New Directions in Europe

New Directions in Europe is a live album by Jack DeJohnette featuring Lester Bowie, John Abercrombie and Eddie Gómez recorded in 1979 and released on the ECM label in 1980.

New Directions in Europe
Live album by
Jack DeJohnette
Released1980
RecordedJune 9, 1979[1]
VenueMohren, Willisau, Switzerland
GenreJazz, post-bop
Length56:31
LabelECM
ProducerManfred Eicher
Jack DeJohnette chronology
Special Edition
(1980)		 New Directions in Europe
(1980)		 Tin Can Alley
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]
Tom HullB+ ()[5]

Reception

"This group demonstrates what an extraordinary and exiting player DeJohnette can be," wrote Richard Cook and Brian Morton in their Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, "he never sounded as convincing in the studio – or at least under his own name. [...] though Abercrombie sounds oddly out of condition."[4] The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states, "There are some colorful moments but overall the music is not all that memorable".[6]

Track listing

All compositions by Jack DeJohnette except as indicated

  1. "Salsa for Eddie G." - 16:05
  2. "Where or Wayne" - 12:33
  3. "Bayou Fever" - 18:24
  4. "Multo Spiliagio" (Abercrombie, Bowie, DeJohnette, Gomez) - 9:33

Personnel

References
  1. Jack DeJohnette's New Directions concert entry at The Willisau Jazz Archive
  2. Allmusic Review
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 60. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. Cook, Richard , Brian Morton (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, 8th Edition, London: Penguin Books, p. 341 ISBN 9780141023274
  5. Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  6. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed 31 August 2009


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