Abercrombie, John - Third Quartet
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28-ECM1993
"The third album by the group many listeners feel is John Abercrombie’s best-ever band. The American guitarist has always been, by his own account, both a “traditionalist and a free player”. The same can be claimed of is colleagues here who share a strong sense for form also while improvising together. Abercrombie: “The free improvs sound more like chamber music rather than free jazz now”: not only a reflection on the emphasis on strings – guitar, violin, bass – but also of the advanced harmonic awareness of Mark Feldman, Marc Johnson and the leader."
"There’s something very special about this latest disc from John Abercrombie’s quartet, but the whole thing’s so understated that it’s hard to put your finger on quite what it is. … It’s nice to hear a group quietly forging new ground like this - that is to say, not by smashing away at the limits of modern jazz, but rather by gently coaxing them slowly outwards. More to the point, it’s nice to hear such subtle and intimate music-making as on this record."-BBC Online
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