| Special Edition | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Jack DeJohnette |
| Cover: | Special Edition (Jack DeJohnette album).jpg |
| Released: | 1980 |
| Recorded: | March 1979 |
| Studio: | Generation Sound Studios New York City |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 39:06 |
| Label: | ECM 1152 |
| Producer: | Jack DeJohnette |
| Prev Title: | Terje Rypdal / Miroslav Vitous / Jack DeJohnette |
| Prev Year: | 1978 |
| Next Title: | In Europe |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
Special Edition is an album by American jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette recorded in March 1979 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet features reed players David Murray and Arthur Blythe and bassist and cellist Slip Warren.
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "The first (and mightiest) of Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition ensembles offered a sound that in many ways was revolutionary in modern contemporary and creative improvised music circa 1980... This CD deserves a definitive five-star rating for the lofty place it commands in the evolution of jazz headed toward new heights and horizons".[1]
A JazzTimes reviewer selected it in 2012 as one of DeJohnette's key albums.[2]
All compositions by Jack DeJohnette except as indicated