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Timeless [Original recording reissued, Import]

La Mafia, John AbercrombieAudio CD
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)


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  • Audio CD (April 11, 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording reissued, Import
  • Label: Ecm Import
  • ASIN: B00004SAX9
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #109,924 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

 
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Recorded June 22, 22, 1974 at Generation Sound Studios, New York.

 

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars not your father's organ trio, November 16, 2000
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m_noland "m_noland" (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Timeless (Audio CD)
My criteria for five stars is that every cut has to be memorable. This one nails it. There are six tracks. Each composition is strong and vary stylistically from the hard driving Hammer compositions to the more contemplative piano-guitar duets. Hammer and Abercrombie vary the instrumentation enough from track to track that despite the trio format, the tonality of each piece is quite also distinct. (I still can't figure out how they made some of those sounds.) The playing is superb.

My impression is that the ECM "Works" series, which made for convenient samplers, is out of print, and as much as I love Dave Holland's playing on the Gateway disks, if I were looking for an initiation to Abercrombie's music, I'd start with this one.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars a classic, September 10, 1999
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This review is from: Timeless (Audio CD)
this trio must of had ECM execs a little nervous- a little high on the energy for them. this trio does it all from swinging to rocking (in a 70's fusion kind of way).great playing and compositions along with a cool vibe make this a must have.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST jazz-rock fusion, May 29, 2006
This review is from: Timeless (Audio CD)
John Abercrombie emerged in the shadows of McLaughlin and Di Meola. He is subtler and, in some ways, more restrained and accomplished. The result here on his ECM debut is a session that really stands the test of time: TIMELESS indeed! I am particularly fond of the title track and the acoustic pieces (there are two here and they are sophisticated entries in the same vein as Mahavishnu's "Thousand Island Park" and Return to Forever's acoustic material: if only fusion had done MUCH MORE of this it would not have mutated into a parody of itself).

The sound of the record is tight, energetic, yet somehow mellow. Jack DeJohnette is superb throughout, Jan Hamer makes a rare appearance on Hammond B3 and just sizzles! On the up-tempo side is "Lungs" an opening burner that settles into an exploratory groove. On the mystical, searching side is the title track that takes a simple motiff and weaves a long gorgeous story that has much more to do with what we think of as the "ECM sound" than "fusion". This should be your first stop on the way to discovering the rich discography of John Abercrombie. Five Stars (meaning: EVERY track is superb, no clunkers, no filler)
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