| Brewster's Rooster | ||||
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| Released | June 19, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | September 2007 | |||
| Studio | Avatar, New York City | |||
| Genre | Avant-garde jazz, post-bop | |||
| Label | ECM ECM 2046 | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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Brewster's Rooster is an album by English saxophonist John Surman with guitarist John Abercrombie, bassist Drew Gress, and drummer Jack DeJohnette, recorded in September 2007 and released on ECM in 2009. [1]
The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "Brewster's Rooster is another high point in Surman's career. This studio band is as sympathetic as his working road unit, and his willingness to place the tradition in the context of his more contemporary, sometimes ambiguous harmonic explorations reveals the roots, shoots, and branches of his art and discipline." [2]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
All tracks are written by John Surman except as indicated
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Slanted Sky" | John Warren | 6:33 |
| 2. | "Hilltop Dancer" | 7:26 | |
| 3. | "No Finesse" | 6:51 | |
| 4. | "Kickback" | 7:24 | |
| 5. | "Chelsea Bridge" | Billy Strayhorn | 5:48 |
| 6. | "Haywain" | 6:18 | |
| 7. | "Counter Measures" | 10:43 | |
| 8. | "Brewster's Rooster" | 6:36 | |
| 9. | "Going for a Burton" | 6:47 |
Jack DeJohnette is an American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer.
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Untitled is an album by Jack DeJohnette's Directions, recorded in February 1976 and released on ECM later that year. The quintet features saxophonist Alex Foster and rhythm section John Abercrombie, Warren Bernhardt, Mike Richmond and Jack DeJohnette.
Universal Syncopations is an album by Czech bassist Miroslav Vitouš recorded between 2002–2003 and released on ECM later that year.
Cloud Dance is the debut album by American sitarist and composer Collin Walcott, recorded in March 1976 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet features rhythm section John Abercrombie, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette, the three of whom recorded their self-titled debut, Gateway that same month.
In Pas(s)ing is the debut album by guitarist Mick Goodrick, recorded in November 1978 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet features reed player John Surman and rhythm section Eddie Gómez and Jack DeJohnette.
Night is an album by guitarist John Abercrombie, recorded in 1984 and released on the ECM November later that year. The quartet features saxophonist Michael Brecker, keyboardist Jan Hammer, and drummer Jack DeJohnette.
Coruscating is an album by English saxophonist John Surman recorded in January 1999 and released by ECM September the following year. Surman is backed by bassist Chris Laurence and string quartet Trans4mation, consisting violinists Rita Manning and Keith Pascoe, violist Bill Hawkes, and cellist Nick Cooper.
Invisible Nature is a live album by English jazz saxophonist John Surman and American jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette recorded at Tampere Jazz Happening and JazzFest Berlin in November 1999 and released on ECM in 2002.
Free and Equal is a live album by English saxophonist John Surman featuring American drummer Jack DeJohnette and the London Brass recorded in Queen Elizabeth Hall in London in June 2001 and released on ECM in 2003.
The Spaces in Between is an album by English saxophonist John Surman recorded in February 2006 and released on ECM the following year.
November is an album by American jazz guitarist John Abercrombie recorded in November 1992 and released by ECM a year later. The trio features rhythm section Marc Johnson and Peter Erskine with reed player John Surman.
Within a Song is a studio album by the John Abercrombie Quartet, recorded in September 2011 and released on ECM in April the following year. The quartet featurs Abercrombie on guitar, Joe Lovano on saxophone, Drew Gress on bass and Joey Baron on drums.
39 Steps is an album by the John Abercrombie Quartet recorded in April 2013 and released on ECM later that year. The quartet features rhythm section Marc Copland, Drew Gress, and Joey Baron.
Made in Chicago is a live album by drummer and composer Jack DeJohnette recorded at the 35th Chicago Jazz Festival on August 29, 2013 and released on ECM in March 2015. The quintet features fellow Chicagoan musicians pianist Muhal Richard Abrams, bassist Larry Gray and saxophonists Roscoe Mitchell and Henry Threadgill—a reunion of DeJohnette with colleagues from Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians.
Up and Coming is a studio album by the John Abercrombie Quartet recorded in April and May 2016 and released on ECM January the following year—the final studio by Abercrombie, who died in 2017. The quintet features rhythm section Marc Copland, Drew Gress, and Joey Baron.
In Movement is a studio album by American jazz drummer and composer Jack DeJohnette with saxophonist Ravi Coltrane and bassist Matthew Garrison recorded in 2015 and released on the ECM label.
