Released April 27, 2012 Within a Song
(2012) 39 Steps
(2013) Release date 27 April 2012 Label ECM Records | Length 61:11 Artist John Abercrombie Producer Manfred Eicher Genre Jazz | |
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Recorded September 2011
Avatar Studios, New York City Similar John Abercrombie albums, Jazz albums | ||
Within a Song is an album by guitarist John Abercrombie's Quartet with saxophonist Joe Lovano, bassist Drew Gress, and drummer Joey Baron recorded in 2012 and released on the ECM label
Contents
Reception
The Guardian's review by John Fordham awarded the album 4 stars stating "this all-star group constantly demonstrate how joyous that can sound without winding up the volume". JazzTimes observed "in typical crystalline ECM fashion, Within a Song plays tricks with its role models, pushing envelopes that were elastic to begin with". The Australian's John McBeath wrote "This is a valuable collection by two old masters in a nostalgic, relaxed setting of expert craftsmanship". 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".
Track listing
All compositions by John Abercrombie except as indicated
- "Where Are You" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) - 5:54
- "Easy Reader" - 6:37
- "Within a Song/Without a Song" (John Abercrombie/Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu, Vincent Youmans) - 7:55
- "Flamenco Sketches" (Miles Davis) - 6:34
- "Nick of Time" - 5:57
- "Blues Connotation" (Ornette Coleman) - 6:11
- "Wise One" (John Coltrane) - 9:12
- "Interplay" (Bill Evans) - 6:26
- "Sometime Ago" (Sergio Mihanovich) - 6:25
Personnel
Songs
1Where Are YouJohn Abercrombie Quartet5:55
2Easy ReaderJohn Abercrombie Quartet6:38
3Within A Song – Without A SongJohn Abercrombie Quartet7:56