Inflation Blues

1983 studio album by Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition

Inflation Blues

Studio album by

Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition

Released| 1983
Recorded| September 1982
Studio| Power Station, New York City
Genre| Jazz
Label| ECM 1244
Producer| Manfred Eicher
Jack DeJohnette chronology
| Tin Can Alley
(1981)  | Inflation Blues
(1983)  | Album Album
(1984)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [2]

Inflation Blues is an album by Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition recorded in September 1982 and released on ECM the following year. The ensemble features reed players Chico Freeman and John Purcell, trumpeter Baikida Carroll, and bassist Rufus Reid.[3]

## Reception

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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "this is a particularly strong outing by the 1982 edition of the group... it is not surprising that the music is adventurous yet quite coherent, with the solo and group statements being both spontaneous and logical. Recommended."[4]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Jack DeJohnette

1. "Starburst" - 9:11
2. "Ebony" - 8:42
3. "The Islands" - 8:36
4. "Inflation Blues" - 6:43
5. "Slowdown" - 6:24

## Personnel

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### Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition

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* Baikida Carroll – trumpet (except "Ebony")
* Chico Freeman – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet
* John Purcell – baritone saxophone, alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
* Rufus Reid – bass
* Jack DeJohnette – drums, piano, clavinet, vocal

## References

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1. ^ Allmusic Review
2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 60\. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. ^ Jack DeJohnette discography accessed 10 September 2009
4. ^ Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed 10 September 2009

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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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