Jack DeJohnette - Sorcery (1974)

1.Sorcery #1
2.The Right Time
3.The Rock Thing
4.The Reverend King Suite
5.Four Levels Of Joy
6.Epilog.

Jack DeJohnette (C-melody saxophone, keyboards, drums); Michael Fellerman (trombone, metaphone); Bennie Maupin (bass clarinet); John Abercrombie, Mick Goodrick (guitar); Dave Holland (bass).

For this 1974 release, Jack DeJohnette adopted a two-guitar lineup of John Abercrombie and Mick Goodrick. Bassist Dave Holland and DeJohnette make a formidable rhythm section and play with incredible propulsion and grace. The album was recorded in the era following Miles Davis' BITCHES BREW (both Holland and DeJohnette worked with Davis), and the title track evokes similar moods, especially with DeJohnette's additional work on the electric piano, Bennie Maupin on bass clarinet, and Michael Fellerman on trombone. SORCERY reflects this era of exuberant experimentation in other ways: one track utilizes chanted vocals ("The Right Time") while another sounds just like what the title declaims ("The Rock Thing"). At this point, no two Jack DeJohnette albums were heading in the same stylistic direction.

Recorded at Willow, New York in March 1974 and at Bearsville Studio, Bearsville, New York in May 1974.