Open Land
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{{Infobox album
| name = Open Land
| type = studio
| artist = John Abercrombie
| cover = Open Land.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = June 9, 1999
| recorded = September 1998
| venue =
| studio = Avatar, New York City
| genre = Jazz
| length = 64:56
| label = ECM
ECM 1683
| producer = Manfred Eicher
| chronology = John Abercrombie
| prev_title = Tactics
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = Cat 'n' Mouse
| next_year = 2002
}}
Open Land is an album by American jazz guitarist John Abercrombie recorded in September 1998 and released on ECM June the following year. The sextet features trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, saxophonist Joe Lovano, violinist Mark Feldman, organist Dan Wall, and drummer Adam Nussbaum.[http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1600/1683.php ECM discography] accessed October 25, 2011
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz
| rev2Score = {{rating|3.5|4}}
}}The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell called the album "an absorbing set of elegantly textured, poly-styled music laced with his drifting, occasionally jagged yet never overbearing guitar."Ginell, R. S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/open-land-r442048 AllMusic Review] accessed October 25, 2011
The Penguin Guide to Jazz stated: "Like most current ECM sets, this feels very much like a collaborative project rather than a leader-plus-group; but Abercrombie does seem firmly, quietly in charge here, steering the performances in his distinctive hard to define way."{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2 = Brian Morton|authorlink2 = Brian Morton (Scottish writer)|title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|origyear = 1992|edition = 8th|series = The Penguin Guide to Jazz|year = 2006|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn = 978-0-141-02327-4|pages = [https://archive.org/details/penguinguidetoja00cook_1/page/3 3]|url-access = registration|url = https://archive.org/details/penguinguidetoja00cook_1/page/3}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = John Abercrombie except where noted
| title1 = Just in Tune
| length1 = 6:35
| title2 = Open Land
| length2 = 10:08
| title3 = Spring Song
| length3 = 8:59
| title4 = Gimme Five
| length4 = 7:23
| title5 = Speak Easy
| length5 = 6:43
| title6 = Little Booker
| length6 = 6:13
| title7 = Free Piece Suit(e)
| note7 =
| length7 = 6:53
| writer7 = {{hlist|Abercrombie|Nussbaum|Wall|Lovano|Wheeler|Feldman}}
| title8 = Remember When
| length8 = 7:57
| title9 = That's for Sure
| length9 = 4:05
}}
Personnel
- John Abercrombie – guitar
- Kenny Wheeler – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone
- Mark Feldman – violin
- Dan Wall – Hammond organ
- Adam Nussbaum – drums
References
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