Cat 'n' Mouse

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Cat 'n' Mouse
Cat 'n' Mouse.jpg
Studio album by
John Abercrombie
ReleasedFebruary 19, 2002
RecordedDecember 2000
StudioAvatar Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length59:46
LabelECM
ProducerManfred Eicher
John Abercrombie chronology
Open Land
(1999) 		Cat 'n' Mouse
(2002) 		Class Trip
(2004)

Cat 'n' Mouse is a studio album by guitarist John Abercrombie with violinist Mark Feldman, bassist Marc Johnson, and drummer Joey Baron. The album was released by ECM in 2002.[1][2]

Reception[]

The Allmusic review gave the album three stars, stating, "John Abercombie makes it clear on Cat 'n' Mouse exactly why he continues to be regarded as one of jazz's most creative and progressive guitarist...On the album's numerous contemplative tunes, it's a pleasure to hear Abercombie and Feldman's lines cris-crossing, creating spontaneous tone poems that bear beauty and invention in equal measure".[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz gave the album four stars, stating, "John sounds in great form but it's very often the fiddle that cuts through the mix to make the most empathic statements".[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars[3]
Penguin Guide to Jazz4/4 stars[4]
Sputnikmusic3.5/5[5]

Track listing[]

All compositions by John Abercrombie except as indicated

  1. "A Nice Idea" – 10:57
  2. "Convolution" – 5:34
  3. "String Thing" – 4:02
  4. "Soundtrack" – 8:06
  5. "Third Stream Samba" (John Abercrombie, Joey Baron, Mark Feldman, Marc Johnson) – 8:45
  6. "On the Loose" – 6:00
  7. "Stop and Go" – 7:04
  8. "Show of Hands" (Abercrombie, Baron, Feldman, Johnson) – 9:18

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ ECM discography Archived 2012-06-16 at the Wayback Machine accessed October 25, 2011
  2. ^ "JOHN ABERCROMBIE: CAT 'N' MOUSE". sudo.3.pro.tok2.com. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Rovi Allmusic Review accessed February 17, 2013
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 4. ISBN 978-0-141-02327-4.
  5. ^ "John Abercrombie: Cat'n'Mouse". Sputnikmusic. sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
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