Re: OT abercrombie

[Eric Williamson <erwill@suitandtieguy.com>]

Butch wrote:
> What about someone REALLY underated? John Abercrombie. Popular in
> Europe. Hardly known outside of certain jazz circles in the US.

He did a series of excellent recordings with Dr Lonnie Smith (organist ... 
all 
round bad ass motherfucker) and Marvin "Smitty" Smith (Tonight Show 
drummer). A 
two-disc tribute to Jimi Hendrix, and another disc dedicated to Coltrane. 
they're among my favourite organ trio recordings.

john is kindofa tone freak geetarist type. very unusual in the context of 
an 
organ trio (usually organists play with guitarists who just want that 
ES-175 
through a clean solidstate amp with a lowpass filter set about 4000k kinda 
sound). works very well.

i wanna see him do an album with Klaus Schulze really bad ...

Eric Williamson
www.suitandtieguy.com