# John Abercrombie (musicista)

John Abercrombie (Port Chester, 16 dicembre 1944 – Cortland Manor, 22 agosto 2017) è stato un chitarrista statunitense.
John Abercrombie è stato un chitarrista musicalmente versatile ma strettamente ancorato alla tradizione jazz di cui ha esteso i confini seguendo il suo istinto di fine improvvisatore, creatore di ampie ed emozionanti melodie, ma anche di malinconiche, spigolose e argute composizioni.
A quattordici anni imbraccia la chitarra, studia i maestri del jazz e nel 1962 frequenta la Berklee School of Music di Boston. Nel 1967 si unisce all'organista Johnny "Hammond" Smith e, a New York, ai Brecker Brothers. Negli anni settanta arrivano le collaborazioni importanti: Chico Hamilton, Gil Evans, Gato Barbieri. Da leader registra il suo primo album Timeless e poi Gateway, con Dave Holland e Jack DeJohnette, duetta con il chitarrista Ralph Towner e con il gruppo di Kenny Wheeler.
Seguono prestigiose partecipazioni: Charles Lloyd, Enrico Rava, John Surman; alternate sino a oggi a lavori con il suo trio e quartetto, reso particolare dalla presenza del violinista Mark Feldman, come nei dischi Cat 'n' Mouse e Class Trip.

## Discografia
### Leader

| Anno | Titolo Album | Etichetta Discografica |
| 1974 | Timeless | ECM |
| 1974 | Works | ECM |
| 1975 | Gateway w/ Jack DeJohnette & Dave Holland | ECM |
| 1977 | Gateway 2 | ECM |
| 1977 | Characters | ECM |
| 1978 | Arcade | ECM |
| 1979 | Straight Flight | JAM |
| 1979 | Abercrombie Quartet | ECM |
| 1980 | M | ECM |
| 1982 | Solar w/ John Scofield | Palo Alto |
| 1984 | Night | ECM |
| 1985 | Current Events | ECM |
| 1987 | Getting There | ECM |
| 1988 | John Abercrombie / Marc Johnson / Peter Erskine [live] | ECM |
| 1989 | Animato | ECM |
| 1989 | Upon a Time an Album of Duets New | Albion |
| 1992 | While We're Young | ECM |
| 1992 | John Abercrombie/Dan Wall/Adam Nussbaum | Ecm |
| 1992 | November | ECM |
| 1993 | Speak of the Devil | ECM |
| 1994 | Nosmo King | Steeple Chase |
| 1994 | Gateway: Homecoming | ECM |
| 1994 | In the Moment (Gateway) | ECM |
| 1996 | Tactics [live] | ECM |
| 1999 | Open Land | ECM |
| 2000 | The Hudson Project w/ Peter Erskine, John Patitucci & Bob Mintzer | Stretch |
| 2001 | John Abercrombie, Marc Johnson & Peter Erskine | ECM |
| 2001 | Arcade | ECM |
| 2002 | Cat 'n' Mouse | ECM |
| 2004 | Class Trip | ECM |
| 2006 | Structures | Chesky Records |
| 2007 | The Third Quartet | ECM |
| 2008 | Coincidence | Whaling City Sound |
| 2008 | Topics | Challenge |
| 2009 | Wait till you see her | ECM |
| 2012 | Within a Song | ECM |
| 2013 | 39 steps | ECM |
| 2017 | Up and coming | ECM |

### Collaborazioni

| Anno | Artista Principale | Titolo Album |
| 1968 | Johnny "Hammond" Smith | Nasty |
| 1971 | Friends w/Marc Cohen | Oblivion |
| 1971 | Gato Barbieri | Gato |
| 1971 | Gato Barbieri | Under Fire |
| 1971 | Barry Miles | White Heat |
| 1973 | Dave Liebman | Lookout Farm |
| 1973 | Enrico Rava | Quotation Marks |
| 1974 | Billy Cobham | Shabazz |
| 1974 | Horace Arnold | Tales of the Exonerated Flea |
| 1974 | Billy Cobham | Crosswinds |
| 1974 | Billy Cobham | Total Eclipse |
| 1974 | Jack DeJohnette | Sorcery |
| 1974 | Gil Evans | Gil Evans' Orchestra Plays the... |
| 1974 | Dave Liebman | Drum Ode |
| 1974 | Clive Stevens | Atmospheres |
| 1974 | Clive Stevens | Voyage to Uranus |
| 1975 | Jack DeJohnette | Cosmic Chicken |
| 1975 | Jack DeJohnette | Works |
| 1975 | Charles Earland | Odyssey |
| 1975 | David Liebman | Sweet Hands |
| 1975 | Enrico Rava | Pilgrim and the Stars |
| 1975 | Michal Urbaniak | Fusion III |
| 1975 | Collin Walcott | Cloud Dance |
| 1975 | Collin Walcott | Works |
| 1976 | Enrico Rava | Pilgrim and the Stars |
| 1976 | Jack DeJohnette | Directions |
| 1976 | Ralph Towner | Sargasso Sea |
| 1976 | Jack DeJohnette's... | Untitled |
| 1976 | Jack DeJohnette | Pictures |
| 1976 | Barre Phillips | Mountainscapes |
| 1976 | Enrico Rava | Plot |
| 1976 | Ralph Towner | Sargasso Sea |
| 1977 | Jack DeJohnette's... | New Rags |
| 1977 | Johnny "Hammond" Smith | Storm Warning |
| 1977 | Collin Walcott with Don... | Grazing Dreams |
| 1978 | Jack DeJohnette | New Directions |
| 1978 | Clint Houston | Watership Down |
| 1978 | Terry Plumeri | Ongoing |
| 1979 | Urszula Dudziak | Future Talk |
| 1979 | Jack DeJohnette | New Directions in Europe |
| 1979 | Bobby Hutcherson | Un Poco Loco |
| 1979 | George Mraz With John... | Direct Flight |
| 1979 | Mike Nock | Climbing (check) |
| 1980 | McCoy Tyner | Four Times Four |
| 1980 | McCoy Tyner Quartet | 4 X 4 |
| 1981 | Ralph Towner | Five Years Later |
| 1982 | Goerge Marsh | Drum Strum 1750 |
| 1984 | Andy LaVerne | Liquid Silver |
| 1984 | Don Thompson Quartet | Beautiful Friendship |
| 1986 | Don Tompson | Witchcraft |
| 1986 | Peter Erskine | Transition |
| 1987 | Richie Beirach with John... | Emerald City |
| 1987 | Tom Harrell | Visions |
| 1987 | Jeff Palmer/David Liebman... | Abracadabra |
| 1987 | Michel Petrucciani | Michel Plays Petrucciani |
| 1988 | Paul Bley | Live at Sweet Basil |
| 1988 | Peter Erskine | Motion Poet |
| 1988 | Henry Kaiser | Re-Marrying for Money |
| 1988 | Henri Texier | Colonel Skopje |
| 1989 | Andy LaVerne & John... | Natural Living |
| 1989 | John D'earth | One Bright Glance |
| 1989 | Danny Gottlieb | Whirlwind |
| 1990 | Niels Lan Doky | Friendship |
| 1990 | Danny Gottlieb | Brooklyn Blues |
| 1990 | Jim Hall & Friends | Live at Town Hall Vol. 2 |
| 1990 | Joe Lovano | Landmarks |
| 1990 | Charles Mingus | Epitaph |
| 1990 | Bob Mintzer | Hymn |
| 1991 | Bob Brookmeyer | Electricity |
| 1991 | Harvie Swartz | Arrival |
| 1991 | Gust William Tsilis... | Heritage |
| 1992 | Niels Lan Doky | The Toronto Concert [live] |
| 1992 | Dreams | Dreams |
| 1992 | Bruce Gertz | Third Eye |
| 1992 | Jeff Palmer | Ease on |
| 1992 | Johnny "Hammond" Smith | Forever Taurus |
| 1992 | Hans Ulrik | Day After Day |
| 1993 | Vassar Clements | Once in a While |
| 1993 | Tim Hagans | No Words |
| 1993 | Lonnie Smith/John... | Afro Blue |
| 1994 | Bruce Ditmas | What If |
| 1994 | Bruce Gertz 5et | Discovery Zone |
| 1994 | Jeff Palmer | Shades of the Pine |
| 1994 | Jeff Palmer | Island Universe |
| 1994 | Lonnie Smith | Foxy Lady: A Tribute to Hendrix |
| 1995 | Andy Laverne | Now It Can Be Played |
| 1995 | Andy Laverne | Farewell |
| 1995 | Les Arbuckle | Bush Crew |
| 1995 | Base Line | Why Really |
| 1995 | Bruce Gertz | Blueprint |
| 1995 | Tom Harrell | Sail Away [Musidisc] |
| 1995 | Jacek Kochan | Grey Angel |
| 1995 | Lonnie Smith Trio | Purple Haze: A Tribute to Jimi... |
| 1996 | Baseline | Standards |
| 1996 | Marc Copland | Second Look |
| 1996 | Sigi Finkel | Sweet Sue |
| 1996 | Gateway | In the Moment |
| 1996 | Andy LaVerne | Where We Were |
| 1996 | Little Magic In A Noisy... | Little Magic in a Noisy World |
| 1997 | Baseline | Returns |
| 1998 | Franco Ambrosetti | Light Breeze |
| 1998 | Ethel Ennis | If Women Ruled the World |
| 1998 | Mark Soskin | Five Lands (Cinqueterre) |
| 1999 | Gato Barbieri | Best of the Early Years |
| 1999 | Bruce Gertz | Red Handed |
| 1999 | Charles Lloyd | Voice in the Night |
| 1999 | Vince Mendoza & London... | Epiphany |
| 1999 | Lars Moller Group | Colours |
| 1999 | Brooke Sofferman | Modesty's Odyssey |
| 2000 | Charles Lloyd | Water Is Wide |
| 2000 | Lee Konitz | Sound of Surprise |
| 2000 | Rudy Linka | Live It Up |
| 2000 | Johnny "Hammond" Smith | Soulful Blues |
| 2001 | Ed Byrne | Two Shades of Blue |
| 2001 | Billy Cobham | Rudiments: The Billy Cobham... |
| 2001 | Chuck Owen & The Jazz... | Madcap |