ECM Special VIII: John Abercrombie

🫧 Open on Bubbles The eighth volume of the Japan-only ECM Special series marked a shift by dedicating itself to a single artist, a model it would follow for the remaining releases. This installment gathers the art of guitarist John Abercrombie under a single lamp, though the music itself keeps slipping beyond the circle of illumination. From the beginning, he was a musician who seemed to enter a piece from the side door of consciousness, carrying with him some private geometry of hesitation and nerve. The p