Open Land


Open Land is an album by jazz guitarist John Abercrombie with trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, saxophonist Joe Lovano, violinist Mark Feldman, organist Dan Wall, and drummer Adam Nussbaum. The album was recorded in 1998 and released by ECM in 1999.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars, calling it "an absorbing set of elegantly textured, poly-styled music laced with his drifting, occasionally jagged yet never overbearing guitar". The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3½ stars, stating, "Like most current ECM sets, this feels very much like a collaborative project rather than a leader-plus-group; but Abercrombie does seem firmly, quietly in charge here, steering the performances in his distinctive hard to define way".

Track listing

Personnel