OPEN LAND - MEETING JOHN ABERCROMBIE
An intimate portrait of a great guitarist, filmed near the end of his musical journey. Here we see John Abercrombie gigging with Gary Versace and Adam Nussbaum in Liechtenstein, jamming with Rob Sheps, Eliot Zigmund and David Kingsnorth in New York, teaching music students at Purchase College, talking guitars with NYC luthier Ric McCurdy, and hanging out at home with wife Lisa and Al the cat. Along the way John reflects, with characteristic good humor, on a creative life outside the mainstream and traces his story from his first encounter with an electric guitar onwards.
Subtly combining and contrasting images and sound, director Arno Oehri achieves a fine balance between music passages and interviews. the film's soundtrack includes, in addition to the live performances, selections from many of John Abercrombie's ECM recordings.
with:
john abercrombie
lisa abercrombie
adam nussbaum
gary versace
ric mccurdy
and
al (the cat)
all music written by:
john abercrombie
music recorded, published & edited by:
ECM records, munich
chrysalis music holdings gmbh, berlin
directed by:
arno oehri
edited by:
arno oehri & oliver primus
initiated & produced by:
oliver primus
camera by:
arno oehri
aaron sutterlütte
alex kaiser
ulrich schwendinger
