Open Land
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Studio album by John Abercrombie | ||||
Released | June 9, 1999 | |||
Recorded | September 1998 | |||
Studio | Avatar Studios, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 64:56 | |||
Label | ECM | |||
Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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Open Land is an album by jazz guitarist John Abercrombie with trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, saxophonist Joe Lovano, violinist Mark Feldman, organist Dan Wall, and drummer Adam Nussbaum. The album was recorded in 1998 and released by ECM in 1999.[1]
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".[2] 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".[3]
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Track listing
- All compositions by John Abercrombie except as indicated
- "Just in Tune" - 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
- John Abercrombie – guitar
- Mark Feldman – violin
- Kenny Wheeler – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone
- Dan Wall – Hammond organ
- Adam Nussbaum – drums
References
- ↑ ECM discography accessed October 25, 2011
- 1 2 Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed October 25, 2011
- 1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-141-02327-4.