feldman – violin
- Dan Wall – Hammond organ
- Adam Nussbaum – drums
References
- ^ ECM discography accessed October 25, 2011
- ^ a b Ginell, R. S. AllMusic Review accessed October 25, 2011
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 3. ISBN 978-0-141-02327-4.
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John Abercrombie
Years listed represent year of recording(s), not initial release.
- Timeless (1974)
- Sargasso Sea (with Ralph Towner, 1976)
- Characters (1977)
- Arcade (1978)
- Abercrombie Quartet (1979)
- Straight Flight (1979)
- M (1980)
- Five Years Later (1981)
- Upon a Time (1982)
- Solar (with John Scofield, 1983)
- Night (1984)
- Current Events (1985)
- Witchcraft (1986)
- Emerald City (with Richie Beirach, 1987)
- Getting There (1987)
- Animato (1989)
- Natural Living (with Andy LaVerne, 1989)
- Nosmo King (with Andy LaVerne, 1991)
- November (1992)
- While We're Young (1992)
- Now It Can Be Played (with Andy LaVerne, 1992)
- Speak of the Devil (1993)
- Open Land (1998)
- Cat 'n' Mouse (2000)
- Class Trip (2003)
- Structures (2006)
- The Third Quartet (2006)
- Wait Till You See Her (2008)
- Within a Song (2011)
- 39 Steps (2013)
- Up and Coming (2016)
- John Abercrombie / Marc Johnson / Peter Erskine (1988)
- Tactics (with Dan Wall and Adam Nussbaum, 1996)
- The Hudson Project (with Bob Mintzer, Peter Erskine, and John Patitucci, 1998)
- Stark Reality
- Dreams
- Gateway
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