Sound Travels

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
All About Jazz	[4]
PopMatters	[5]

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states, "Sound Travels is a current, understated, well-disciplined glimpse into DeJohnette's current musical world view, which is worth celebrating for its own sake".[3] All About Jazz reviewer John Kelman said, "As he heads into his eighth decade on the planet and approaches his sixth in music, DeJohnette is clearly healthy, happy and on a creative roll. Sound Travels is a powerful celebration, culmination and affirmation of an artist who may be paying it forward to his younger players, but remains the humble and appreciative reciprocal recipient on a collaborative date where there's little to prove but plenty to say".[4] PopMatters' John Garratt said, "Sound Travels may not contribute new and radical ideas to Jack DeJohnette’s overall canon of works, but it is a fun, catchy by-product of his “me-time,” relaxed and competing for nothing".[5]

All compositions by Jack DeJohnette except where noted.

1. "Enter Here" – 2:14
2. "Salsa for Luisoto" (DeJohnette, Bruce Hornsby) – 6:56
3. "Dirty Ground" – 4:49
4. "New Muse" – 6:02
5. "Sonny Light" – 5:41
6. "Sound Travels" – 1:42
7. "Oneness" – 5:57
8. "Indigo Dreamscapes" – 8:02
9. "Home" – 4:34

• Jack DeJohnette – drums, piano, resonating bells
• Ambrose Akinmusire – trumpet (tracks 2, 4 & 5)
• Tim Ries – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone (tracks 3–5 & 8)
• Lionel Loueke – electric guitar (tracks 2, 3 & 6)
• Esperanza Spalding – bass, electric bass, vocals (tracks 2–6 & 8)
• Luisito Quintero – percussion, vocals (tracks 2, 3 & 5–8)
• Jason Moran – piano (track 8)
• Bruce Hornsby – vocals (track 2)
• Bobby McFerrin – vocals, percussion (track 7)