Within a Song

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Within a Song
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 27, 2012
RecordedSeptember 2011
Studio Avatar, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length61:11
Label ECM
ECM 2254
Producer Manfred Eicher
John Abercrombie chronology
Wait Till You See Her
(2009)
Within a Song
(2012)
39 Steps
(2013)

Within a Song is a studio album by the John Abercrombie Quartet, recorded in September 2011 and released on ECM in April the following year. The quartet featurs Abercrombie on guitar, Joe Lovano on saxophone, Drew Gress on bass and Joey Baron on drums. [1]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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In a four star review for the Guardian, John Fordham staes, "this all-star group constantly demonstrate how joyous that can sound without winding up the volume." [2]

JazzTimes observed "in typical crystalline ECM fashion, Within a Song plays tricks with its role models, pushing envelopes that were elastic to begin with." [4]

John McBeath of The Australian wrote, "This is a valuable collection by two old masters in a nostalgic, relaxed setting of expert craftsmanship." [3]

Stereophile correspondent Fred Kaplan noted, "Within a Song is something of a high-wire act: delicate music of an uninsistent intensity, a quiet swing, that hangs together or collapses on the ensemble's sustenance of balance." [5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Where Are You?"5:54
2."Easy Reader"Abercrombie6:37
3."Within a Song/Without a Song"7:55
4."Flamenco Sketches" Miles Davis 6:34
5."Nick of Time"Abercrombie5:57
6."Blues Connotation" Ornette Coleman 6:11
7."Wise One" John Coltrane 9:12
8."Interplay" Bill Evans 6:26
9."Sometime Ago" Sergio Mihanovich 6:25

Personnel

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References

  1. ECM discography accessed December 9, 2011
  2. 1 2 Fordham, J. The Guardian Review, May 11, 2012
  3. 1 2 McBeath, J. The Australian Review, July 14, 2012
  4. Wolff, C. JazzTimes Review September 4, 2012
  5. Kaplan, F. Stereophile Review, August 15, 2012