Tin Can Alley (album)

Tin Can Alley
Studio album by
Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition
Released1981
RecordedSeptember 1980
StudioTonstudio Bauer
Ludwigsburg, West Germany
GenreJazz
LabelECM 1189
ProducerManfred Eicher
Jack DeJohnette chronology
In Europe
(1980) 		Tin Can Alley
(1981) 		Inflation Blues
(1983)

Tin Can Alley is a studio album by Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition recorded in September 1980 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet features saxophonists Chico Freeman and John Purcell and bassist Peter Warren.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "The wide-ranging music on this fine set ranges from African rhythms and colors reminiscent of Duke Ellington to some boppish moments and a bit of light funk. Although not the most powerful version of Special Edition, this set is recommended."[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Jack DeJohnette except as indicated

  1. "Tin Can Alley" - 10:46
  2. "Pastel Rhapsody" - 13:29
  3. "Riff Raff" (Peter Warren) - 6:54
  4. "The Gri Gri Man" - 4:44
  5. "I Know" - 10:19

Personnel

Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition

References

  1. ^ Jack DeJohnette discography accessed 10 September 2009
  2. ^ AllMusic Review
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 60. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 365. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed 10 September 2009