Timeless
John Abercrombie (guitar), Jan Hammer (organ/synthesizer/piano), Jack DeJohnette (drums)
Awards:
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Presto Music, Classic Jazz Recording
Appropriately enough it is the closing title track that leaves the deepest impression of Abercrombie’s talents as both a composer and performer. Atop a swirling organ drone he enters with a...
Timeless
John Abercrombie (guitar), Jan Hammer (organ/synthesizer/piano), Jack DeJohnette (drums)
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Awards:
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Presto Music, Classic Jazz Recording
Appropriately enough it is the closing title track that leaves the deepest impression of Abercrombie’s talents as both a composer and performer. Atop a swirling organ drone he enters with a...
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John Abercrombie’s ECM debut Timeless (recorded 1974) has proven to be exactly that. This fiery session with Jack DeJohnette and Jan Hammer still sounds as fresh as the year it was released. “Timeless comes as a major surprise in terms of its depth, scope and inventiveness,” wrote Tim Buckley’s guitarist Lee Underwood in the L.A. Free Press. "[It] indicates that John Abercrombie is a major musical voice of tomorrow.”
Contents and tracklist
- John Abercrombie (guitar), Jack DeJohnette (drums), Jan Hammer (organ)
- Recorded: 1974-06-30
- Recording Venue: Generation Sound, New York City
- John Abercrombie (guitar), Jack DeJohnette (drums), Jan Hammer (organ)
- Recorded: 1974-06-30
- Recording Venue: Generation Sound, New York City
- John Abercrombie (guitar), Jack DeJohnette (drums), Jan Hammer (organ)
- Recorded: 1974-06-30
- Recording Venue: Generation Sound, New York City
- John Abercrombie (guitar), Jack DeJohnette (drums), Jan Hammer (organ)
- Recorded: 1974-06-30
- Recording Venue: Generation Sound, New York City
- John Abercrombie (guitar), Jack DeJohnette (drums), Jan Hammer (organ)
- Recorded: 1974-06-30
- Recording Venue: Generation Sound, New York City
- John Abercrombie (guitar), Jan Hammer (organ), Jack DeJohnette (drums)
- Recorded: 1974-06-30
- Recording Venue: Generation Sound, New York City
Spotlight on this release
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John Abercrombie - Timeless
11th Aug 2020
John Abercrombie's debut put the guitarist in the company of Jan Hammer and Jack DeJohnette for a sequence of contrasting mood pieces, from the fiery to the ethereal, and helped cement the ECM sound.
Awards and reviews
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Presto MusicClassic Jazz Recording
Appropriately enough it is the closing title track that leaves the deepest impression of Abercrombie’s talents as both a composer and performer. Atop a swirling organ drone he enters with a series of mysterious volume swells (a technique whereby the electric guitar’s volume knob is turned down whilst the fingers or plectrum strike the strings, so that just the decay of the notes is heard), slowly building up a gorgeous series of solos.
