Title: John Abercrombie (guitarist)
Content:  Abercrombie graduated from Berklee in 1967 and attended North Texas State University before moving to New York City in 1969. He became a popular session musician, recording with Gato Barbieri in 1971, Barry Miles in 1972, and Gil Evans in 1974. In 1969 he joined the Brecker Brothers in the jazz-rock fusion band Dreams. He continued to play fusion in Billy Cobham's band, but found that he disliked its focus on rock over jazz. Nonetheless his reputation grew with the popularity of both Cobham and Dreams. The band shared billing with such acts as the Doobie Brothers, but Abercrombie found his career taking an unwanted direction. "One night we appeared at the Spectrum in Philadelphia and I 
Title: John Abercrombie (guitarist)
Content:  John Laird Abercrombie (December 16, 1944 – August 22, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist. His work explored jazz fusion, free jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Abercrombie studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. He was known for his understated style and his work with organ trios.
Title: John Abercrombie (guitarist)
Content: Light Breeze (Enja, 1998) Under Fire (Flying Dutchman, 1971 [1973]) ; Bolivia (Flying Dutchman, 1973) Crosswinds (Atlantic, 1974) ; Total Eclipse (Atlantic, 1974) ; Shabazz (Atlantic, 1975) Second Look (Savoy, 1996) ; That's For Sure (2001) ; ...And (Hatology, 2003) ; Another Place (Pirouet, 2008) Sorcery (Prestige, 1974) ; Cosmic Chicken (Prestige, 1975) ; Untitled (ECM, 1976) ; Pictures (ECM, 1977) ; New Rags (ECM, 1977) with Directions ; New Directions (ECM, 1978) ; New Directions in Europe (ECM, Live 1979, rel. 1980) Transition (Denon, 1987) ; Motion Poet (Denon, 1988) Aquamarine (Atlantic Jazz, 1987) ; Whirlwind (Atlantic, 1989) ; Brooklyn Blues (Big World, 
Title: John Abercrombie (guitarist)
Content:  Bley in a free jazz group. The synthesizer allowed him to play what he called "louder, more open music." Abercrombie's trio with Johnson and Erskine released three albums during this time showcasing the guitar-synth: Current Events (1986), Getting There (1988, with Michael Brecker), and a live album, John Abercrombie / Marc Johnson / Peter Erskine (1989). The 1990s and 2000s marked a time of many new associations. In 1992, Abercrombie, drummer Adam Nussbaum, and Hammond organist Jeff Palmer made a free-jazz album. He then started a trio with Nussbaum and organist Dan Wall and released While We're Young (1992), Speak of the Devil (1994), and Tactics (1997). He 
Title: John Abercrombie (guitarist)
Content:  John Abercrombie was born on December 16, 1944, in Port Chester, New York. Growing up in the 1950s in Greenwich, Connecticut he was attracted to the rock and roll of Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, and Bill Haley and the Comets. He also liked the sound of jazz guitarist Mickey Baker of the vocal duo Mickey and Silvia. He had two friends who were musicians with a large jazz collection. They played him albums by Dave Brubeck and Miles Davis. The first jazz guitar album he heard was by Barney Kessel. He took guitar lessons at the age of ten, asking his teacher 
Title: Ian Abercrombie
Content:  Abercrombie was born on 11 September 1934 in Grays, Essex, England. He began his theatrical career during the Blitz in World War II. After his footwork years during which he earned Bronze, Silver and Gold medals in stage dancing, he performed in London, Scotland, Ireland, and the Netherlands. He moved to the United States at age 17. He made his American stage debut in 1955 in a production of Stalag 17 with Jason Robards and Jules Munshin. Many plays in summer stock, regional, and off-Broadway followed in a variety of theatrical offerings, from revues to Shakespeare (in a particularly low period, 
Title: John Abercrombie (guitarist)
Content:  1993) with Andy LaVerne, George Mraz, Adam Nussbaum ; November (ECM, 1993) with John Surman, Marc Johnson, Peter Erskine ; While We're Young (ECM, 1993) with Dan Wall, Adam Nussbaum ; Speak of the Devil (ECM, 1994) as John Abercrombie Trio with Dan Wall, Adam Nussbaum ; Tactics (ECM, 1997) with Adam Nussbaum, Dan Wall ; Standard Transmission (GOWI Records, 1997) with Jacek Kochan, Pat LaBarbera, Jim Vivian ; Open Land (ECM, 1999) with Kenny Wheeler, Joe Lovano, Mark Feldman, Dan Wall, Adam Nussbaum ; The Hudson Project (Stretch, 2000) with Peter Erskine, Bob Mintzer, John Patitucci ; Burn'in The Blues (Consolidated Artists Productions, 2001) 
Title: Abercrombie Quartet
Content:  Abercrombie Quartet is an album by jazz guitarist John Abercrombie that was released by ECM in 1980.
Title: John Abercrombie (guitarist)
Content:  trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, violinist Mark Feldman and saxophonist Joe Lovano to the trio to record Open Land (1999). The Gateway band reunited for the albums Homecoming (1995) and In the Moment (1996). Abercrombie continued to tour and record to the end of his life. He also continued to release albums on the ECM label, an association which lasted for more than 40 years. As he said in an interview, "I'd like people to perceive me as having a direct connection to the history of jazz guitar, while expanding some musical boundaries." In 2017, Abercrombie died of heart failure in Cortlandt Manor, New York, at the age of 72.
Title: John Abercrombie (guitarist)
Content:  (ECM, 1975) ; Pupa o Crisalide (RCA, 1975) ; "Quotation Marks" (Japo, 1976) ; The Plot (ECM, 1977) Nasty! (Prestige, 1968) ; Forever Taurus (Milestone, 1976) ; Storm Warning (Milestone, 1977) Afro Blue (1993) ; Purple Haze: Tribute to Jimi Hendrix (1995) ; Foxy Lady: Tribute to Jimi Hendrix (1996) Cloud Dance (ECM, 1975) ; Grazing Dreams (ECM, 1977) Deer Wan (ECM, 1977) ; Music for Large & Small Ensembles (ECM, 1990) ; The Widow in the Window (ECM, 1990) ; It Takes Two! (2006) Horacee Arnold – Tales of the Exonerated Flea (Columbia, 1974) ; Jerry Bergonzi – Tenorist (Savant, 2007) ; Paul 

Question: What genre is Joe Abercrombie?
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fantasy fiction.