New Directions (Jack DeJohnette album)

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New Directions
New Directions (Jack DeJohnette album).jpg
Studio album by
Jack DeJohnette
Released1978
RecordedJune 1978
StudioTalent Studio, Oslo, NW
GenreJazz
Avant-garde jazz
Fusion
Length46:13
LabelECM
ProducerManfred Eicher
Jack DeJohnette chronology
New Rags
(1977)
New Directions
(1978)
Special Edition
(1979)

New Directions is an album by Jack DeJohnette released on the German ECM label. It was recorded June 1978 at Talent Studio in Oslo and released in 1978.

Reception[]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3½ stars, noting, "the music is a bit dull, making too much use of space and featuring less of Bowie's trumpet and wit than one would hope. There are some strong moments (particularly from Abercrombie and DeJohnette) but this band (to use a cliché) was less than the sum of its parts".[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3.5/5 stars[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide4/5 stars[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3/4 stars [4]
Tom HullB+ ((1-star Honorable Mention))[5]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Jack DeJohnette except as indicated.

  1. "Bayou Fever" – 8:40
  2. "Where or Wayne" – 12:25
  3. "Dream Stalker" (Abercrombie, Bowie, DeJohnette, Gomez) – 5:55
  4. "One Handed Woman" (Abercrombie, Bowie, DeJohnette, Gomez) – 10:49
  5. "Silver Hollow" – 8:24

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 18, 2011
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: D". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 60. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 366. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.


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