New Rags Explained

New Rags
Type:Album
Artist:Jack DeJohnette's Directions
Cover:Jack_Dejohnette_Directions_-_New_Rags.jpg
Released:1977
Recorded:May 1977
Studio:Tonstudio Bauer
Ludwigsburg, W. Germany
Genre:Jazz, avant-garde jazz, jazz fusion
Length:40:48
Label:ECM 1103 ST
Producer:Manfred Eicher
Chronology:Jack DeJohnette
Prev Title:Pictures
Prev Year:1977
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Next Year:1978

New Rags is an album by Jack DeJohnette's Directions recorded in May 1977 and released on ECM later that year. The quartet consists saxophonist Alex Foster and rhythm section John Abercrombie, Mike Richmond and DeJohnette himself.

Track listing

All compositions by Jack DeJohnette except as indicated

  1. "Minya's the Mooch" – 11:22
  2. "Lydia" – 3:43
  3. "Flys" (Alex Foster) – 6:05
  4. "New Rags" – 9:08
  5. "Steppin' Thru" (Alex Foster) – 10:30

Personnel

Jack DeJohnette's Direction

Technical personnel