Tactics (album)

Tactics
Live album by
John Abercrombie/Dan Wall/Adam Nussbaum
Released1997
RecordedJuly 13–15, 1996 (1996-07-13 – 1996-07-15)
VenueVisiones
New York City
GenreJazz
Length76:23
LabelECM Records
ECM 1623
ProducerManfred Eicher
John Abercrombie chronology
Speak of the Devil
(1994) 		Tactics
(1997) 		Open Land
(1999)

Tactics is a live album by jazz guitarist John Abercrombie, organist Dan Wall and drummer Adam Nussbaum, recorded in New York City over three days in July 1996 and released by ECM Records in 1997.[1]

Reception

Scott Yanow of AllMusic writes: "Not sounding at all like a typical soul-jazz organ group, these musicians take more advanced improvisations."[2]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz gave the album 3½ stars, stating it contains "churning but still delicate Hammond shapes, a rock steady bass, and some of Abercrombie's lightest and most dancing jazz-playing".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

Track listing

All compositions by John Abercrombie except as indicated

  1. "Sweet Sixteen" – 11:21
  2. "Last Waltz" – 11:14
  3. "Bo Diddy" (Wall) – 11:43
  4. "You and the Night and the Music" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 10:15
  5. "Chumbida" (Nussbaum) – 5:46
  6. "Dear Rain" – 7:38
  7. "Mr. Magoo" (Wall) – 8:44
  8. "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern) – 9:42

Personnel

References

  1. ^ ECM discography accessed October 24, 2011
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Allmusic Review accessed October 24, 2011
  3. ^ a b 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.