Within a Song
2012 studio album by John Abercrombie Quartet
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| Studio album by John Abercrombie Quartet | ||||
| Released | April 27, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | September 2011 | |||
| Studio | Avatar, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 61:11 | |||
| Label | ECM ECM 2254 | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
| John Abercrombie chronology | ||||
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Within a Song is a studio album by the John Abercrombie Quartet, recorded in September 2011 and released on ECM in April the following year. The quartet featurs Abercrombie on guitar, Joe Lovano on saxophone, Drew Gress on bass and Joey Baron on drums.[1]
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| The Guardian |   [2] |
| The Australian | [3] |
In a four star review for the Guardian, John Fordham states, "this all-star group constantly demonstrate how joyous that can sound without winding up the volume."[2]
JazzTimes observed "in typical crystalline ECM fashion, Within a Song plays tricks with its role models, pushing envelopes that were elastic to begin with."[4]
John McBeath of The Australian wrote, "This is a valuable collection by two old masters in a nostalgic, relaxed setting of expert craftsmanship."[3]
Stereophile correspondent Fred Kaplan noted, "Within a Song is something of a high-wire act: delicate music of an uninsistent intensity, a quiet swing, that hangs together or collapses on the ensemble's sustenance of balance."[5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Where Are You?" |
| 5:54 |
| 2. | "Easy Reader" | Abercrombie | 6:37 |
| 3. | "Within a Song/Without a Song" |
| 7:55 |
| 4. | "Flamenco Sketches" | Miles Davis | 6:34 |
| 5. | "Nick of Time" | Abercrombie | 5:57 |
| 6. | "Blues Connotation" | Ornette Coleman | 6:11 |
| 7. | "Wise One" | John Coltrane | 9:12 |
| 8. | "Interplay" | Bill Evans | 6:26 |
| 9. | "Sometime Ago" | Sergio Mihanovich | 6:25 |
Personnel
- John Abercrombie – guitar
- Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone
- Drew Gress – double bass
- Joey Baron – drums
References
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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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