Oneness (Jack DeJohnette album)

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Oneness
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Studio album by
Released1997
RecordedJanuary 1997
StudioRight Track Recording Studios
New York City
Genre Jazz
Length63:20
Label ECM
ECM 1637
Producer Manfred Eicher
Jack DeJohnette chronology
Dancing with Nature Spirits
(1996)
Oneness
(1997)
Invisible Nature
(2002)

Oneness is an album by Jack DeJohnette recorded in January 1997 and released on ECM later that year. The quartet features bassist and guitarist Jerome Harris, percussionist Don Alias, and pianist Michael Cain. [1]

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The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine states, "Oneness stands as a welcome, minimalist and challenging effort from DeJohnette." [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Jack DeJohnette except where noted.

  1. "Welcome Blessing" (Don Alias, Jack DeJohnette) – 2:05
  2. "Free Above Sea" (Alias, Michael Cain, DeJohnette, Jerome Harris) – 5:54
  3. "Priestesses of the Mist" – 15:13
  4. "Jack In" – 12:36
  5. "From the Heart/C.M.A." (Alias, Cain, DeJohnette, Harris) – 27:32

Personnel

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References

  1. Jack DeJohnette discography accessed 14 September 2009
  2. Allmusic Review
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 365. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed 14 September 2009