Special Edition is an album by American jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette, recorded in March 1979 and released on ECM Records the following year. The quartet features reed players David Murray and Arthur Blythe and bassist and cellist Slip Warren.
Critical reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "The first (and mightiest) of Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition ensembles offered a sound that in many ways was revolutionary in modern contemporary and creative improvised music circa 1980... This CD deserves a definitive five-star rating for the lofty place it commands in the evolution of jazz headed toward new heights and horizons".Yanow, Scott, [ AllMusic review]. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
A JazzTimes reviewer selected it in 2012 as one of DeJohnette's key albums.
Track listing All compositions by Jack DeJohnette except as indicated "One for Eric" - 9:52 "Zoot Suite" - 11:29 "Central Park West" (John Coltrane) - 3:16 "India" (Coltrane) - 6:02 "Journey to the Twin Planet" - 8:42
Personnel Jack DeJohnette – drums, piano, melodica David Murray – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet Arthur Blythe – alto saxophone Peter "Slip" Warren – bass, cello
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