Tactics (album)

Tactics
Live album by John Abercrombie
Released 1997
Recorded July 13-15, 1996
Genre Jazz
Length 76:23
Label ECM
Producer Manfred Eicher
John Abercrombie chronology
Speak of the Devil
(1993)		 Tactics
(1996)		 Open Land
(1997)

Tactics is a live album by guitarist John Abercrombie with organist Dan Wall and drummer Adam Nussbaum recorded in 1996 and released on the ECM label[1]

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by John Abercrombie except as indicated
  1. "Sweet Sixteen" - 11:21
  2. "Last Waltz" - 11:14
  3. "Bo Diddy" (Dan Wall) - 11:43
  4. "You and the Night and the Music" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 10:15
  5. "Chumbida" (Adam Nussbaum) - 5:46
  6. "Dear Rain" - 7:38
  7. "Mr. Magoo" (Wall) - 8:44
  8. "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern) - 9:42
  • Recorded at Visiones in New York City on July 13-15 1996.

Reception

Professional ratings
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Allmusic [2]

In his review on Allmusic, Scott Yanow stated, "Not sounding at all like a typical soul-jazz organ group, these musicians take more advanced improvisations".[2]

Personnel

References

  1. ^ ECM discography accessed October 24, 2011
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 24, 2011