Special Edition (Jack DeJohnette album)

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
New Directions (1978) Special Edition (1980) New Directions in Europe (1980)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Jack DeJohnette except as indicated

1. "One for Eric" - 9:52
2. "Zoot Suite" - 11:29
3. "Central Park West" (John Coltrane) - 3:16
4. "India" (Coltrane) - 6:02
5. "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 Warren: bass, cello

See also

• 1979 in jazz

References