New Directions (Jack DeJohnette album)

1978 studio album by Jack DeJohnette

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
| Gateway 2
(1978)  | New Directions
(1978)  | Terje Rypdal / Miroslav Vitous / Jack DeJohnette
(1978)

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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

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Professional ratingsReview 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]
DownBeat| [6]

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]

DownBeat gave the album 4.5 stars.[6] In his review, Michael Zipkin called the album a "deeply satisfying offering . . . swing it does in its own rambling, yet razor sharp manner".[6]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Jack DeJohnette except as indicated.

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

## Personnel

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

### Production

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

## References

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1. ^ a b 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.
3. ^ Hull, Tom (February 28, 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 366\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
5. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 60\. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
6. ^ a b c Zipkin, Michael (January 11, 1979). "Record Reviews". DownBeat. 46 (1): 22.

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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)

Related articles|

* Discography
* One Night with Blue Note

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