Special Edition (Jack DeJohnette album)

Special Edition
Special Edition
Studio album by Jack DeJohnette
Released	1980
Recorded	March 1979
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:06
Label	ECM
Producer	Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]
Tom Hull	B+ ()^[4]

Special Edition is an album by Jack DeJohnette featuring David Murray, Arthur Blythe and Peter Warren recorded in 1979 released on the ECM label in 1980. The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "The first (and mightiest) of Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition ensembles offered a sound that in many ways was revolutionary in modern contemporary and creative improvised music circa 1980... This CD deserves a definitive five-star rating for the lofty place it commands in the evolution of jazz headed toward new heights and horizons".^[1] A JazzTimes reviewer selected it in 2012 as one of DeJohnette's key albums.^[5]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Jack DeJohnette except as indicated

"One for Eric" - 9:52
"Zoot Suite" - 11:29
"Central Park West" (John Coltrane) - 3:16
"India" (Coltrane) - 6:02
"Journey to the Twin Planet" - 8:42

Recorded at Generation Sound Studios, New York in March, 1979

Personnel[]

Jack DeJohnette: drums, piano, melodica
David Murray: tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
Arthur Blythe: alto saxophone
Peter “Slip” Warren: bass, cello

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, Scott Allmusic Review accessed 31 August 2009
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 60. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 365. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
^ Milkowski, Bill (April 6, 2012). "DeJohnography". JazzTimes. Retrieved May 30, 2020.

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[AM-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, Scott Allmusic Review accessed 31 August 2009

[RSJRG-2] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 60. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 365. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Hull-4] Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

[5] Milkowski, Bill (April 6, 2012). "DeJohnography". JazzTimes. Retrieved May 30, 2020.

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