Zebra (Jack DeJohnette album)

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Zebra
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Soundtrack album by
Released1989
RecordedMay 8–10, 1985
Genre Jazz
Length40:43
Label MCA
Producer Kenny Inaoka & Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette chronology
Audio-Visualscapes
(1988)
Zebra
(1989)
Parallel Realities
(1990)
Professional ratings
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Zebra is an album by Jack DeJohnette featuring trumpeter Lester Bowie recorded in 1985 for the video program titled "Tadayuki Naito/Zebra" and released on the MCA label in 1989. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states, "The performances are moody and has its colorful moments... Superior background music, recommended mostly to Jack DeJohnette completists". [1] The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote that it was "Not really a jazz album at all, but well worth having for some striking atmospheric music." [2]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jack DeJohnette.

No.TitleLength
1."Ntoro I"8:40
2."Jongo"4:53
3."Aho"9:42
4."Kpledzo"7:58
5."Ntoro II"9:17

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. ""Zebra Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  2. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (1st ed.). Penguin. p. 282. ISBN   978-0-14-015364-4.