| Tactics | ||||
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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 Records ECM 1623 | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
| John Abercrombie chronology | ||||
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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]
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] |
All compositions by John Abercrombie except as indicated
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