New Directions (Jack DeJohnette album)

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.

New Directions
Studio album by
Jack DeJohnette
Released1978
RecordedJune 1978
StudioTalent Studio
Oslo, Norway
Genre
Length46:13
LabelECM 1128
ProducerManfred Eicher
Jack DeJohnette chronology
Gateway 2
(1978)
New Directions
(1978)
Terje Rypdal / Miroslav Vitous / Jack DeJohnette
(1978)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[2]
Tom HullB+ ( )[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

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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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Production

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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 (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 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.