Tactics (album)
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 1997 | |||
| Recorded | July 13–15, 1996 | |||
| Venue | Visiones New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 76:23 | |||
| Label | ECM ECM 1623 | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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Tactics is a live album by jazz guitarist John Abercrombie over three days in July 1996 and released on ECM the following year. The trio features organist Dan Wall and drummer Adam Nussbaum.[1]
Reception[edit]
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]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [3] |
Track listing[edit]
All compositions by John Abercrombie except as indicated
- "Sweet Sixteen" – 11:21
- "Last Waltz" – 11:14
- "Bo Diddy" (Wall) – 11:43
- "You and the Night and the Music" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 10:15
- "Chumbida" (Nussbaum) – 5:46
- "Dear Rain" – 7:38
- "Mr. Magoo" (Wall) – 8:44
- "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern) – 9:42
Personnel[edit]
- John Abercrombie – guitar
- Dan Wall – Hammond organ
- Adam Nussbaum – drums
References[edit]
- ^ ECM discography accessed October 24, 2011
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Allmusic Review accessed October 24, 2011
- ^ 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.
