1993 studio album by Jack DeJohnette
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [ 1]
Music for the Fifth World is an album by Jack DeJohnette , featuring performances with Will Calhoun , Michael Cain , Vernon Reid , Lonnie Plaxico and John Scofield plus vocalists, recorded in 1992 and released on the Manhattan label in 1993.[ 2]
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "The music is stimulating if not as essential as DeJohnette's earlier work with Special Edition".[ 1] A JazzTimes reviewer selected it in 2012 as one of DeJohnette's key albums and described it as an "ambitious homage to Native American culture".[ 3]
All compositions by Jack DeJohnette except as indicated "Fifth World Anthem" – 9:27 "Dohiyi Circle No. 1" (Joan Henry) – 2:56 "Miles" – 8:15 "Two Guitar Chant/Dohiyi (DeJohnette, Henry) – 5:16 "Deception Blues" – 4:55 "Witchi-Tai-To" (Jim Pepper additional lyrics by Henry) – 6:11 "Darkness to Light" – 12:34 "Dohiyi Circle No. 2" (Henry) – 2:25 "Aboriginal Dream Time" – 8:10 Recorded at Clinton Studios, N.Y in February, 1992 Jack DeJohnette – drums, vocals, ceremonial drum , keyboards, keyboard bass , synthesizer, percussion Vernon Reid – guitar, vocals John Scofield – guitar Will Calhoun – drums, vocals, ceremonial drum Lonnie Plaxico – bass Michael Cain – piano, synthesizer Robert Rosario – vocals, ceremonial drum Denis Yerry – ceremonial drum Joan Henry – percussion, vocals Farah DeJohnette , Ethel Calhoun – vocals