Within a Song

Within a Song is a studio album by the John Abercrombie Quartet, recorded in September 2011 and released on ECM in April the following year. The quartet features Abercrombie on guitar, Joe Lovano on saxophone, Drew Gress on bass and Joey Baron on drums.

Within a Song
Studio album by John Abercrombie Quartet
Released	April 27, 2012
Recorded	September 2011
Studio	Avatar, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	61:11
Label	ECM ECM 2254
Producer	Manfred Eicher
John Abercrombie chronology
Wait Till You See Her (2009) Within a Song (2012) 39 Steps (2013)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Guardian
The Australian

In a four star review for the Guardian, John Fordham states, "this all-star group constantly demonstrate how joyous that can sound without winding up the volume."

JazzTimes observed "in typical crystalline ECM fashion, Within a Song plays tricks with its role models, pushing envelopes that were elastic to begin with."

John McBeath of The Australian wrote, "This is a valuable collection by two old masters in a nostalgic, relaxed setting of expert craftsmanship."

Stereophile correspondent Fred Kaplan noted, "Within a Song is something of a high-wire act: delicate music of an uninsistent intensity, a quiet swing, that hangs together or collapses on the ensemble's sustenance of balance."

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Where Are You?"	Harold Adamson Jimmy McHugh	5:54
2.	"Easy Reader"	Abercrombie	6:37
3.	"Within a Song/Without a Song"	Abercrombie/Billy Rose Edward Eliscu Vincent Youmans	7:55
4.	"Flamenco Sketches"	Miles Davis	6:34
5.	"Nick of Time"	Abercrombie	5:57
6.	"Blues Connotation"	Ornette Coleman	6:11
7.	"Wise One"	John Coltrane	9:12
8.	"Interplay"	Bill Evans	6:26
9.	"Sometime Ago"	Sergio Mihanovich	6:25

Personnel

• John Abercrombie – guitar
• Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone
• Drew Gress – double bass
• Joey Baron – drums