Sound Travels

Sound Travels is an album by drummer and composer Jack DeJohnette recorded in 2011 and released on the eOne Music/Golden Beams label.[1] The song "Dirty Ground" would later be included on the 2017 album Hudson.[2]

Sound Travels
Studio album by Jack DeJohnette
Released	January 17, 2012
Recorded	2011
Studio	Avatar Studios in NYC, The Clubhouse in Rheinbeck NY, Bass Hit Studios in NYC, Hornsby Studio
Genre	Jazz, World music
Length	46:14
Label	eOne/Golden Beams EOM-CD-2403
Producer	Robert Sadin
Jack DeJohnette chronology
Music We Are (2009) Sound Travels (2012) Made in Chicago (2013)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
All About Jazz	[4]
PopMatters	[5]

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states, "Sound Travels is a current, understated, well-disciplined glimpse into DeJohnette's current musical world view, which is worth celebrating for its own sake".[3] All About Jazz reviewer John Kelman said, "As he heads into his eighth decade on the planet and approaches his sixth in music, DeJohnette is clearly healthy, happy and on a creative roll. Sound Travels is a powerful celebration, culmination and affirmation of an artist who may be paying it forward to his younger players, but remains the humble and appreciative reciprocal recipient on a collaborative date where there's little to prove but plenty to say".[4] PopMatters' John Garratt said, "Sound Travels may not contribute new and radical ideas to Jack DeJohnette’s overall canon of works, but it is a fun, catchy by-product of his “me-time,” relaxed and competing for nothing".[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Jack DeJohnette except where noted.

1. "Enter Here" – 2:14
2. "Salsa for Luisoto" (DeJohnette, Bruce Hornsby) – 6:56
3. "Dirty Ground" – 4:49
4. "New Muse" – 6:02
5. "Sonny Light" – 5:41
6. "Sound Travels" – 1:42
7. "Oneness" – 5:57
8. "Indigo Dreamscapes" – 8:02
9. "Home" – 4:34

Personnel

• Jack DeJohnette – drums, piano, resonating bells
• Ambrose Akinmusire – trumpet (tracks 2, 4 & 5)
• Tim Ries – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone (tracks 3–5 & 8)
• Lionel Loueke – electric guitar (tracks 2, 3 & 6)
• Esperanza Spalding – bass, electric bass, vocals (tracks 2–6 & 8)
• Luisito Quintero – percussion, vocals (tracks 2, 3 & 5–8)
• Jason Moran – piano (track 8)
• Bruce Hornsby – vocals (track 2)
• Bobby McFerrin – vocals, percussion (track 7)

References

1. Jack DeJohnette catalog accessed February 20, 2017
2. Tunis, Walter (19 July 2017). "Quartet of jazz giants unite for a new group and album: 'Hudson'". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
3. Jurek, Thom. Jack DeJohnette – Sound Travels > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
4. Kelman, John (January 9, 2012). "Jack DeJohnette: Sound Travels". Musical reviews. All About Jazz.
5. Garrett, John (February 12, 2012). "Jack DeJohnette: Sound Travels". popmatters.com. Retrieved February 20, 2017.