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Marc Copland is one of the most original and engaging jazz pianists to emerge in the second half of the 20th century. Pioneerinring jazz guitarist John Abercrombie is a restless experimenter,nfl jerseys working firmly in the jazz tradition while pushing the boundaries of meter and harmony. Having first met in the 1970's working in the Chico Hamilton band, Marc Copland and John Abercrombie reunite for a duo performance at the Kitano in New York on Friday, September 10th and Saturday,abercrombie September 11th. This intimate space of the Kitano is the perfect setting to enjoy this wonderful colaboration.

Born on December 16, 1944 in Port Chester, New York, Abercrombie grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, where he began playing the guitar at age 14. Like many teenagers at the time, he started out imitating Chuck Berry licks. But it was the bluesy music of Barney Kessel that attracted him to jazz. Abercrombie enrolled at Boston's Berklee College cheap wow gold of Music and teamed up with other students to play local clubs and bars. Organist Johnny Hammond Smith spotted the young Abercrombie and invited him to go on tour while he was still a student. During the same period, Ambercrombie also met the Brecker Brothers, who invited him to become a new part of their group Dreams, which would become one the prominent jazz-rock bands of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Abercrombie appears on the group's eponymous debut album.

After graduating from Berklee, Abercrombie headed to New York, where he quickly became one of New York's most in-demand session players. He recorded with Gil Evans, Gato Barbieri, and Barry Miles, to name a few. He was also Gucci shoes a regular with Chico Hamilton's group, where he first met Marc Copland. In the early 1970s, Abercrombie rrecorded his first album as a leader, Timeless on ECM, backed by Jan Hammer and Jack DeJohnette. Abercrombie's second album, Gateway, was released in November 1975 with DeJohnette and bassist Dave Holland; a second Gateway recording was released in June 1978.

Throughout the 1990s and into 2000 and beyond, Abercrombie has continued to pluck from the ranks of jazz royalty--and be plucked for guest appearances on other artists' recordings. One propitious relationship was with guitarist, pianist, and composer Ralph Towner, with whom Abercrombie has worked in a duet setting. Designer Swimwear(Abercrombie has also worked in guitar duos with John Scofield, for 1993's Solar and with Joe Beck in Coincidence, released in 2007). Abercrombie has also recorded with saxophonist Jan Garbarek and bassist Eddie Gomez. Abercrombie keeps up a heavy touring schedule and continues to record with ECM, a relationship that has spanned more than 30 years.