RIP, John Abercrombie

Guitarist John Abercrombie, a supremely eloquent and lyrical player whose career over the last four decades included seminal jazz fusion albums and eminently refined ECM albums alike, died Tuesday of heart failure. He was 72.
Abercrombie had had health problems in recent years, including a stroke earlier this year.
Born in Port Chester in Westchester County, New York in 1944, Abercrombie did not begin playing guitar until he was 14. A few years later, in 1962, he attended the Berklee College of