Up and Coming (album)

Up and Coming
Studio album by John Abercrombie
Released January 13, 2017
Recorded April–May 2016
Studio Avatar Studios, New York
Genre Jazz[1]
Length 47:11
Label ECM
Producer Manfred Eicher
John Abercrombie chronology
39 Steps
(2013)39 Steps2013		 Up and Coming
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz[3]
AllMusic[1]
Blurt[4]
DownBeat[5]
The Guardian[6]
The Irish Times[7]
PopMatters[8]
RTÉ.ie[9]
The Times[10]

Up and Coming is a studio album by guitarist John Abercrombie with pianist Marc Copland, bassist Drew Gress, and drummer Joey Baron that was recorded in 2016 and released in 2017 by ECM Records.[11] The album contains eighth tracks: seven originals by Abercrombie and Copland and a cover version of "Nardis" by Miles Davis.

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80, based on four reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".

Paul de Barros of DownBeat stated, "A solid follow-up to 2013's 39 Steps, the new album by the John Abercrombie Quartet— Marc Copland (piano), Drew Gress (bass) and Joey Baron (drums)—is another quiet, delicately balanced outing with an ebbing and flowing undercurrent that recalls the understated loveliness of Bill Evans and Jim Hall. As Abercrombie fans know, the guitarist has dialed back his trademark reverb in favor of a classic, single-note glow. However, listening to his quartet still feels pleasantly like taking a warm sonic bath."

John Fordham of The Guardian said, "The whole album is the quintessence of jazz power in reserve".

Track listing

All tracks written by John Abercrombie except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Joy"4:12
2."Flipside"2:53
3."Sunday School"7:18
4."Up and Coming"5:50
5."Tears" (Copland)7:34
6."Silver Circle" (Copland)7:06
7."Nardis" (Miles Davis)6:21
8."Jumbles"5:57
Total length:47:11

Personnel

Production

  • Manfred Eicher – producer
  • Thom Beemer – assistant
  • Nate Odden – assistant
  • James Farber – engineer

References

  1. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. "Up and Coming". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Reviews for Up and Coming by John Abercrombie Quartet – Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
  3. ↑ Aquiline, Matthew (January 29, 2017). "John Abercrombie Quartet: Up And Coming". All About Jazz. allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  4. ↑ Toland, Michael. "John Abercrombie Quartet – Up and Coming". Blurt Magazine. Blurt Online. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  5. ↑ de Barros, Paul (May 2017). "John Abercrombie Quartet Up And Coming (ECM)". DownBeat. downbeat.com. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  6. ↑ Fordham, John. "John Abercrombie: Up and Coming review – restraint and slow rapture". The Guardian. theguardian.com. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  7. ↑ Larkin, Cormac (25 January 2017). "John Abercrombie Quartet - Up and Coming album review: Guitar great follows his instincts". The Irish Times. irishtimes.com. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  8. ↑ Layman, Will (6 March 2017). "John Abercrombie Quartet: Up and Coming". PopMatters. popmatters.com. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  9. ↑ Kehoe, Paddy (16 March 2017). "John Abercrombie Quartet - Up and Coming". RTE. rte.ie. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  10. ↑ Pearson, Chris (20 January 2017). "Jazz: John Abercrombie Quartet: Up and Coming". The Times. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  11. ↑ ECM discography accessed December 26, 2017
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