Zoot Suite
Context
Composition by DeJohnette (11 min 29 s), second track of Special Edition, recorded in March 1979 and released by ECM in 1980. AllMusic gives the album five stars; it is the first by his Special Edition ensembles.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to ECM and European jazz, Free jazz, Neoclassicism, Young Lions. Among the origins and influences of ECM and European jazz: Free jazz, Modal, French jazz, Polish jazz, Free improvisation and European free.