Open Land

Open Land
Studio album by John Abercrombie
Released	June 9, 1999
Recorded	September 1998
Studio	Avatar, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	64:56
Label	ECM ECM 1683
Producer	Manfred Eicher
John Abercrombie chronology
Tactics (1997) Open Land (1999) Cat 'n' Mouse (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.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

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."[2]

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."[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Abercrombie except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Just in Tune"		6:35
2.	"Open Land"		10:08
3.	"Spring Song"		8:59
4.	"Gimme Five"		7:23
5.	"Speak Easy"		6:43
6.	"Little Booker"		6:13
7.	"Free Piece Suit(e)"	Abercrombie Nussbaum Wall Lovano Wheeler Feldman	6:53
8.	"Remember When"		7:57
9.	"That's for Sure"		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

1. ECM discography accessed October 25, 2011
2. Ginell, R. S. AllMusic Review accessed October 25, 2011
3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 3. ISBN 978-0-141-02327-4.