Speak of the Devil is an album by guitarist John Abercrombie

John Abercrombie (guitarist)

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...

 with organist Dan Wall and drummer Adam Nussbaum

Adam 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...

 recorded in 1993 and released on the ECM label

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 2½ stars stating "Though While We're Young

While 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:...

was a definitive recording for Abercrombie's vaunted trio, this CD simply offers a different slant. It's the sign of a group either in transition of evolution, and whatever the case, it's an intriguing step for these three uncanny sonic explorers".

Track listing

All compositions by John Abercrombie except as indicated

1. "Angel Food" (Dan Wall) - 7:55
2. "Now and Again" (John Abercrombie, Adam Nussbaum, Dan Wall) - 6:16
3. "Mahat" (Abercrombie, Nussbaum, Wall) - 8:27
4. "Chorale" - 8:21
5. "Farewell" - 6:16
6. "BT-U" (Nussbaum) - 6:22
7. "Early to Bed" - 8:20
8. "Dreamland" (Wall) - 9:12
9. "Hell's Gate" (Wall) - 7:07

Personnel

• John Abercrombie
  John Abercrombie (guitarist)
  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...
  
   — guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Dan Wall — Hammond organ
  Hammond organ
  The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard...
  
  
• Adam Nussbaum
  Adam 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...
  
   — drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....