New Directions (Jack DeJohnette album)

New Directions
Studio album by Jack DeJohnette
Released	1978
Recorded	June 1978
Studio	Talent, Oslo, Norway
Genre	Jazz avant-garde jazz jazz fusion
Length	46:13
Label	ECM 1128
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Jack DeJohnette chronology
Gateway 2 (1978) New Directions (1978) Terje Rypdal / Miroslav Vitous / Jack DeJohnette (1978)

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.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+ [2]
DownBeat	[3]
Tom Hull	B+ ( ) [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[6]

In his DownBeat review, Michael Zipkin called the album a "deeply satisfying offering ... swing it does in its own rambling, yet razor sharp manner". ^[3]

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

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

• Jack DeJohnette – drums, piano
• John Abercrombie – guitar, electric mandolin
• Lester Bowie – trumpet
• Eddie Gómez – double bass

Production

• Manfred Eicher – producer
• Jan Erik Kongshaug – engineer
• Dieter Bonhorst – layout design
• Roberto Masotti – cover photo

References

1. 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. Zipkin, Michael (January 11, 1979). "Record Reviews". DownBeat . Vol. 46, no. 1. p. 22.
4. Hull, Tom (February 28, 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 366. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
6. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 60. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.