One for Eric
Context
Composition by Jack DeJohnette that opens the first album by his group Special Edition (ECM), recorded in March 1979 in New York with saxophonists David Murray and Arthur Blythe. Special Edition is the first of his groups to be praised by critics; Scott Yanow (AllMusic) gives the album five stars.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to ECM and European jazz. Among the origins and influences of ECM and European jazz: Free jazz, Modal, French jazz, Polish jazz, Free improvisation and European free.