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Tactics (album)

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Released
  
1997

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
ECM

Recorded
  
July 13-15, 1996

Length
  
76:23

Producer
  
Manfred Eicher

Tactics is a live album by guitarist John Abercrombie with organist Dan Wall and drummer Adam Nussbaum recorded in 1996 and released on the ECM label

Contents

Reception

In his review on Allmusic, Scott Yanow stated, "Not sounding at all like a typical soul-jazz organ group, these musicians take more advanced improvisations". The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3½ stars stating it contains "churning but still delicate Hammond shapes, a rock steady bass, and some of Abercrombie's lightest and most dancing jazz-playing".

Track listing

All compositions by John Abercrombie except as indicated

  1. "Sweet Sixteen" - 11:21
  2. "Last Waltz" - 11:14
  3. "Bo Diddy" (Dan Wall) - 11:43
  4. "You and the Night and the Music" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 10:15
  5. "Chumbida" (Adam Nussbaum) - 5:46
  6. "Dear Rain" - 7:38
  7. "Mr. Magoo" (Wall) - 8:44
  8. "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern) - 9:42
  • Recorded at Visiones in New York City on July 13-15 1996.

    • Personnel

  • John Abercrombie — guitar
  • Dan Wall — Hammond organ
  • Adam Nussbaum — drums

    • References

    Tactics (album) Wikipedia
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