The Claudia Quintet - Bergamo Jazz Festival (2008)

The Claudia Quintet

Chris Speed, clarinetto, sax tenore;
Drew Gress, contrabbasso;
John Hollenbeck, batteria, percussioni
Matt Moran, vibrafono;
Ted Reichman, fisarmonica

01 Tune number 1
02 Tune number 2
03 Tune number 3
04 Tune number 4
05 Tune number 5
06 Tune number 6
07 Tune number 7

Registrato il 15.3.2008 al Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo
Trasmesso da Rai Radio Tre il 06/11/2008

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John Abercrombie Quartet - Willisau Jazz Festival (2015)

John Abercrombie guitar
Marc Copland piano
Drew Gress bass
Joey Baron drums

01 Opening
02 Band introduction
03 Vertigo
04 Ralph's piano waltz
05 Occam's razor
06 Greenstreet
07 Spoken interlude
08 As it stands
09 John sings
10 Melancholy Baby

Trasmesso Venerdì 25 settembre 2015 - ore 22,06 (SRF2)
Registrato al Jazz Festival Willisau (Svizzera), il 14 agosto 2015
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John Abercrombie quartet - Skopje Jazz Festival (2013)

John Abercrombie’s maiden New York City appearance in 1970 with Dreams, a jazz-rock group led by Michael and Randy Brecker, created a sensation. Since then, in a career spanning more than 40 years and nearly 50 albums, John has established himself as one of the masters of jazz guitar - a restless experimenter, working firmly in the jazz tradition while pushing the boundaries of meter and harmony. One of the most influential acoustic and electric guitarists, his recordings for ECM have helped define that label’s progressive chamber-jazz reputation. While jazz-based, his style also displays a more-than-passing familiarity with forms that range from folk and rock to Eastern and Western art music. Abercrombie began his career touring with organist Johnny Hammond and continued with Brecker Brothers. Since the 1970s he has worked with Chico Hamilton, Gil Evans, Gato Barbieri, Billy Cobham and Ralph Towner, among others. His first album for ECM label, “Timeless”, on which he was joined by Jan Hammer and Jack DeJohnette, received virtually unanimous critical acclaim. Although he sees himself as a player in the jazz guitar tradition of Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, Wes Montgomery and Jim Hall, John is highly influenced by the lyrical style of Bill Evans, and his music is charged with the eruptive melodic invention of Ornette Coleman. This range of influences and the uncanny ability to marry tradition to innovation shows in his highly distinctive compositions - that at best can be described as contemporary multi-linear chamber jazz. Renowned for his vibrant, limpid style, John Abercrombie returns at the head of a remarkable quartet consisting of Marc Copland on piano, Drew Gress on double bass and Joey Baron on drums.

JOHN ABERCROMBIE guitar
MARC COPLAND piano
DREW GRESS bass
JOEY BARON drums

01 39 steps
02 LST
03 Bacharach
04 Band introduction
05 As it stands
06 Ballad
07 Unknown tune
08 Last track

Recorded 18 October 2013, Macedonian Opera and Ballet, 20:00
Photo cover by Fabrizio B. (thanks, Fabri).
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John Surman quartet - Live in London (2009)

Drew Gress double-bass
Jack DeJohnette drums
John Abercrombie guitar
John Surman baritone & soprano saxophones

1. Hilltop Dancer (John Surman)
2. Dandelion Slanted Sky (John Warren)
3. Chelsea Bridge (Billy Strayhorn)
4. Brewster's Rooster (John Surman)

John Surman Quartet - London Jazz Festival, 18th November 2009
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As Long As You're Living Yours - The Music of Keith Jarrett (tribute, 2000)

featuring Adam Nussbaum, Andy Summers, Bob Gullotti, Bob James, Bruce Hornsby, Chucho Valdez, Clarence Johnson III, Cornelius Dufallo, Craig Klein, D.D. Jackson, Darrett Adkins, Dennis Irwin, Denny Zeitlin, Don Byron, Drew Gress, Eddie Bobè, Edgardo Miranda, Flux Quartet:, George Garzone, Jason Marsalis, Jay Rodriguez, Jimmy Green, Joe Lovano, Joel Taylor, John Novello, John Scofield, Kenji Bunch, Lord Jamar, Massimo Biolcati, Matt Perrine, Mike Mainieri, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Nueva Rumba:, Ralph Peterson, Reginald Houston, Theodore "Bo" Dollis, Tin Green, Tom Chiu, Tom Harrell, Tony Batista

01 Backhand - Bruce Hornsby
02 U Dance - Chucho Valdes
03 Coral - John Scofield
04 Innocence - George Garzone
05 Book Of Ways #9 - Nadja Solerno-Sonnenberg & Bob James
06 So Tender - Nueva Rumba
07 Stabright - Mike Mainieri
08 Book Of Ways #10 - Flux Quartet
09 Cure, The - Jimmy Greene Lord Jamar
10 Shades Of Jazz - Joe Lovano & Tom Harrell
11 Somewhere Before - Don Byron & Drew Gress
12 Prism - Andy Summers
13 Everything That Lives Laments - D.D. Jackson
14 Dancing - Denny Zeitlin

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John Abercrombie & Marc Copland quartet - ECM sessions. Live in Lugano (2012)

John Abercrombie, chitarra
Marc Copland, piano
Drew Gress, contrabbasso
Joey Baron, batteria

01 Improvisation around 'Blues connotation' including 'Moonglow'
02 John's speech
03 Spring song
04 Nick of time
05 Seven
06 Turn
07 Ending

Tra jazz e nuove musiche - 2011/12: ECM sessions 2
Trasmesso in diretta dal Teatro Cittadella di Lugano da RSI Rete Due il 26.4.2012
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