New Directions (Jack DeJohnette album)

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
Christgau's Record Guide	B+
Tom Hull	B+ ()
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

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."

Track listing

All compositions by Jack DeJohnette except as indicated.

"Bayou Fever" – 8:40
"Where or Wayne" – 12:25
"Dream Stalker" (Abercrombie, Bowie, DeJohnette, Gomez) – 5:55
"One Handed Woman" (Abercrombie, Bowie, DeJohnette, Gomez) – 10:49
"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

^ Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed August 18, 2011
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.
Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 366. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 60. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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Studio albums	The DeJohnette Complex (1969) Have You Heard (1970) Sorcery (1974) Cosmic Chicken (1975) Untitled (1976) Pictures (1976) New Rags (1977) New Directions (1978) New Directions in Europe (1980) The Jack DeJohnette Piano Album (1985) Zebra (1989) In Our Style (1986) Parallel Realities (1990) Music for the Fifth World (1992) Dancing with Nature Spirits (1995) Oneness (1997) Music in the Key of Om (2005) The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers (2006) Peace Time (2007) America (2008) Music We Are (2009) Sound Travels (2012) Made in Chicago (2015) In Movement (2016) Return (2016) Hudson (2017)
Special Edition	Special Edition (1979) Tin Can Alley (1980) Inflation Blues (1982) Album Album (1984) Irresistible Forces (1987) Audio-Visualscapes (1988) Earthwalk (1991) Extra Special Edition (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)
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