{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Special Identity | type = Album | artist = Joanne Brackeen | cover = Special Identity.jpg | alt = | released = 1982 | recorded = December 8–9, 1981 | venue = | studio = Minot Sound, White Plains, NY | genre = Jazz | length = 38:37 | label = Antilles<br>AN 1001 | producer = Helen Keane | chronology = Joanne Brackeen | prev_title = Ancient Dynasty | prev_year = 1980 | next_title = Havin' Fun | next_year = 1985 }}
'''''Special Identity''''' is an album by American pianist Joanne Brackeen, recorded in 1981 and released on the Antilles label.<ref>Ziegler, F. [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/antilles.htm Antilles Records Listing] accessed February 14, 2017</ref><ref>[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Antilles_1000.htm Jazzlists: Antilles 1000 series discography] accessed February 14, 2017</ref>
== Reception == {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allmusic" /> |rev3 = ''The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide'' | rev3Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=RSJRG>{{Cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | year = 1985 | title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | location = USA | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | pages = 28–29 }}</ref> | rev2 = ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' | rev2Score = {{rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="Penguin Guide"/> }} ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' called it "one of the high points" of her catalogue, stating "it's a beautifully crafted set with a characteristic integration of three voices, not just piano-plus-rhythm, but it's marred by an unsympathetic mix that always seems to be focussing on one element at a time".<ref name="Penguin Guide">{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2=Brian Morton |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD|edition = 3rd|series = The Penguin Guide to Jazz|year = 1996|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn = 014051368X|pages = 156–157}}</ref> AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated "The potentially forbidding music (which has advanced modal-based solos) is often surprisingly accessible and full of subtle surprises and close interplay by the musicians. Although not her definitive release, this album keeps Joanne Brackeen's record perfect; every one of her recordings stands up well over time".<ref name="Allmusic">{{allMusic|class=album|id=mw0000651584|first=Scott|last=Yanow|label=Joanne Brackeen – ''Special Identity'': Review|accessdate=February 14, 2017}}</ref>
==Track listing== All compositions by Joanne Brackeen.
# "Special Identity" – 8:53 # "Mystic Touch" – 5:53 # "Egyptian Dune Dance" – 5:02 # "Enchance" – 5:49 # "Einstein" – 6:50 # "Evening in Concert" – 7:42 # "Friday the Thirteenth" – 5:16
==Personnel== *Joanne Brackeen – piano *Eddie Gómez – bass *Jack DeJohnette – drums
==References== {{reflist}} {{Joanne Brackeen}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Joanne Brackeen albums Category:1981 albums Category:Antilles Records albums