Miles Davis, the saxophonist Lee Konitz and the pianist Bill Evans have been luminaries of those methods, and very close to their podium stood the guitarist John Abercrombie, who has died at the age of 72. Facebook Twitter Pinterest John Abercrombie in concert at the Bologna jazz festival in 2014. John was born in Port Chester, New York, the only child of John and Elizabeth Abercrombie, two emigre Scottish domestic workers. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The John Abercrombie QuartetIt was a session for ECM in the same year that revealed where the newcomer’s real sympathies lay. • John Laird Abercrombie, jazz guitarist, born 16 December 1944; died 22 August 2017

Source: The Guardian August 27, 2017 15:33 UTC