John Abercrombie (guitarist)
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John Abercrombie is an American jazz guitarist, whose work often explores jazz fusion
and post bop. Abercrombie has played with Billy Cobham
, Jack DeJohnette
, Michael Brecker
and Randy Brecker
. Abercrombie has recorded principally with the Manfred Eicher
's ECM label; his first notable recordings were two albums with the jazz-rock
band Dreams
in 1970.
Abercrombie attended the Berklee College of Music
from 1962 to 1966 and graduated from in 1967. He later studied at the University of North Texas College of Music
. In 1998, the Berklee College of Music presented him Music Distinguished Alumni Award.
The ongoing groups he has led or co-led include:
With Gateway
With Marc Copland
With Jack DeJohnette
With Jan Garbarek
With Bobby Hutcherson
With Andy LaVerne
With Dave Liebman
With Charles Lloyd
With Czesław Niemen
With Jeff Palmer
With Enrico Rava
With Lonnie Smith
With Stark Reality
With John Surman
With Henri Texier
With Collin Walcott
With Kenny Wheeler
With others
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
and post bop. Abercrombie has played with Billy Cobham
Billy Cobham
William C. Cobham is a Panamanian American jazz drummer, composer and bandleader, who has called Switzerland home since the late 1970s....
, Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette is an American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer. He is one of the most influential jazz drummers of the 20th century, due to extensive work as leader and sideman for musicians like Miles Davis, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Keith Jarrett and Sonny...
, Michael Brecker
Michael Brecker
Michael Leonard Brecker was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Acknowledged as "a quiet, gentle musician widely regarded as the most influential tenor saxophonist since John Coltrane," he has been awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer and was inducted into Down Beat Jazz...
and Randy Brecker
Randy Brecker
Randal "Randy" Brecker is an American trumpeter and flugelhornist. He is a highly sought after performer in the genres of jazz, rock, and R&B, and has performed or recorded with Stanley Turrentine, Billy Cobham, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Sandip Burman, Charles Mingus, Blood, Sweat & Tears,...
. Abercrombie has recorded principally with the Manfred Eicher
Manfred Eicher
Manfred Eicher is a German record producer and the founder of ECM Records and its subsidiaries.Eicher studied music at the Academy of Music in Berlin. He is a record producer and a double-bass player. In 1969 he founded a record label in Munich called ECM - Edition of Contemporary Music...
's ECM label; his first notable recordings were two albums with the jazz-rock
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
band Dreams
Dreams (band)
Dreams was one of the original prominent jazz rock bands in the period of the late 1960s and early 1970s, and recorded for Columbia Records. Dreams was formed by Jeff Kent and Doug Lubahn, who together wrote and arranged all their original songs. The band began as a trio and evolved into a...
in 1970.
Abercrombie attended the Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known primarily as a school for jazz, rock and popular music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including hip...
from 1962 to 1966 and graduated from in 1967. He later studied at the University of North Texas College of Music
University of North Texas College of Music
The University of North Texas College of Music, based in Denton, is a comprehensive music school with the largest enrollment of any music institution accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, and the oldest in the world offering a degree in jazz studies...
. In 1998, the Berklee College of Music presented him Music Distinguished Alumni Award.
The ongoing groups he has led or co-led include:
- Gateway, with bassist Dave HollandDave HollandDave Holland is an English jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader who has been performing and recording for five decades. He has lived in the United States for 40 years....
and drummer Jack DeJohnetteJack DeJohnetteJack DeJohnette is an American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer. He is one of the most influential jazz drummers of the 20th century, due to extensive work as leader and sideman for musicians like Miles Davis, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Keith Jarrett and Sonny...
(mid-1970s, and again mid-1990s) - duo with guitarist Ralph TownerRalph TownerRalph Towner is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion and trumpet.-Biography:...
(starting mid-1970s, occasionally through mid-1990s) - quartet with pianist Richie BeirachRichie BeirachRichard "Richie" Beirach is a jazz pianist and composer born in New York City.He initially studied both classical and jazz before entering the Berklee College of Music....
, bassist George MrazGeorge MrazGeorge Mraz is a jazz bassist and alto saxophonist. He was a member of Oscar Peterson's group, and has worked with Stan Getz, Tommy Flanagan, Chet Baker and many other important jazz musicians...
, and drummer Peter Donald (late 1970s to early 1980s) - trio with bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Peter ErskinePeter ErskinePeter Erskine is an American jazz drummer and composer. He has enjoyed a long and successful career as a session drummer, recording and touring with many famous jazz and rock artists, including Steely Dan and Weather Report...
(mid-1980s to early 1990s) - trio with organist Dan Wall and drummer Adam NussbaumAdam Nussbaum-Biography:Nussbaum grew up in Norwalk, Connecticut and started to play drums at age 12 after studying piano for five years. He also played bass and saxophone as a teenager. He moved to New York City in 1975 to attend The Davis Center for Performing Arts at City College...
(through 1990s) - quartet with violinist Mark FeldmanMark FeldmanMark Feldman is an American jazz violinist.Feldman worked in Chicago from 1973 to 1980, and in Nashville, Tennessee from 1980 to 1986. He worked in New York City and Western Europe from 1986. Feldman often works with John Zorn, Sylvie Courvoisier, John Abercrombie, The Masada String Trio, Dave...
, bassist Marc Johnson, and drummer Joey BaronJoey BaronJoey Baron is an American avant-garde jazz drummer probably best known for his work with Bill Frisell, Stan Getz, Steve Kuhn, and John Zorn...
(starting 2000)
As leader
- Timeless (ECM, 1974)
- Sargasso SeaSargasso Sea (album)Sargasso Sea is an album by guitarists John Abercrombie and Ralph Towner recorded in 1976 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3 stars stating "An uneven recording for many listeners and critics, Sargasso Sea deserves a second chance,...
(ECM, 1976) with Ralph TownerRalph TownerRalph Towner is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion and trumpet.-Biography:... - CharactersCharacters (John Abercrombie album)Characters is a solo album by guitarist John Abercrombie recorded in 1977 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Robert Taylor awarded the album 4 stars stating "Abercrombie makes excellent use of space within both his compositions and solos...
(ECM, 1977) Solo - ArcadeArcade (John Abercrombie album)Arcade is an album by guitarist John Abercrombie recorded in 1978 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.-Track listing:# "Arcade" - 9:36# "Nightlake" - 5:31# "Paramour" - 5:06...
(ECM, 1978) Quartet - Straight Flight (03-1979) Trio
- Abercrombie QuartetAbercrombie QuartetAbercrombie Quartet is an album by guitarist John Abercrombie recorded in 1979 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 2½ stars.-Track listing:# "Blue Wolf" - 8:20# "Dear Rain" - 6:49...
(ECM, 1979) Quartet - MM (album)M is an album by guitarist John Abercrombie's Quartet recorded in 1980 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Jim Todd awarded the album 2½ stars stating "If only all of this set were as brilliantly melodic and driving as its best three tracks".-Track listing:# "Boat Song"...
(ECM, 1980) Quartet - Solar (01-1982) with John ScofieldJohn ScofieldJohn Scofield , often referred to as "Sco," is an American jazz guitarist and composer, who has played and collaborated with Miles Davis, Dave Liebman, Joe Henderson, Charles Mingus, Joey Defrancesco, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, Pat Martino, Mavis Staples, Phil Lesh, Billy Cobham,...
, George MrazGeorge MrazGeorge Mraz is a jazz bassist and alto saxophonist. He was a member of Oscar Peterson's group, and has worked with Stan Getz, Tommy Flanagan, Chet Baker and many other important jazz musicians...
, Peter DonaldPeter DonaldPeter Donald was a British-born actor who worked in American radio and television.-Radio:He was famed as the character of Ajax Cassidy on Fred Allen's radio show, the Irishman who continually complained that he was "not long for this world."In addition to his long run on "Allen's Alley," Donald... - Five Years LaterFive Years LaterFive Years Later is an album by guitarists John Abercrombie and Ralph Towner recorded in 1981 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 2½ stars stating "One can easily tell the two guitarists apart, since Abercrombie mostly plays electric and has...
(ECM, 1981) with Ralph Towner - NightNight (John Abercrombie album)Night is an album by guitarist John Abercrombie recorded in 1984 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Daniel Gioffre awarded the album 4½ stars stating "This record is the kind of album that one would like to hear while enjoying a late-night cigarette on the roof of a...
(ECM, 1984) with Jack DeJohnetteJack DeJohnetteJack DeJohnette is an American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer. He is one of the most influential jazz drummers of the 20th century, due to extensive work as leader and sideman for musicians like Miles Davis, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Keith Jarrett and Sonny...
, Jan HammerJan HammerJan Hammer is a composer, pianist and keyboardist. He first gained his most visible audience while playing keyboards with the Mahavishnu Orchestra in the early 1970s, as well as his film scores for television and film including "Miami Vice Theme" and "Crockett's Theme", from the popular 1980s...
& Mike Brecker - Current EventsCurrent Events (album)Current Events is an album by guitarist John Abercrombie with bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Peter Erskine recorded in 1985 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...
(ECM, 1985) with Marc Johnson & Peter ErskinePeter ErskinePeter Erskine is an American jazz drummer and composer. He has enjoyed a long and successful career as a session drummer, recording and touring with many famous jazz and rock artists, including Steely Dan and Weather Report... - Jazzvisions: All Strings AttachedJazzvisionsJazzvisions: Made in America was a series of Jazz concerts held in December 1986 at the Wiltern Theater."Find a voice -- and fill it."According to veteran music and entertainment producer Jack Lewis , this American entrepreneurial challenge was his motivation to fill one of the biggest voids in...
(06-1987) with Larry CarltonLarry CarltonLarry Carlton is an American jazz, smooth jazz, jazz fusion, pop, and rock guitarist and singer. He has divided his recording time between solo recordings and session appearances with various well-known bands...
, Larry CoryellLarry CoryellLarry Coryell is an American jazz fusion guitarist.-Biography:Coryell was born in Galveston, Texas. He graduated from Richland High School, in Richland, Washington, where he played in local bands The Jailers, The Rumblers, The Royals, and The Flames. He also played with The Checkers from nearby...
, Tal FarlowTal FarlowTalmage Holt Farlow was an American jazz guitarist. Nicknamed the "Octopus", Farlow's extremely large hands spread over the fretboard as if they were tentacles. He is considered one of the all-time great jazz guitarists. Michael G...
, Billy HartBilly HartWilliam "Billy" Hart is a jazz drummer and educator who has performed with some of the most important jazz musicians in history.-Biography:Early on Hart performed in Washington, D.C...
, John PatitucciJohn PatitucciJohn Patitucci is an American Grammy-winning jazz double bass and jazz fusion electric bass player.-Biography:Patitucci is of Italian descent and was born in Brooklyn, New York, where he began playing the electric bass at age ten, composing and performing at age 12, as well as the acoustic bass at... - Getting ThereGetting There (album)Getting There is a 1988 release by John Abercrombie, featuring his working trio of the time, including bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Peter Erskine. Additionally, tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker makes guest appearances on three tracks...
(ECM, 1987) with Marc Johnson, Peter ErskinePeter ErskinePeter Erskine is an American jazz drummer and composer. He has enjoyed a long and successful career as a session drummer, recording and touring with many famous jazz and rock artists, including Steely Dan and Weather Report...
& Mike Brecker - Abracadabra (11-1987) with Jeff PalmerJeff PalmerJeff Palmer is a gay pornographic actor who appeared in pornographic films and magazines.-Biography:...
, Adam NussbaumAdam Nussbaum-Biography:Nussbaum grew up in Norwalk, Connecticut and started to play drums at age 12 after studying piano for five years. He also played bass and saxophone as a teenager. He moved to New York City in 1975 to attend The Davis Center for Performing Arts at City College... - John Abercrombie / Marc Johnson / Peter ErskineJohn Abercrombie / Marc Johnson / Peter ErskineJohn Abercrombie / Marc Johnson / Peter Erskine is a live album by guitarist John Abercrombie with bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Peter Erskine recorded in 1988 in Boston and released on the ECM label-Reception:...
(ECM, 1988) live - AnimatoAnimato (album)Animato is an album by guitarist John Abercrombie with keyboardist Vince Mendoza and drummer Jon Christensen recorded in 1989 and released on the ECM label-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael G...
(ECM, 1989) with Vince Mendoza and Jon Christensen, Judd Miller - While We're YoungWhile We're Young (album)While We're Young is an album by guitarist John Abercrombie with organist Dan Wall and drummer Adam Nussbaum recorded in 1992 and released on the ECM label-Reception:...
(ECM, 1992) with Dan Wall and Adam NussbaumAdam Nussbaum-Biography:Nussbaum grew up in Norwalk, Connecticut and started to play drums at age 12 after studying piano for five years. He also played bass and saxophone as a teenager. He moved to New York City in 1975 to attend The Davis Center for Performing Arts at City College... - NovemberNovember (album)November is an album by guitarist John Abercrombie with saxophonist John Surman, bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Peter Erskine recorded in 1992 and released on the ECM label-Reception:...
(ECM, 1992) with Marc Johnson, Peter ErskinePeter ErskinePeter Erskine is an American jazz drummer and composer. He has enjoyed a long and successful career as a session drummer, recording and touring with many famous jazz and rock artists, including Steely Dan and Weather Report...
& John Surman - Nick Vollebreg's Jazzcafe (02-1994) with Hein Van de GeynHein Van de GeynHein Van de Geyn is a jazz bassist, composer and band leader from the Netherlands. He is a critically acclaimed artist and performer, as both as a sideman and solo. Van de Geyn won a North Sea Jazz award in 1998. He was also voted "Best European Acoustic Bass Player" in this year by a referendum...
, Joe LaBarberaJoe LaBarberaJoe LaBarbera is an American jazz drummer and composer. He is best known for his recordings and live performances with the trio of pianist Bill Evans in the final years of Evans's career. Prior to joining Evans he worked in the quartet of Chuck Mangione and Joe Farrell.- Early life :He was born... - Speak of the DevilSpeak of the Devil (John Abercrombie album)Speak of the Devil is an album by guitarist John Abercrombie with organist Dan Wall and drummer Adam Nussbaum recorded in 1993 and released on the ECM label-Reception:...
(ECM, 1994) with Dan Wall and Adam NussbaumAdam Nussbaum-Biography:Nussbaum grew up in Norwalk, Connecticut and started to play drums at age 12 after studying piano for five years. He also played bass and saxophone as a teenager. He moved to New York City in 1975 to attend The Davis Center for Performing Arts at City College... - TacticsTactics (album)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-Track listing:# "Sweet Sixteen" - 11:21# "Last Waltz" - 11:14# "Bo Diddy" - 11:43...
(ECM, 1996) with Dan Wall and Adam NussbaumAdam Nussbaum-Biography:Nussbaum grew up in Norwalk, Connecticut and started to play drums at age 12 after studying piano for five years. He also played bass and saxophone as a teenager. He moved to New York City in 1975 to attend The Davis Center for Performing Arts at City College... - Open LandOpen LandOpen 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-Reception:...
(ECM, 1999) with Dan Wall, Adam NussbaumAdam Nussbaum-Biography:Nussbaum grew up in Norwalk, Connecticut and started to play drums at age 12 after studying piano for five years. He also played bass and saxophone as a teenager. He moved to New York City in 1975 to attend The Davis Center for Performing Arts at City College...
, Kenny WheelerKenny WheelerKenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC is a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. since the 1950s....
, Joe LovanoJoe LovanoJoseph Salvatore "Joe" Lovano is a post bop jazz saxophonist, alto clarinetist, flautist, and drummer. Since the late 1980s, Lovano has been one of the world's premiere tenor saxophone players, earning a Grammy award and several nods on Down Beat magazine's critics' and readers' polls...
, Mark FeldmanMark FeldmanMark Feldman is an American jazz violinist.Feldman worked in Chicago from 1973 to 1980, and in Nashville, Tennessee from 1980 to 1986. He worked in New York City and Western Europe from 1986. Feldman often works with John Zorn, Sylvie Courvoisier, John Abercrombie, The Masada String Trio, Dave... - Speak Easy(1999) with Jarek Smietana, Harvie SwartzHarvie SwartzHarvie S is an American jazz double-bassist.S learned piano as a child and did not begin playing bass until 1967, when he was nineteen years old. He attended Berklee College of Music and played in and around Boston with Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Mose Allison, and Chris Connor...
, Adam Czerwinski - Cat 'n' MouseCat 'n' MouseCat 'n' Mouse is an album by guitarist John Abercrombie with violinist Mark Feldman, bassist Marc Johnson, and drummer Joey Baron recorded in 2000 and released on the ECM label-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.-Track listing:...
(2000) with Mark FeldmanMark FeldmanMark Feldman is an American jazz violinist.Feldman worked in Chicago from 1973 to 1980, and in Nashville, Tennessee from 1980 to 1986. He worked in New York City and Western Europe from 1986. Feldman often works with John Zorn, Sylvie Courvoisier, John Abercrombie, The Masada String Trio, Dave...
, Marc Johnson, & Joey BaronJoey BaronJoey Baron is an American avant-garde jazz drummer probably best known for his work with Bill Frisell, Stan Getz, Steve Kuhn, and John Zorn... - Three Guitars with Larry CoryellLarry CoryellLarry Coryell is an American jazz fusion guitarist.-Biography:Coryell was born in Galveston, Texas. He graduated from Richland High School, in Richland, Washington, where he played in local bands The Jailers, The Rumblers, The Royals, and The Flames. He also played with The Checkers from nearby...
, Badi AssadBadi AssadBadi Assad is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and guitarist in the jazz and worldbeat genres.She was born in the state of São Paulo, but grew up in Rio de Janeiro until she was twelve... - Class TripClass Trip (album)Class Trip is an album by guitarist John Abercrombie with violinist Mark Feldman, bassist Marc Johnson, and drummer Joey Baron recorded in 2003 and released on the ECM label-Reception:...
(ECM, 2003) with Mark FeldmanMark FeldmanMark Feldman is an American jazz violinist.Feldman worked in Chicago from 1973 to 1980, and in Nashville, Tennessee from 1980 to 1986. He worked in New York City and Western Europe from 1986. Feldman often works with John Zorn, Sylvie Courvoisier, John Abercrombie, The Masada String Trio, Dave...
, Marc Johnson, & Joey BaronJoey BaronJoey Baron is an American avant-garde jazz drummer probably best known for his work with Bill Frisell, Stan Getz, Steve Kuhn, and John Zorn... - Structures (03-2006) trio with Eddie GomezEddie GomezEdgar "Eddie" Gómez is a Puerto Rican jazz double bassist born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, perhaps most notable for his work done with the Bill Evans trio from 1966 to 1977.-Biography:...
and Gene Jackson - Farewell (2006) with George MrazGeorge MrazGeorge Mraz is a jazz bassist and alto saxophonist. He was a member of Oscar Peterson's group, and has worked with Stan Getz, Tommy Flanagan, Chet Baker and many other important jazz musicians...
, Andy Laverne, Adam NussbaumAdam Nussbaum-Biography:Nussbaum grew up in Norwalk, Connecticut and started to play drums at age 12 after studying piano for five years. He also played bass and saxophone as a teenager. He moved to New York City in 1975 to attend The Davis Center for Performing Arts at City College... - The Third QuartetThe Third QuartetThe Third Quartet is an album by guitarist John Abercrombie with violinist Mark Feldman, bassist Marc Johnson, and drummer Joey Baron recorded in 2006 and released on the ECM label-Reception:...
(ECM, 2006) with Mark FeldmanMark FeldmanMark Feldman is an American jazz violinist.Feldman worked in Chicago from 1973 to 1980, and in Nashville, Tennessee from 1980 to 1986. He worked in New York City and Western Europe from 1986. Feldman often works with John Zorn, Sylvie Courvoisier, John Abercrombie, The Masada String Trio, Dave...
, Marc Johnson, & Joey BaronJoey BaronJoey Baron is an American avant-garde jazz drummer probably best known for his work with Bill Frisell, Stan Getz, Steve Kuhn, and John Zorn... - Wait Till You See HerWait Till You See Her (album)Wait Till You See Her is an album by guitarist John Abercrombie with violinist Mark Feldman, bassist Thomas Morgan, and drummer Joey Baron recorded in 2008 and released on the ECM label-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael G...
(ECM, 2009) with Mark FeldmanMark FeldmanMark Feldman is an American jazz violinist.Feldman worked in Chicago from 1973 to 1980, and in Nashville, Tennessee from 1980 to 1986. He worked in New York City and Western Europe from 1986. Feldman often works with John Zorn, Sylvie Courvoisier, John Abercrombie, The Masada String Trio, Dave...
, Thomas MorganThomas MorganThomas Morgan may refer to:*Thomas Morgan , confident and spy of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots*Sir Thomas Morgan, 1st Baronet , general of the English Civil War...
, & Joey BaronJoey BaronJoey Baron is an American avant-garde jazz drummer probably best known for his work with Bill Frisell, Stan Getz, Steve Kuhn, and John Zorn...
With Gateway
Gateway (band)
Gateway was an American jazz trio formed in 1975. The members were John Abercrombie, guitar, Dave Holland, bass, and Jack DeJohnette, drums.-Discography:*1976: Gateway *1978: Gateway 2 *1995: Homecoming...
- GatewayGateway (Gateway album)Gateway is the debut album by Gateway, a trio composed of John Abercrombie, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette. It was recorded in 1975 and released on the ECM label in 1976. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "The interplay between the three musicians is quite impressive although listeners...
(ECM, 1975) - Gateway 2Gateway 2Gateway 2 is the second album by Gateway, a trio composed of John Abercrombie, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette. It was recorded in 1977 and released on the ECM label in 1978. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "the playing on the five group originals is generally more fiery than introspective...
(ECM, 1977) - HomecomingHomecoming (Gateway album)Homecoming is an album by Gateway, a trio composed of John Abercrombie, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette. It was recorded in 1994 and released on the ECM label in 1995 and is the trio's first album since Gateway 2 in 1978. The Allmusic review by Greg Turner states "The Gateway Trio is a cooperative...
(ECM, 1994) - In the MomentIn the Moment (album)In the Moment is an album by Gateway, a trio composed of John Abercrombie, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette. It was recorded in 1995 and released on the ECM label in 1996.-Track listing:# "In the Moment" - 8:37# "The Enchanted Forest" - 9:23...
(ECM, 1995)
As sideman
With Paul BleyPaul Bley
Paul Bley, CM is a pianist known for his contributions to the free jazz movement of the 1960s as well as his innovations and influence on trio playing.-Biography:...
- Live at Sweet BasilLive at Sweet Basil (Paul Bley album)Live at Sweet Basil is a live album by Canadian jazz pianist Paul Bley recorded in 1988 at the Sweet Basil Jazz Club and released on the Italian Soul Note label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars....
(Soul Note, 1988)
With Marc Copland
Marc Copland
Marc Copland is an American jazz pianist and composer.Copland became part of the jazz scene in Philadelphia in the early 1960s as a saxophonist, and later moved to New York where he experimented with electric alto saxophone...
- Second Look (1996)
- That's For Sure (2002)
- ...And (2002)
- Brand New (2004)
With Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette is an American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer. He is one of the most influential jazz drummers of the 20th century, due to extensive work as leader and sideman for musicians like Miles Davis, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Keith Jarrett and Sonny...
- PicturesPictures (Jack DeJohnette album)Pictures is an album by American jazz drummer, keyboardist and composer Jack DeJohnette recorded in 1976 and released on the ECM label. DeJohnette plays drums and keyboards on all tracks and is joined by John Abercrombie on three compositions.-Reception:...
(ECM, 1976) - New RagsNew RagsNew Rags is an album by Jack DeJohnette released on the German ECM label. It was recorded in May 1977 at Tonstudio Bauer and released in 1977.- Track listing :* "Minya's the Mooch" – 11:22* "Lydia" – 3:41* "Flys" – 6:03...
(ECM, 1977) - New Directions (ECM, 1978)
With Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek is a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war Czesław Garbarek and a Norwegian farmer's daughter...
- EventyrEventyrEventyr is an album by Norwegian jazz composer and saxophonist Jan Garbarek, guitarist John Abercrombie and percussionist Naná Vasconcelos recorded in 1980 and released on the ECM label in 1981.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 2½ stars....
(ECM, 1980)
With Bobby Hutcherson
Bobby Hutcherson
Bobby Hutcherson is a jazz vibraphone and marimba player. His vibraphone playing is suggestive of the style of Milt Jackson in its free-flowing melodicism, but his sense of harmony and group interaction is thoroughly modern...
- Un Poco LocoUn Poco Loco (album)Un Poco Loco is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson recorded in 1979 and released on the Columbia label. The album was Hutcherson's last for Columbia.-Reception:...
(1979)
With Andy LaVerne
Andy LaVerne
Andy LaVerne is an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger.LaVerne studied at Juilliard School of Music, Berklee College, and the New England Conservatory, and took private lessons from legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans...
- Nosmo King (1994)
- Now It Can Be Played (1995)
- Where We Were (1996)
- A Nice Idea (2006)
With Dave Liebman
Dave Liebman
Dave Liebman is an American saxophonist and flautist. In June 2010, he received a NEA Jazz Masters lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts.-Biography:...
- Lookout FarmLookout Farm (album)Lookout Farm is an album by American jazz saxophonist Dave Liebman recorded in 1973 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael G...
(ECM, 1973)
With Charles Lloyd
Charles Lloyd
Charles Lloyd is an American jazz musician. Though he primarily plays tenor saxophone and flute, he has also occasionally recorded on alto saxophone and more exotic reed instruments which include the Hungarian tárogató. Lloyd's saxophone playing is often characterized as an individualized,...
- Voice in the NightVoice in the NightVoice in the Night is an album by jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd recorded in May 1998 by Lloyd with John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, and Billy Higgins.-Reception:...
(ECM, 1999) - The Water is WideThe Water Is Wide"The Water Is Wide" might refer to:*The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy*The Water Is Wide a Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie based on Pat Conroy's book*The Water Is Wide , an English folk song...
(ECM, 2000) - Hyperion with HigginsHyperion with Higgins-Track listing:# "Dancing Waters, Big Sur to Bahia" - 5:54# "Bharati" - 7:01# "Secret Life of the Forbidden City" - 10:05# "Miss Jessye" - 10:24# "Hyperion With Higgins" - 7:20...
(ECM, 2001) - Lift Every Voice (ECM, 2002)
With Czesław Niemen
- Mourner's Rhapsody (1974)
With Jeff Palmer
Jeff Palmer
Jeff Palmer is a gay pornographic actor who appeared in pornographic films and magazines.-Biography:...
- Ease On (1993, Sledgehammer BluesSledgehammer BluesSledgehammer Blues is an independent record label owned by Valley Entertainment that was formerly named AudioQuest Music.From the label’s website, “The blues label was founded in the late 1980s with the mission to create the highest standard audiophile recordings based on the technology available...
(formerly AudioQuest Music)) - Island Universe (1994)
- Shades of the Pine (1994)
- Bunin the Blues (2001)
With Enrico Rava
Enrico Rava
Enrico Rava , is a prolific jazz trumpeter and arguably one of the best known Italian jazz musicians. He originally played trombone, changing to the trumpet after hearing Miles Davis. His first commercial work was as a member of Gato Barbieri's Italian quintet in the mid-1960s; in the late 1960s...
- The Pilgrim and the StarsThe Pilgrim and the StarsThe Pilgrim and the Stars is an album by Italian jazz trumpeter and composer Enrico Rava recorded in 1975 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...
(ECM, 1975) - The PlotThe Plot (album)The Plot is an album by Italian jazz trumpeter and composer Enrico Rava recorded in 1976 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4 stars noting the album's "Original ideas and compositions"....
(ECM, 1976)
With Lonnie Smith
Lonnie Smith (jazz musician)
Dr. Lonnie Smith is a jazz Hammond B3 organist and pianist.-Biography:He was born in Lackawanna, New York, into a family with a vocal group and radio program. Smith says that his mother was a major influence on him musically, as she introduced him to gospel, classical, and jazz music...
- Afro Blue (1993)
- Purple Haze: Tribute to Jimi Hendrix (1995)
- Foxy Lady: Tribute to Jimi Hendrix (1996)
With Stark Reality
- Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop (1970)
With John Surman
John Surman
John Douglas Surman is an English jazz saxophone, bass clarinet and synthesizer player, and composer of free jazz and modal jazz, often using themes from folk music as a basis...
- Brewster's RoosterBrewster's RoosterBrewster's Rooster is an album by English saxophonist John Surman with guitarist John Abercrombie, drummer Jack DeJohnette, and bassist Drew Gress recorded in 2007 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...
(ECM, 2007)
With Henri Texier
Henri Texier
Henri Texier, born , is a French jazz double bassist born in Paris.He is perhaps best-known for his 1960s work with Don Cherry and for his 1980s band the "Transatlantik Quartet", which featured Joe Lovano, Steve Swallow and Aldo Romano...
- Colonel Skopje (1988; 1995)
With Collin Walcott
Collin Walcott
Collin Walcott was a North American musician. He was a student of Ravi Shankar and Vasant Rai. Collin expanded the role of the sitar in western music. Walcott studied music and ethnomusicology at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, and at The University of California at Los Angeles...
- Cloud DanceCloud DanceCloud Dance is the debut album by American sitarist and composer Collin Walcott recorded in 1975 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.-Track listing:# "Margueritte" - 8:25# "Prancing" - 3:23...
(ECM, 1975) - Grazing DreamsGrazing DreamsGrazing Dreams is the second album by American sitarist and composer Collin Walcott recorded in 1977 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael G...
(ECM, 1977)
With Kenny Wheeler
Kenny Wheeler
Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC is a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. since the 1950s....
- Deer WanDeer WanDeer Wan is an album by Kenny Wheeler featuring performances by Wheeler with Jan Garbarek, John Abercrombie, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette with Ralph Towner appearing on one track. The album was recorded in 1977 and released on the ECM label...
(ECM, 1977) - Music for Large & Small EnsemblesMusic For Large & Small EnsemblesMusic For Large & Small Ensembles is an album by Canadian jazz trumpeter, Kenny Wheeler which was released in 1990 through ECM Records.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.-Track listing:DISC 1: THE SWEET TIME SUITE:...
(ECM, 1990) - The Widow in the WindowThe Widow in the WindowThe Widow in the Window is an album by trumpeter Kenny Wheeler recorded in 1990 and released on the ECM label. "Ana", the longest piece on the album, was originally written for Alexander von Schlippenbach's Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra, which would eventually be recorded in 1989...
(ECM, 1990) - It Takes Two! (2006)
With others
- Drum Strum (1982) George Marsh, reissued as Upon a Time Album of Duets (1994)
- Solar (1983) John ScofieldJohn ScofieldJohn Scofield , often referred to as "Sco," is an American jazz guitarist and composer, who has played and collaborated with Miles Davis, Dave Liebman, Joe Henderson, Charles Mingus, Joey Defrancesco, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, Pat Martino, Mavis Staples, Phil Lesh, Billy Cobham,...
- Witchcraft (1986) with Don Thompson
- Emerald City (1987) with Richie BeirachRichie BeirachRichard "Richie" Beirach is a jazz pianist and composer born in New York City.He initially studied both classical and jazz before entering the Berklee College of Music....
- LandmarksLandmarks (Joe Lovano album)Landmarks is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano recorded in 1990 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Although the title of this CD makes it sound as if tenor-saxophonist Joe Lovano was performing...
(1991) Joe Lovano with Ken Werner, Marc Johnson and Bill Stewart - Double Variations (1990) Tim Brady
- Brooklyn Blues (1991) Danny Gottlieb with Jeremy Steig, Gil Golstein, Chip Jackson
- Electricity (1994) with Bob BrookmeyerBob BrookmeyerRobert Brookmeyer is an American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer.-Biography:Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Brookmeyer first gained widespread public attention as a member of Gerry Mulligan's quartet from 1954 to 1957. He later worked with Jimmy Giuffre...
and the WDR Big Band - Bush Crew (1995, Sledgehammer BluesSledgehammer BluesSledgehammer Blues is an independent record label owned by Valley Entertainment that was formerly named AudioQuest Music.From the label’s website, “The blues label was founded in the late 1980s with the mission to create the highest standard audiophile recordings based on the technology available...
(formerly AudioQuest Music)) Les Arbuckle, Mike Stern, Essiet Okon Essiet, Victor Lewis - Standard Transmission (1997) Pat LaBarbera, Jim Vivian, Jacek Kochan
- Off the Wall (1997) (under pseudonym Lester LaRue) with Dan Wall
- The Hudson Project (2000) Peter Erskine, John Patitucci & Bob Mintzer
- Animations (2003) with John Basile
- As We Speak (2006) Mark Egan trio with Danny Gottlieb
- Baseline: The Guitar Album (2007) with Hein Van De Geyn
- Topics (2007) with John Ruocco
- Robert Balzar Trio: Tales (recorded 2006, released 2008)
- The Hour of Separation (2010), Joseph TawadrosJoseph TawadrosJoseph Tawadros is an oud virtuoso from Australia.Joseph never ceases to amaze and at 28 has established himself as one the world’s leading oud performers and composers...