Special Edition cover

Special Edition

Released

Even though drummer Jack DeJohnette holds the record for most appearances as an ECM session musician, his occasional flights as leader stand out as high points among them. In addition to highlighting the talents of reedmen David Murray and Arthur Blythe, along with bassist Peter Warren, it showcased the bandleader’s formidable prowess as composer in the repertoire-defining “Zoot Suite.” After a round robin of planned and unplanned exuberance (score one for the delightfully cosmic “Journey To The Twin Planet”), the set ends with two John Coltrane covers, comfortably placed among the jagged movements of DeJohnette’s artistry.

Tyran Grillo

Recommended by

Suggestions
Stoa cover

Stoa

Nik Bärtsch's Ronin
Inland Sea cover

Inland Sea

Stephan Micus
Lighthouse cover

Lighthouse

Asaf Sirkis, Gwilym Simcock, Tim Garland
Metatron cover

Metatron

Richard Pinhas
Big City cover

Big City

Dave Stryker
Alone cover

Alone

Marc Copland
I Love Paris cover

I Love Paris

Nicolas Thys, Bill Carrothers, Dré Pallemaerts
Enfant Terrible cover

Enfant Terrible

Hedvig Mollestad Trio
Husk cover

Husk

Murmer, Jonathan Coleclough
Illusion Suite cover

Illusion Suite

Stanley Cowell Trio