by John Abercrombie
Sales Rank: 383307 Price:$9.79
Album Details
1. Sweet Sixteen
2. Last Waltz
3. Bo Diddy
4. You And The Night And The Music
5. Chumbida
6. Dear Rain
7. Mr. Magoo
8. Long Ago And Far Away
Listener Reviews & Comments John Abercrombie's guitar playing is never short of interesting - his melodic ideas seem to just effortlessley drip from his guitar in a beautiful and quite musical fashion. Once an innovator in fushion music, John now seems content just to play and have a good time in these smaller group settings, playing a lower key contemplative jazz style firmly rooted in jazz tradition and yet new and startling enough to give him about as much attention as any jazz guitarist gets these days. Abercrombie's cd 'tactics' captures him in a very unusual setting - the organ trio. Don't be fooled this is not your average Jimmy Smith style organ trio. Dan Wall, who also plays in a subtle melodic style, is an original artist who seems to have an understanding of what direction to take. Adam Nussbam, likewise, is completely responsive and equally subtle. The track listing contains two standards as well as some nice originals - this is one of Abercrombie's most successful outings as far as I am concerned - not tame in the least!