Special Edition (Jack DeJohnette album)

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.

Special Edition
Studio album by Jack DeJohnette
Released	1980
Recorded	March 1979
Studio	Generation Sound New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:06
Label	ECM 1152
Producer	Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette chronology
Terje Rypdal / Miroslav Vitous / Jack DeJohnette (1978) Special Edition (1980) In Europe (1980)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Tom Hull	B+ ()[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]

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".^[1]

A JazzTimes reviewer selected it in 2012 as one of DeJohnette's key albums.^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Jack DeJohnette except as indicated

1. "One for Eric" - 9:52
2. "Zoot Suite" - 11:29
3. "Central Park West" (John Coltrane) - 3:16
4. "India" (Coltrane) - 6:02
5. "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