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
