Released 1999 Open Land
(1998) Cat 'n' Mouse
(2000) Release date 1999 Label ECM Records | Length 64:56 Artist John Abercrombie Producer Manfred Eicher Genre Jazz | |
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Recorded September 1998
Avatar Studios, New York City Similar John Abercrombie albums, Jazz albums | ||
John abercrombie open land just in tune
Open Land is an album by guitarist John Abercrombie with trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, saxophonist Joe Lovano, violinist Mark Feldman, organist Dan Wall and drummer Adam Nussbaum recorded in 1998 and released on the ECM label
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars calling it "an absorbing set of elegantly textured, poly-styled music laced with his drifting, occasionally jagged yet never overbearing guitar". The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3½ stars stating "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".
Track listing
All compositions by John Abercrombie except as indicated- "Just in Time" - 6:35
- "Open Land" - 10:08
- "Spring Song" - 8:59
- "Gimme Five" - 7:23
- "Speak Easy" - 6:43
- "Little Booker" - 6:13
- "Free Piece Suit(e) (Adam Nussbaum, Dan Wall, Joe Lovano, John Abercrombie, Kenny Wheeler, Mark Feldman) - 6:53
- "Remember When" - 7:57
- "That's for Sure" - 4:05
Personnel
Songs
1Just in Tune6:36
2Open Land10:08
3Spring Song8:59