Jack DeJohnette - The DeJohnette Complex (1969) CD Rip

Tracklist

01. Equipoise (Cowell)
02. The Major General (DeJohnette)
03. Miles' Mode (Coltrane)
04. Requiem Number 1 (DeJohnette)
05. Mirror Image (Vitous)
06. Papa, Daddy and Me (DeJohnette)
07. Brown, Warm and Wintry (DeJohnette)
08. Requiem Number 2 (DeJohnette)

personnel :

Jack DeJohnette - drums, melodica (1,3,4,6,8);
Bennie Maupin - tenor sax (1-4, 6-8), wood flute (4,8), flute (7);
Stanley Cowell - electric piano (1,5,7), piano (2,3,4,6,8);
Miroslav Vitous - bass (1,2,4,5,8);
Eddie Gomez - bass (3,6,7);
Roy Haynes - drums (1,3,6), percussion (4,8).

Drummer Jack DeJohnette's debut as a leader (which has been reissued on CD) has quite a bit of variety. The music ranges from advanced swinging to brief free improvisations and some avant-funk. DeJohnette (who doubles on melodica) is joined by Bennie Maupin (on tenor and flute), keyboardist Stanley Cowell, bassists Miroslav Vitous and Eddie Gomez, and drummer Roy Haynes. He uses six different combinations of musicians on the eight songs (five of his originals, John Coltrane's "Miles' Mode," Cowell's "Equipoise" and Vitous' "Mirror Image"). Intriguing and generally successful music.~Scott Yanow