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.[1]

Open Land
Studio album by John Abercrombie
Released	June 9, 1999
Recorded	September 1998
Studio	Avatar Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	64:56
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
John Abercrombie chronology
Tactics (1997) Open Land (1999) Cat 'n' Mouse (2002)

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".[2] 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".[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Abercrombie except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Just in Tune"	6:35
2.	"Open Land"	10:08
3.	"Spring Song"	8:59
4.	"Gimme Five"	7:23
5.	"Speak Easy"	6:43
6.	"Little Booker"	6:13
7.	"Free Piece Suit(e)" (Abercrombie, Adam Nussbaum, Dan Wall, Joe Lovano, Kenny Wheeler, Mark Feldman)	6:53
8.	"Remember When"	7:57
9.	"That's for Sure"	4:05

Personnel

• John Abercrombie – guitar
• Kenny Wheeler – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone
• Mark Feldman – violin
• Dan Wall – Hammond organ
• Adam Nussbaum – drums

References

1. ECM discography accessed October 25, 2011
2. Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed October 25, 2011
3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 3. ISBN 978-0-141-02327-4.