Earthwalk

Earthwalk
Studio album by Jack DeJohnette
Released	1991
Recorded	June 1991
Genre	Jazz
Length	72:53
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette chronology
Parallel Realities (1990) Earthwalk (1991) Music for the Fifth World (1992)

Professional ratings
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Allmusic	[1]

Earthwalk is an album by Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition, featuring Greg Osby, Gary Thomas, Michael Cain, and Lonnie Plaxico, recorded in 1991 and released on the Blue Note label.^[2] The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos states "The final version of drummer/composer Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition bands sports a unique sound, on the verge of M-Base, and artfully driven due to saxophonists Greg Osby and Gary Thomas. Their tart sweet sounds are as much a part of the identity of this group as anything, and DeJohnette adds his own personal brand of funk and swing to the proceeding, making for an exciting and vital original music... the music is all good, holds interest, and makes for another giant step in the varied, diverse, and intriguing career of DeJohnette".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Jack DeJohnette

1. "It's Time to Wake Up and Dream" – 5:30
2. "Blue" – 6:18
3. "Where or Wayne" – 9:44
4. "Priestesses of the Mist" – 7:44
5. "Earth Walk" – 13:05
6. "On Golden Beams" – 5:16
7. "One on One" – 11:18
8. "Lydia" – 2:24
9. "Monk's Plumb" – 12:08
10. "It's Time to Wake Up and Dream" [Alternate Version] – 0:50

• • Recorded at Dreamland Recording Studios, West Hurley, NY in June 1991

Personnel

• Jack DeJohnette – drums
• Michael Cain – midi piano, korg keyboards
• Gary Thomas – tenor saxophone, flute
• Greg Osby – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Lonnie Plaxico – electric bass, acoustic bass
• Joan Henry – animal sound on "Earth Walk"

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