26-Feb-2017, 18:44
I started thinking of musicians I've seen live, and then discovered, or re-discovered, their recorded music. My first in this mini-series. It is likely to be very mini, so others will have to step up.
John Abercrombie. We saw him with a quartet at the Casa del Jazz in Rome a few years ago. The music is avant-jazz/ fusion, but also engaging. I'm listening to an older album, Witchcraft. It is quiet and sort of pulses between moments of challenging chords and open smooth phrases; you get pushed and pulled as you listen. Guitar, bass and piano. Can be a better class of background music or worthy of a fine tipple and a darkened room.
Streaming on Deezer Elite.
John Abercrombie. We saw him with a quartet at the Casa del Jazz in Rome a few years ago. The music is avant-jazz/ fusion, but also engaging. I'm listening to an older album, Witchcraft. It is quiet and sort of pulses between moments of challenging chords and open smooth phrases; you get pushed and pulled as you listen. Guitar, bass and piano. Can be a better class of background music or worthy of a fine tipple and a darkened room.
Streaming on Deezer Elite.
Damon
Powernode, NAD M32, Cambridge CD transport, Analysis Plus, Nordost, iFi Nova, CSS Criton 1TDX, Alta Audio Celesta FRM-2M, KEF C62
Vancouver, Canada
05 July 2025
