| Sargasso Sea | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | John Abercrombie & Ralph Towner |
| Cover: | Sargasso Sea (album).jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | 1976 |
| Recorded: | May 1976 |
| Studio: | Talent Studios Oslo, Norway |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 41:08 |
| Label: | ECM 1080 ST |
| Producer: | Manfred Eicher |
| Chronology: | John Abercrombie |
| Prev Title: | Gateway |
| Prev Year: | 1976 |
| Next Title: | Characters |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
Sargasso Sea is an album by American jazz guitarists John Abercrombie and Ralph Towner, recorded in May 1976 and released on ECM later that year.[1]
The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos gave the album 3 stars, stating, "An uneven recording for many listeners and critics, Sargasso Sea deserves a second chance, not as an absolutely flawed, imperfect, or unbalanced effort. Like a tale of two cities, it stands as a unique project, perhaps deserving a more refined approach."[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz gave the album 3 stars, calling it, "a winsome, diffident affair on which only the timbral variation of Towner's 12-string and piano figures sustains interest... it's less than representative of Abercrombie's real strengths."[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide said, "The alternately pensive and vibrant electric/acoustic interplay between these two master guitarists makes this a classic album of guitar duets."[4]