Special Edition (Jack DeJohnette album)


Special Edition is an album by Jack DeJohnette featuring David Murray, Arthur Blythe and Peter Warren recorded in 1979 released on the ECM label in 1980. The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "The first of Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition ensembles offered a sound that in many ways was revolutionary in modern contemporary and creative improvised music circa 1980... This CD deserves a definitive five-star rating for the lofty place it commands in the evolution of jazz headed toward new heights and horizons". A JazzTimes reviewer selected it in 2012 as one of DeJohnette's key albums.

Track listing

  1. "One for Eric" - 9:52
  2. "Zoot Suite" - 11:29
  3. "Central Park West" - 3:16
  4. "India" - 6:02
  5. "Journey to the Twin Planet" - 8:42

    Personnel