Over the last 30 years, jazz guitarist John Abercrombie has made nearly 50 recordings for the adventurous ECM label, playing a lead role in many of them. On his new CD, The Third Quartet, Abercrombie ...

John Abercrombie helped define the sound of jazz guitar: from jazz-rock fusion to funky organ combos to the distinctive less-is-more sound he... John Abercrombie, Jazz Guitarist, Dies At 72 (SOUNDBITE ...

The "guitar summit" genre is densely populated these days, but few of these multiple-guitar, multiple-ego records are terribly inviting. There is a difference between good playing and good music, the ...

John Abercrombie = 3242, whose history with ECM stretches back to the early '70s, now releases his fourth CD with the same quartet of violinist Mark Feldman and drummer Joey Baron, newcomer Thomas ...

It’s tough to miss the magic John Abercrombie conjures late into his splendid new “Up and Coming” album when the familiar melody of Miles Davis’ “Nardis” surfaces. The tune, essentially reinvented by ...

On his new CD, John Abercrombie (left) continues his partnership with violinist Mark Feldman (from left), drummer Joey Baron and bass player Marc Johnson. Over the last 30 years, jazz guitarist John ...

That's guitarist John Abercrombie. He created a sound uniquely his own over a career that spanned more than half a century. It's a sound that influenced many younger jazz guitarists, and it's a sound ...