Parallel Realities

Parallel Realities
Parallel Realities
Studio album by Jack DeJohnette
Released	1990
Recorded	1990
Studio	Dreamland (Hurley, New York)
Genre	Jazz, jazz fusion
Length	53:59
Label	MCA
Producer	Jack DeJohnette, Pat Metheny
Jack DeJohnette chronology

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Professional ratings
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Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Parallel Realities is an album by drummer Jack DeJohnette with guitarist Pat Metheny and pianist Herbie Hancock recorded in 1990 and released on the MCA label.^[2] The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn states: "An overlooked session with Pat Metheny in definite jazz phase. Herbie Hancock shows his steadfast piano form."^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Jack DeJohnette except as indicated

Side one:
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Jack In"	6:23
2.	"Exotic Isles"	6:21
3.	"Dancing" (Pat Metheny)	7:40
4.	"Nine over Reggae" (Pat Metheny/Jack DeJohnette)	7:27

Side two:
No.	Title	Length
1.	"John McKee" (Pat Metheny)	8:12
2.	"Indigo Dreamscapes"	6:46
3.	"Parallel Realities" (Pat Metheny)	11:10

Personnel

Jack DeJohnette – drums, keyboard bass
Pat Metheny – acoustic and electric guitar, synclavier, keyboards
Herbie Hancock – piano, keyboards

Note

Recorded 1990 at Dreamland Recording Studios, West Hurley, NY

References

1 2 Wynn, Ron, "Parallel Realities Review", AllMusic. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
↑ Jack DeJohnette discography. Retrieved 11 September 2009.

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[AllMusic-1] 1 2 Wynn, Ron, "Parallel Realities Review", AllMusic. Retrieved 11 September 2009.

[2] Jack DeJohnette discography. Retrieved 11 September 2009.

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v t e Jack DeJohnette
Studio albums	The DeJohnette Complex (1969) Have You Heard (1970) Sorcery (1974) Cosmic Chicken (1975) Untitled (1976) Pictures (1976) New Rags (1977) New Directions [with John Abercrombie, Lester Bowie and Eddie Gómez] (1978) New Directions in Europe (1980) The Jack DeJohnette Piano Album (1985) Zebra [with Lester Bowie] (1989) In Our Style [with David Murray] (1986) Parallel Realities [Trio with Pat Metheny and Herbie Hancock] (1990) Music for the Fifth World [with Vernon Reid and John Scofield] (1992) Dancing with Nature Spirits [with Michael Cain and Steve Gorn] (1995) Oneness (1997) Music in the Key of Om (2005) The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers (2006) Peace Time (2007) America [with Wadada Leo Smith] (2008) Music We Are [with John Patitucci and Danilo Pérez] (2009) Sound Travels (2012) Made in Chicago (2015) In Movement [with Ravi Coltrane and Matthew Garrison] (2016) Return (2016) Hudson [wth John Medeski, John Scofield and Larry Grenadier] (2017)
Special Edition	Special Edition [with Arthur Blythe and David Murray] (1979) Tin Can Alley [with Chico Freeman, John Purcell and Peter Warren] (1980) Inflation Blues [with Baikida Carroll] (1982) Album Album [with John Purcell and David Murray] (1984) Irresistible Forces [with Greg Osby, Gary Thomas, Lonnie Plaxico, Mick Goodrick and Naná Vasconcelos] (1987) Audio-Visualscapes (1988) Earthwalk (1991) Extra Special Edition [with Bobby McFerrin] (1994)
Gateway	Gateway (1976) Gateway 2 (1978) Homecoming (1995) In the Moment (1996)
Trio Beyond	Saudades (2006)
with Keith Jarrett	Ruta and Daitya (1973) Standards Live (1986) Still Live (1988) Tribute (1990) Keith Jarrett at the Blue Note (1995) Tokyo '96 (1998) Whisper Not (2000) Inside Out (2001) The Out-of-Towners (2004) Yesterdays (2009) Somewhere (2013)
Related articles	Discography One Night with Blue Note

v t e Herbie Hancock
Discography (As a sideman or guest artist)
Studio albums	Takin' Off My Point of View Inventions & Dimensions Empyrean Isles Maiden Voyage Speak Like a Child The Prisoner Fat Albert Rotunda Mwandishi Crossings Sextant Head Hunters Dedication Thrust Man-Child Secrets Third Plane Herbie Hancock Trio Sunlight Directstep The Piano Feets, Don't Fail Me Now Monster Mr. Hands Magic Windows Herbie Hancock Trio Lite Me Up Quartet Future Shock Sound-System Village Life Perfect Machine A Tribute to Miles Dis Is da Drum The New Standard 1+1 Gershwin's World Future 2 Future Possibilities River: The Joni Letters The Imagine Project
Live albums	Hear, O Israel - A Prayer Ceremony in Jazz Flood V.S.O.P. The Quintet (V.S.O.P.) Tempest in the Colosseum (V.S.O.P.) An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert CoreaHancock V.S.O.P. Live Under the Sky (V.S.O.P.) Jazz Africa Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall Live: Detroit/Chicago
with Bob Brookmeyer	Bob Brookmeyer and Friends
with Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams	Out of This World (Pepper Adams Donald Byrd Quintet) Chant Royal Flush Free Form A New Perspective
with Miles Davis	Seven Steps to Heaven My Funny Valentine Four & More E.S.P. Miles Smiles Sorcerer Nefertiti Miles in the Sky Water Babies Filles de Kilimanjaro In a Silent Way Jack Johnson On the Corner Big Fun Get Up with It
with Jack DeJohnette and Pat Metheny	Parallel Realities
with Joe Farrell	Moon Germs Penny Arcade Upon This Rock Night Dancing
with Freddie Hubbard	Hub-Tones Straight Life Red Clay
with Joe Zawinul	Zawinul
Compilations	Treasure Chest (Herbie Hancock album) The Best of Herbie Hancock Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock The Essential Herbie Hancock
Compositions	"Watermelon Man" "Cantaloupe Island" "Maiden Voyage" "Chameleon" "Rockit" "Autodrive"
Soundtracks	Blow-Up Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert The Spook Who Sat by the Door Death Wish A Soldier's Story Round Midnight Action Jackson

Parallel Realities

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