Tactics (album)

Tactics
Live album by John Abercrombie
Released	1997
Recorded	July 13-15, 1996
Genre	Jazz
Length	76:23
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
John Abercrombie chronology
Speak of the Devil (1993) Tactics (1997) Open Land (1999)

Tactics is a live album by guitarist John Abercrombie with organist Dan Wall and drummer Adam Nussbaum recorded in 1996 and released on the ECM label^[1]

Reception

In his review on Allmusic, Scott Yanow stated, "Not sounding at all like a typical soul-jazz organ group, these musicians take more advanced improvisations".^[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3½ stars stating it contains "churning but still delicate Hammond shapes, a rock steady bass, and some of Abercrombie's lightest and most dancing jazz-playing".^[3]

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

Track listing

All compositions by John Abercrombie except as indicated

1. "Sweet Sixteen" - 11:21
2. "Last Waltz" - 11:14
3. "Bo Diddy" (Dan Wall) - 11:43
4. "You and the Night and the Music" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 10:15
5. "Chumbida" (Adam Nussbaum) - 5:46
6. "Dear Rain" - 7:38
7. "Mr. Magoo" (Wall) - 8:44
8. "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern) - 9:42

• Recorded at Visiones in New York City on July 13-15 1996.

Personnel

• John Abercrombie — guitar
• Dan Wall — Hammond organ
• Adam Nussbaum — drums

References

1. ECM discography accessed October 24, 2011
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 24, 2011
3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-141-02327-4.