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John Abercrombie - 39 Steps - Live at Skopje Jazz Festival.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jazz.
- Europe.
- Musicians.
- Musical performances.
- Jazz music.
- Local Subjects:
- Jazz.
- Europe.
- Musicians.
- Musical performances.
- Jazz music.
- Genre:
- Performance
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (54 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Paris, Ile-de-France : Qwest TV, 2013.
- Language Note:
- In French.
- Original language in French.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Jazz lost one of its most identifiable guitarists in 2017: John Abercrombie, the one-time fusion avant-gardist and at the close of his successful career a quiet, understated artist who expanded musical boundaries. His style was singular and adventurous as he led bands that were almost exclusively recorded for ECM Records. While not outwardly a rule breaker, Abercrombie quietly made it his goal to subvert his music from the inside. This show, captured at the 2013 Skopje Jazz Festival, four years before his passing, was celebrating Abercrombie's latest ECM album, *39 Steps*, and featured his quartet of longtime collaborators — pianist Marc Copland, bassist Drew Gress and drummer Joey Baron. He jokingly said after introducing his band before delivering a ballad, "I'm just a sideman in my own band." In a 2012 interview with Abercrombie at his home in upstate New York, he told me," Joey and Drew can change on a dime. They can play the most straight-ahead stuff or go into the outer limits. They are two guys who are adaptable and ready to change." Gress responded to me: "It's about the conversation we have, not about agendas or judgment. Instead, it's about let's talk with our instruments. It's nice to know that still exists." Baron noted: "When John plays, you can hear the connection to the roots of jazz. John doesn't wear that on his sleeve. He doesn't lecture. He makes music in the moment, which is a rare treat." That's captured exquisitely at the quintet's Skopje show. Dan Ouellette
- Notes:
- Performed Skopje Jazz Festival
- Title from resource description page (viewed July 15, 2024).
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