The Gateway trio of guitarist John Abercrombie, bassist Dave Holland, and drummer Jack DeJohnette made its debut in the midst of the fusion era, recording this album in 1975, but there's a flowing rhythmic ease and complex interplay that immediately distinguish the group's music from the day's electric jazz craze. Abercrombie's electrified lines scurry and wander into strange byways, especially on the extended "May Dance" and "Sorcery 1," but Holland and DeJohnette keep digging in and varying their patterns, knitting together coherent group music. Holland's own solos are models of order and invention, and the CD is also an opportunity for him to demonstrate his skills as a composer. He wrote four of the six pieces here, and the elusive "Jamala" is particularly beautiful. --Stuart Broomer
Gateway,John Abercrombie,Dave Holland,Jack Dejohnette,Ecm Records,Jazz,Jazz Music,Pop
Jazz Music:
- Getz Live in Warsaw [Import]
- Hearing Voices
- I Fly
- Jeru
- Lightsey Live [Live]
- Like a River
- Live at the Knitting Factory, Vol. 2 [Live]
- Love & Kisses
- Madcity Jazz
- Martian Circus Waltz
Jazz Music
The Interzone Mantras [Import]
A Jazz Romance - A Night In With Verve [Box set]
Balakirev: Symphony No. 2; Tamara; Overture on Three Russian Themes
A Songs that Won the War, Vol. 7: Salute to the Stagedoor Canteen