Reception

Track listing

All compositions by Jack DeJohnette except as indicated

1. "Equipoise" (Stanley Cowell) - 3:58
2. "The Major General" - 6:34
3. "Miles' Mode" (John Coltrane
   John Coltrane
   John William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...
   
   ) - 6:36
4. "Requiem Number 1" - 2:21
5. "Mirror Image" (Miroslav Vitous) - 5:08
6. "Papa, Daddy and Me" - 7:53
7. "Brown, Warm and Wintry" - 5:02
8. "Requiem Number 2" - 1:41
   • Recorded at Dandon Productions, New York ion December 26 & 27, 1968

Personnel

• Jack DeJohnette
  Jack DeJohnette
  Jack DeJohnette is an American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer. He is one of the most influential jazz drummers of the 20th century, due to extensive work as leader and sideman for musicians like Miles Davis, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Keith Jarrett and Sonny...
  
  : drums
  Drum kit
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  , melodica
  Melodica
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• Bennie Maupin
  Bennie Maupin
  Bennie Maupin is a Detroit Michigan jazz multireedist. He performs on various saxophones, flute and bass clarinet.He is probably best known for his participation in Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi sextet and Headhunters band, and for performing on Miles Davis's seminal fusion record, Bitches Brew...
  
  : tenor saxophone
  Tenor saxophone
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  , wood flute, flute
  Flute
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• Stanley Cowell
  Stanley Cowell
  Stanley Cowell is an American jazz pianist and founder of the Strata-East Records label. He played with Roland Kirk while studying at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and later with Marion Brown, Max Roach, Bobby Hutcherson, Clifford Jordan, Harold Land, Sonny Rollins and Stan Getz...
  
  : electric piano
  Electric piano
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  , piano
  Piano
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• Miroslav Vitous
  Miroslav Vitouš
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  ; bass
  Double bass
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• Eddie Gomez
  Eddie Gomez
  Edgar "Eddie" Gómez is a Puerto Rican jazz double bassist born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, perhaps most notable for his work done with the Bill Evans trio from 1966 to 1977.-Biography:...
  
  : bass
• Roy Haynes
  Roy Haynes
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  : drums, percussion