November is an album by American jazz guitarist John Abercrombie, recorded in November 1992 and released by ECM Records in 1993. The trio features rhythm section Marc Johnson and Peter Erskine with reed player John Surman.ECM discography accessed October 24, 2011
Reception
The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek stated, "It's a solid session from beginning to end, but one still wishes Eicher would take his hands off the sound controls a bit, allowing some of the rawness that each of these players shows in live settings to enter the studio."Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed October 24, 2011
The Penguin Guide to Jazz gave the album 4 stars, stating, "Reconvening the trio with Johnson and Erskine was a masterstroke. Teaming them with stablemate Surman was little short of genius... Superb, evocative modern jazz."
Track listing All compositions by John Abercrombie except as indicated
"The Cat's Back" (Abercrombie, Erskine, Johnson, Surman) – 6:24 "J.S." – 6:14 "Right Brain Patrol" (Johnson) – 9:00 "Prelude" – 3:27 "November" (Abercrombie, Erskine, Johnson) – 8:26 "Rise and Fall" (Erskine) – 5:22 "John's Waltz" – 5:40 "Ogeda" (Surman) – 4:40 "Tuesday Afternoon" (Erskine, Johnson) – 2:55 "To Be" – 5:24 "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 6:04 "Big Music" – 5:41
Personnel John Abercrombie – guitar Marc Johnson – double bass Peter Erskine – drums John Surman – soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
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