The Jack DeJohnette Piano Album
The Jack DeJohnette Piano Album | ||||
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Studio album by Jack DeJohnette | ||||
Released | 1985 | |||
Recorded | January 14–15, 1985 Woodstock Recording Studio, Woodstock, New York | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 43:41 | |||
Label | Landmark LLP-1504 | |||
Producer | Orrin Keepnews, Jack DeJohnette | |||
Jack DeJohnette chronology | ||||
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The Jack DeJohnette Piano Album is an album by Jack DeJohnette with Eddie Gómez and Freddie Waits recorded in 1985 and released on the Landmark label.[1][2] This is DeJohnette's first album playing piano exclusively, rather than his more familiar drums.
Reception
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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "This album was a surprise when it was released for it features drummer Jack DeJohnette exclusively on piano and synthesizer in a trio... DeJohnette on a couple of the tunes was among the very first pianists to really capture the sound of Thelonious Monk. Other selections are more in his own style and he displays a strong technique that does not sound like the work of a drummer who is moonlighting... Worth checking out.".[4]
Track listing
All compositions by Jack DeJohnette except where noted
- "Minority" (Gigi Gryce) - 8:32
- "Lydia" - 3:46
- "Countdown" (John Coltrane) - 2:38
- "Spiral" (Coltrane) - 7:03
- "Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman) - 4:00
- "Milton" - 5:05
- "Ahmad The Terrible" - 6:45
- "Quiet Now" (Denny Zeitlin) - 5:52
Personnel
- Jack DeJohnette - piano, synthesizer
- Eddie Gómez - bass (tracks 1-7)
- Freddie Waits - drums (tracks 1-7)
References
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- 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 [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 (1976)
- Gateway 2 (1978)
- Homecoming (1995)
- In the Moment (1996)
- Saudades (2006)
- 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)