New Directions (Jack DeJohnette album)

New Directions
New Directions
Studio album by Jack DeJohnette
Released	1978
Recorded	June 1978
Studio	Talent Studio; Oslo, Norway
Genre	Jazz; avant-garde jazz; jazz fusion;
Length	46:13
Label	ECM 1128
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Jack DeJohnette chronology

New Directions is an album by Jack DeJohnette, recorded in June 1978 and released on ECM later that year. The quartet features trumpeter Lester Bowie, guitarist John Abercrombie, and bassist Eddie Gomez.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+^[2]
Tom Hull	B+ ()^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[5]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow noted that "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]

Track listing

All compositions by Jack DeJohnette except as indicated.

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

Personnel

Jack DeJohnette – drums, piano
John Abercrombie – guitar, electric mandolin
Lester Bowie – trumpet
Eddie Gómez – double bass

Production

Manfred Eicher – producer
Jan Erik Kongshaug – engineer
Dieter Bonhorst – layout design
Roberto Masotti – cover photo

References

^ ^a ^b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed August 18, 2011
^ 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.
^ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 366. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 60. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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[Allmusic-1] 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.

[Hull-3] Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 366. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[RSJRG-5] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 60. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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v t e Jack DeJohnette
Studio albums	The DeJohnette Complex (1969) Have You Heard (1970) Sorcery (1974) Cosmic Chicken (1975) Untitled (1976) Pictures (1976) New Rags (1977) New Directions [with John Abercrombie, Lester Bowie and Eddie Gómez] (1978) New Directions in Europe (1980) The Jack DeJohnette Piano Album (1985) Zebra [with Lester Bowie] (1989) In Our Style [with David Murray] (1986) Parallel Realities [Trio with Pat Metheny and Herbie Hancock] (1990) Music for the Fifth World [with Vernon Reid and John Scofield] (1992) Dancing with Nature Spirits [with Michael Cain and Steve Gorn] (1995) Oneness (1997) Music in the Key of Om (2005) The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers (2006) Peace Time (2007) America [with Wadada Leo Smith] (2008) Music We Are [with John Patitucci and Danilo Pérez] (2009) Sound Travels (2012) Made in Chicago (2015) In Movement [with Ravi Coltrane and Matthew Garrison] (2016) Return (2016) Hudson [wth John Medeski, John Scofield and Larry Grenadier] (2017)
Special Edition	Special Edition [with Arthur Blythe and David Murray] (1979) Tin Can Alley [with Chico Freeman, John Purcell and Peter Warren] (1980) Inflation Blues [with Baikida Carroll] (1982) Album Album [with John Purcell and David Murray] (1984) Irresistible Forces [with Greg Osby, Gary Thomas, Lonnie Plaxico, Mick Goodrick and Naná Vasconcelos] (1987) Audio-Visualscapes (1988) Earthwalk (1991) Extra Special Edition [with Bobby McFerrin] (1994)
Gateway	Gateway (1976) Gateway 2 (1978) Homecoming (1995) In the Moment (1996)
Trio Beyond	Saudades (2006)
with Keith Jarrett	Ruta and Daitya (1973) Standards Live (1986) Still Live (1988) Tribute (1990) Keith Jarrett at the Blue Note (1995) Tokyo '96 (1998) Whisper Not (2000) Inside Out (2001) The Out-of-Towners (2004) Yesterdays (2009) Somewhere (2013)
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