Within a Song


Within a Song is a studio album by the John Abercrombie Quartet, recorded in September 2011 and released on ECM Records in April 2012. The quartet features Abercrombie on guitar, Joe Lovano on saxophone, Drew Gress on bass and Joey Baron on drums.

Reception

In a four star review for The Guardian, John Fordham states that "this all-star group constantly demonstrate how joyous that can sound without winding up the volume."
JazzTimes observed "in typical crystalline ECM fashion, Within a Song plays tricks with its role models, pushing envelopes that were elastic to begin with."
John McBeath of The Australian wrote, "This is a valuable collection by two old masters in a nostalgic, relaxed setting of expert craftsmanship."
Stereophile correspondent Fred [Kaplan (journalist)|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."

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