Jack DeJohnette - Audio Visualscapes (1988)

This single-CD (formerly a double-LP) from Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition contains music that mixes together advanced hard bop, fusion, M-Base funk and avant-garde jazz. Greg Osby (alto and soprano), Gary Thomas (tenor, flute and bass clarinet), guitarist Mick Goodrick, bassist Lonnie Plaxico and drummer DeJohnette (who also plays some keyboards) are all highly original voices and they have plenty of opportunities to interact with each other on songs written by DeJohnette, Osby and Ornette Coleman ("The Sphinx"). The results are sometimes unsettling but rarely dull, well worth several listens.

Tracks:

01. PM's Am
02. Donjo
03. Master Mind
04. Slam Tango
05. Sphinx
06. One for Eric
07. Brown, Warm and Wintry
08. Audio-Visualscapes

Personnel

Jack DeJohnette - drums and electronic keyboards
Lonnie Plaxico - acoustic and electric bass
Greg Osby - alto and soprano saxophone
Mick Goodrick - Horner electric guitar
Gary Thomas - tenor saxophone, flute and bass clarinet