Person · American jazz guitarist
John Abercrombie
Albums
87
Members
22
Active
1944–2017
Origin
United States
Biography
John Laird Abercrombie (born December 16, 1944) is an American jazz guitarist, composer, and bandleader. His work often explores jazz fusion, post bop, free jazz and avant-garde jazz. Abercrombie studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. He recorded his debut album, Timeless with Manfred Eicher's ECM label, and has recorded principally with this label since. Abercrombie has played with Billy Cobham, Jack DeJohnette, Michael Brecker and Randy Brecker, to name a few. He is known for his spare, understated, and eclectic style and his work with organ trios.
Discography
Drum Ode
Gateway
Timeless
Sargasso Sea
Characters
Gateway 2
New Directions
Sea Serpent
Eventyr
Route Two
Five Years Later
The Midweek Blues
Drum Strum
Night
Solar
1986-06-19: Winer Wing, USDAN Student Center, Waltham, MA, USA
Current Events
Live At The Village Vanguard
All Strings Attached
Emerald City
Laser Wizard
Andy LaVerne Plays the Music of Chick Corea
Getting There
Works
John Abercrombie, Marc Johnson & Peter Erskine
Upon a Time
Abracadabra
Animato
Double Variations
Going Places
Natural Living
What I Miss
Hymn
Rudy Linka Quartet feat. John Abercrombie
Secret Obsession
The Way In
Witchcraft
Yesterday's Tomorrow
Arrival
Ease On
Nosmo King
The Toronto Concert
Farewell
November
November
While We're Young
Where We Were
Reunion of Old Spirits
Standard Transmission
Tactics
The Jazz Workshop Series: Blues - Standards & Originals
Open Land
Speak Easy
Burn'in The Blues
The Hudson Project
Nuage
That's for Sure
Cat 'n' Mouse
Noisy Old Men
Animations
Credits
Solo Concert
Straight Flight
Un poco loco
Abercrombie Quartet
Arcade
Characters
Gateway 2
New Directions
Friends
New Rags
Pictures
The Plot
Mountainscapes
Sargasso Sea
Cosmic Chicken
Funk Factory
Gateway
Shabazz
The Pilgrim and the Stars
Timeless
Atmospheres
Crosswinds
Lookout Farm
Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix
Sorcery
Total Eclipse
Voyage to Uranus
Katcharpari
The Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy Carmichael’s Music Shop
1969
4 On 6 X 5
5 On One
A Beautiful Friendship
Aquamarine
As We Speak
Blueprint
Bolivia
Bolivia and Under Fire
Brewster's Rooster
Climbing
Cloud Dance
Colonel Skopje
Color
Colours
Corporate Highlanders
Deer Wan
Dreams
Drum Ode
Electricity
El Gato
Epiphany
Epitaph
Forever Taurus
Føxy Lady (Tribute To Jimi Hendrix)
Friends
Friendship
Fusion III
Future Talk
Get Me Joe Beck
Gin Bon