JOHN ABERCROMBIE TRIO "Straight/Direct Flight" LP 1979

[@bskgain]

My God, this recording is incredible.......................................

[@peterweise3836]

Very good, busy and interacting Peter Donald. Bill Stewart definitely lend him an ear or two. Abercrombie plays well too. Very good trio, still sounds modern in 2022. Was later on completed with Richie Beirach on piano to a quartett and made some good records together like "Arcade".

[@billwilkie6211]

Unique in the Abercrombie corpus, great, and needs to be available. I have a '79 copy.

[@pascalvigier4938]

First time I hear Peter Donald. This is insane I can't understand why the guy is so unknown he's obviously a major jazz drummer. In credible playing

[@cosmicpickle6562]

Yes, I too love Donald's playing. He was the drummer on all 3 of the 'Abercrombie Quartet' albums 1978-1980. Though he quit the music scene not long after that, I believe to do a 'straight' non-musical career as a teacher. So the fact that he didn't play a lot of sessions may be partly why he isn't as well-known as others who recorded for decades.

[@pascalvigier4938]

@@cosmicpickle6562 thanks a lot for those informations!

[@cosmicpickle6562]

@@pascalvigier4938 You're welcome!

[@electrojazz14]

one of the greatest

[@cosmicpickle6562]

R.I.P. John.....

[@BayardAugust]

John made so many wonderful albums blessed with so many jazzmen helping him make the Muzak in my elevator to and from hell we are born owing a god our death take it now injection of love damned to the Emerald City limits sunburst dawn clouds please clot my ungrateful eyes...

[@ipbrann2891]

Superbe..

[@Nicholas-h7z]

Great

[@mjulio71]

A Hall of Fame Trio!!!

[@craxelle]

Killer record!

[@derossiallstars3684]

El mundo no será el mismo sin John Abercrombie, carajo!

[@Mazurka1001]

Fabulous indeed...amazing period and recordings.

[@cosmicpickle6562]

Yes, certainly a fertile period...

[@reff9289]

One of his best recordings of just pure group jazz conversation, also JA is in the zone big time alongside his equally adept bandmates. It's cool seeing this here, as a huge fan I bought this album in LA for $6.00 when it came out.

[@cosmicpickle6562]

Yes I too was pretty happy with the list price when it was first released and happily handed over the $6 for the album.

[@reff9289]

was so so very sad to hear of his recent passing... this record is a true masterpiece a pre cursor to Pat's Question & Answer. Donald, & Mraz.... YIKES! Saw him with these cats at the lighthouse in CA, adding Ritchie Bierach on keys, still one of the greatest 2 sets I have ever heard.

[@cosmicpickle6562]

Oh I loved that original quartet with Beirach, Mraz, and Donald myself. I guess you've heard 'Characters'? My personal favorite of his.. If not, somebody just posted it up in full very recently: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqfKhnSGiqd5qJo

[@josedearimateiawalderedode2445]

excelente!

[@aloysioneves]

Uma performance sensacional

[@beesstuff6999]

Thank you for uploading this recording--excellent to hear, possibly first-time.

[@cosmicpickle6562]

Oh you're very welcome, glad you're enjoying it. It wasn't around very long and there's many Abercrombie fans who have probably missed out on it...

[@unclebenadryl8232]

This album kicks my ass really hard. I've been listening to it over and over for a week now, trying to absorb the licks and the overall mood.

[@cosmicpickle6562]

It's noticeably Abercrombie from the sound of the guitar and his playing style (and from my favorite period of his music as well), but the direction, being mostly covers of jazz tunes, is a bit different and a really fun 'other side' to what he was doing at the time.Glad you're enjoying it as i've played it myself countless times....

[@unclebenadryl8232]

Cool! Thank you for posting this album. I probably would've never heard it otherwise.

[@cosmicpickle6562]

You're very welcome. I'm so glad others are as interested in many of these obscure albums i'm posting and i'm a JA fanatic anyway. I just stumbled across this album one day in a record store in the very early 1980's-had no idea it existed either. If I hadn't been in that store on that day I probably still wouldn't have discovered that it existed, even in these days since the internet came along!

[@unclebenadryl8232]

Guitarist Bobby Broom released an album 'Stand' with his trio in 2001, covering 60 pop tunes. At times the vibe is eerily similar Straight Flight. Here's one I like but the whole album is great : kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIfSY5eweKh3oqc

[@unclebenadryl8232]

Yeah, most of my album and cd collection came about in a way you just described. I'd go to record store and just pick up something I've never heard before and ended up loving it.

[@MK-ye8cf]

I really hope getting a CD ver.

[@jafuso61]

☆ Farewell John Abercrombie

[@chriswilliamson8984]

This would have been in Pat Metheny's record collection for sure. 'Bessie's Blues' especially sounds like a big influence on Pat's 'Rejoicing' album. Thanks for posting!

[@cosmicpickle6562]

I agree-from the first time I heard Metheny in the late 1970's I thought that Abercrombie must have been an influence on him (among others)...

[@chicowillcox]

guys, they are all Jim Hall influence. Please.

[@johnstewart7025]

​@@cosmicpickle6562 Abercrombie is much more interesting me to listen to than Metheny, even though their guitars seem to have the same tone.

[@cosmicpickle6562]

@@johnstewart7025 I'm fairly sure Abercrombie was an influence of Metheny's... Seems to me Metheny's original tone on his earliest albums was based off of Abercrombie's tone for one. And to me if you compare their all-solo albums 'Characters' (1977) and 'New Chautauqua' (1978), 'Characters' is a far superior album, IMO.

[@chicowillcox]

@markmarktarmann hey buddy, I sad Hall INFLUENCE. learn read text next time. I agree with you in all aspects. Just read better next time.

[@martinnitschmusic]

still in fiery right-hand mode, very Martino-esque, but more elastic. A very different Abercrombie to the later one.

[@unclebenadryl8232]

I totally agree. It is very Martino-esque as far as phrasing, the pick attack and the warm dark tone but more wild and organic/elastic. I didn't know he played in this style until I stumbled upon this recording.

[@BurnsTennis]

Very nice upload, thanks. I find it strange. The same artist (Abercrombie) appears on a different label other than ECM and all of a sudden that introspective sound is thrown out of the window. How did ECM manage to get their artists to sound so subdued so often?

[@cosmicpickle6562]

Great question. Of course the possibility is that John was very aware of this not being an ECM session so he went for a more 'mainstream' up-tempo, less introspective jazz approach. Plus the fact that the albums was mostly covers as well may have moved the playing in that direction.

[@omarelric]

amazing man, ECM records are unique

[@vvangeus]

No ECM and probably own publishing (JAM, never heard of)... In those days, expressing standards in this way was not popular in the USA, but in Europe is was very appreciated!

[@larryh.3173]

Not to be argumentative, but it is *NOT* an ECM release. It's on the JAM label and, in my experience, is crazy hard to find in any form. Once they added Richie Beirach... there was the John Abercrombie Quartet, and their first album (yes, on ECM) was 'Arcade'. Definitely one of my favorites by John throughout his long career. Maybe a bit off-topic here, I suppose, I was fortunate enough to see him perform three times over maybe ten years. Great stuff! R.I.P., John.

[@guitarmoderne]

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[@PoetryHound]

Larry H is correct. It's not an ECM release. The JAM label is Japanese. Abercrombie brought the record to a 1980 interview on KCRW Santa Monica. blogs.kcrw.com/music/2017/08/john-abercrombie/

[@ralphtouch8962]

Characters is my favorite.

[@cosmicpickle6562]

Yup_mine as well!

[@GlennMichaelThompson]

+Cosmic Pickle Hey Gary.... it must be my birthday!? (it's not for another 7months) lol ;-) Never having heard of this album, this is a wonderful surprise. Hearing the interpretation of these standards could not have come at a better time, as I'm working on learning to play through no less than 4 of these at this time. It may take a while... memory not being quite as sharp as it used to. Another big thank you!!!

[@cosmicpickle6562]

Hey buddy. I just haven't felt like making a 'live' video myself, so instead thought I would share these more rare things I have. I don't have many out of print things that have never seen a CD release but why not make them available to be heard I figured. So glad you're enjoying them-it shows my bumbling efforts with the Windows Movie Maker are worth it! -Gary

[@GlennMichaelThompson]

Worth it? Absolutely appreciate the time you've taken to share this ! I had my computer for at least a couple of years before I even realized it had Windows Movie Maker! All my LP's are in storage, as soon as I can I'll get them, a turntable w/ usb(?)... and begin sharing the LP's that remain out of print or hard to find. It will take some time though... -Glenn

[@cosmicpickle6562]

I've never used any 'Movie Maker' program of any type before until whenever my first posting of an album was up here. I just couldn't figure it out-I have no experience with this type of thing. But so many people have used it to post things like personal photos I figured it just can't be that hard or time consuming to do, you know? The fact that you're enjoying it makes it all worthwhile buddy. I have a handful more albums that I will do in the future as well. Besides I think Abercrombie (along with a bunch of others, naturally) is a national treasure. So glad you're diggin' it Glenn! -Gary

[@GlennMichaelThompson]

I am diggin' to the utmost! I also just dove into Windows Movie Maker... there was a learning curve, but I managed to finish a few things by adding random photos to a sound file. I'm sure there's more one can do with it... all in good time. I began trying out Windows Paint program for doodling some visual art, quite enjoyable. It actually spurred me on to posting some of it on G+... I've since been invited to join a few art communities there. (Abstract Art, Abstract Impressionism and a couple others.) Keeps me out of trouble! lol :0) Glenn

[@cosmicpickle6562]

Very cool! Yes there's a ton one can do with these programs. not so easy for this old guy who's not grown up with this stuff though! Very cool that you got invited to an art group. I'll have to check out some of your stuff.

[@Abcdef12396]

This is a great ECM-recording!

[@larryh.3173]

This is NOT an ECM album. The label is JAM, its name visible here on the cover.

[@mrheem44]

Jazz $5.98

[@cosmicpickle6562]

Really! The good ol' days...

[@ВладимирНижнекамский65]

нормально копают тему и в глубь и в ширь !

[@gabrielgolden4336]

Nice work including the price in the graphic design, too bad they didn't make it bigger.