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John Abercrombie

1944 - 2017

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John Laird Abercrombie (December 16, 1944 – August 22, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist. His work explored jazz fusion, free jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Abercrombie studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Abercrombie has received more than 31,368 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. John Abercrombie is the 1,183rd most popular musician (down from 1,133rd in 2019), the 5,779th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,613th in 2019) and the 437th most popular American Musician.

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  • 31k

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  • 47.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, John Abercrombie ranks 1,183 out of 2,662Before him are Prince Buster, Joey Kramer, James Jamerson, Suga, Francis Buchholz, and Jason Bonham. After him are Joe Jackson, Enrique Fernández Arbós, Max von Schillings, Pepe Romero, Barry Hay, and Gene Pitney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, John Abercrombie ranks 382Before him are Roger Dean, Jiří Holík, José Eulogio Gárate, Ulli Lommel, Diana Bracho, and Miguel Ríos. After him are Pepe Romero, Sandra Bem, Carlos Pachamé, William Christie, Seán Patrick O'Malley, and Al Kooper. Among people deceased in 2017, John Abercrombie ranks 292Before him are Oleg Vidov, Abdelmajid Dolmy, Prodigy, Roberto Ferreiro, Ulli Lommel, and Zoltan Sarosy. After him are Otto Warmbier, Marita Lindahl, Clare Hollingworth, Shunichiro Okano, Hans Alfredson, and Jana Novotná.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Abercrombie ranks 5,779 out of 18,182Before him are Jason Patric (1966), Nate Archibald (1948), Mädchen Amick (1970), Andrew Cuomo (1957), Yvonne Craig (1937), and Eugene V. Debs (1855). After him are Melissa Rauch (1980), Jerry Weintraub (1937), Olivia Wilde (1984), Jenny Shimizu (1967), Rick Husband (1957), and Thomas Ian Griffith (1962).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, John Abercrombie ranks 437Before him are Timbaland (1972), Bill Monroe (1911), Frankie Laine (1913), Jack Irons (1962), Joey Kramer (1950), and James Jamerson (1936). After him are Gene Pitney (1940), Larry Van Kriedt (1954), Jack Sherman (1956), Joshua Bell (1967), Steven Adler (1965), and Herb Ellis (1921).