John Abercrombie hepcats?

Posted by: bhazen on 10 February 2005

I've just gotten into John Abecrombie's stuff on ECM; I was wondering which albums of his would be considered "essential"...I have Gateway, Tactics and Cat'n'Mouse already.

I like his approach; a bit more self-effacing than Metheny or Frisell.

Posted on: 10 February 2005 by smiglass

Two oldies that I consider essential are "Timeless", for the title cut, which features pre-Miami Vice Jan Hammer and "Characters" for the cut, "Parable". I love both of these albums.

Anthony

Posted on: 11 February 2005 by cider glider

"Five Years Later" with Ralph Towner on ECM is good, pretty mellow. But it's not available on CD. They did another album together, "Sargasso Sea", which I've not heard, but I believe that it is available on CD.

Also worth investigating is "November" with - among others - John Surman and Pete Erskine.

If memory serves, he's on the "Gateway" albums with Jack DeJohnette. I've got one of these, and it's a bit too world music for me.

Mark S

Posted on: 11 February 2005 by fred simon

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I highly recommend Characters.

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