American - Musician | December 16, 1944 - August 22, 2017
I think once I started writing my own music and having my own bands, that's when I got more of a focus on what I wanted to do, personally.
John Abercrombie
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The way I evolved was playing straight-ahead jazz into playing more fusion-type stuff just because I was young enough to get into it. As I get older, I find myself coming back to where I kind of started.
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When we improvise freely - that is, without a structure - it tends to sound more like 20th century classical music, more like a classical ensemble improvising, as opposed to a free-jazz group, where you're more used to hearing saxophones honking.
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