John Abercrombie

guitar · 1944–2017 · Port Chester (New York)

Guitarist born in Port Chester, John Abercrombie graduated from Berklee in 1967 and joined the fusion band Dreams in 1969. In 1975 he founded the trio Gateway with Jack DeJohnette and Dave Holland, and stayed with ECM for the rest of his career.

Profile not yet validated. Written by Jazzency, not yet proofread: dates and facts to be confirmed.

Styles

• ECM and European jazz
• Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk

Landmark tracks

• Lungs (1974)
• Red and Orange (1974)
• Timeless (1974)

Sources

• Source

Facts checked against these pages (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA). Method and licenses