Jack DeJohnette

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Jack DeJohnette

DeJohnette in 2006
Background information
Born August 9, 1942(1942-08-09)
Chicago, Illinois United States
Genres Jazz, jazz fusion, new age
Occupations Musician, composer
Instruments Drums, piano, percussion, melodica
Years active 1961–present
Labels Milestone/Prestige, ECM, MCA, Blue Note, Columbia, Kindred Rhythm
Website www.jackdejohnette.com

Jack DeJohnette (born 9 August 1942)[1] 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 Rollins.

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[edit] Biography

DeJohnette was born in Chicago, Illinois. Besides the drums, he also studied the piano. He first became known as a member of Charles Lloyd's band, a group that pianist Keith Jarrett also was a part of at that time. He played with Bill Evans in 1968 on the acclaimed Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival, and from 1969 to 1972 played with Miles Davis. In the 1970s he recorded for Milestone/Prestige and ECM. He also appeared widely on ECM as a sideman. Since then he has recorded for MCA Records, Blue Note Records, and Kindred Rhythm.

DeJohnette has led several groups since the early-1970s, including Compost, a jazz-rock group that did two albums for Columbia with Bob Moses and Harold Vick; Directions (with John Abercrombie, Alex Foster, Warren Bernhardt, and Mike Richmond); New Directions (with Abercrombie, Lester Bowie, and Eddie Gomez); Gateway (with John Abercrombie and Dave Holland); and Special Edition (with David Murray, Chico Freeman, Arthur Blythe, Peter Warren, and others). Since the 1980s, he has been a member of what has become known as Keith Jarrett's Standards Trio alongside Jarrett and Gary Peacock.

Since 2003, DeJohnette has been part of Trio Beyond with fellow musicians Larry Goldings (organ) and John Scofield (guitar). The trio was set up in tribute to The Tony Williams Lifetime trio led by Williams with Larry Young (organ) and John McLaughlin (guitar). He also currently appears as a member of the Bruce Hornsby Trio. In February, 2009, DeJohnette received the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album, Peace Time.

DeJohnette's most current project as of 2010 is Jack DeJohnette Group, featuring Rudresh Mahanthappa on alto saxophone, David Fiuczynski on double-neck guitar, George Colligan on keyboards and piano, and long-time associate Jerome Harris on electric and acoustic bass guitars.[2]

DeJohnette successfully incorporates elements of free jazz and world music, while maintaining the deep grooves of jazz and R&B drummers. His exceptional experience of time and style, combined with astounding improvisational ingenuity, make him one of the most highly regarded and in-demand drummers. He also occasionally appears on piano, on his own recordings.

In 2012, DeJohnette will be awarded an NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship for his "significant lifetime contributions have helped to enrich jazz and further the growth of the art form."[3]

[edit] Discography

[edit] As leader

[edit] As sideman

With John Abercrombie

With George Adams

With Cannonball Adderley

With Geri Allen

  • The Life of a Song (2004)

With Chet Baker

  • She Was Too Good to Me (1974)

With Richard Beirach

  • Elm (ECM, 1979)
  • Trust (1993)

With George Benson

  • Beyond the Blue Horizon (1971)
  • Body Talk (1972)

With Joanne Brackeen

  • Keyed In (1979)
  • Special Identity (1981)

With Michael Brecker

  • Michael Brecker (1986)
  • Tales from the Hudson (1996)
  • Don't Try This at Home (1998)
  • Nearness of You (2000)
  • Pilgrimage (2007)

With Henry Butler

With Alice Coltrane and Carlos Santana

With Compost

With Bill Connors

With Chick Corea

With Miles Davis

With Paul Desmond

With Eliane Elias

  • Cross Currents (1987)

With Bill Evans

With Antonio Farao

  • Thorn (2000)

With Joe Farrell

With Chico Freeman

  • The Outside Within (1981)
  • Freeman & Freeman (1981)
  • Tradition in Transition (1982)

With Jan Garbarek

With Gateway

With Mick Goodrick

With Herbie Hancock

With Joe Henderson

With Dave Holland

With Freddie Hubbard

With D. D. Jackson

  • Anthem (1999)

With Keith Jarrett

  • Ruta and Daitya (1971)
  • Standards, Vol. 1 (January 1983; studio recording)
  • Standards, Vol. 2 (January 1983; studio recording)
  • Changes (January 1983; studio recording)
  • Standards Live (July 1985; live recording)
  • Still Live (July 1986; live recording)
  • Changeless (October 1987; live recording), a record of free improvisation
  • Standards in Norway (October 1989; live recording)
  • Tribute (October 1989; live recording), which consists of songs played in tribute to various jazz figures associated with them
  • The Cure (April 1990; live recording)
  • Bye Bye Blackbird (October 1991; studio recording), a tribute to the recently deceased Miles Davis
  • Keith Jarrett at the Blue Note (June 1994; live recording), a six-disc boxed set that documents three nights (six sets) in the famous New York City nightclub
  • Tokyo '96 (March 1996; live recording)
  • Whisper Not (July 1999; live recording)
  • Inside Out (July 2000; live recording), a record of free improvisation
  • Always Let Me Go (April 2001; live recording), a double album of free improvisation
  • The Out-of-Towners (July 2001; live recording)
  • Up for It - Live in Juan-les-Pins, July 2002 (July 2002; live recording)
  • My Foolish Heart (July 2001; a double album of a live recording, Montreux Jazz Festival 2001)
  • Setting Standards - New York Sessions (2008; 3CD set of the first three albums by the trio: Standards1, Standards2, Changes from 1983)
  • Yesterdays (2009)

With Steve Khan

  • Got My Mental (1996)

With Eric Kloss

  • Sky Shadows (1968)
  • To Hear is To See! (1969)
  • Consciousness! (1970)

With Eero Koivistoinen

  • Picture in Three Colours (1983)
  • Altered Things (1992)

With Lee Konitz

  • Peacemeal (1969)
  • Satori (1974)

With Steve Kuhn

With Hubert Laws

With Dave Liebman

  • Trio + One (1988)

With Charles Lloyd

With Joe Lovano

With Harold Mabern

  • Straight Street (1989)
  • The Leading Man (1993)

With Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green

  • Apex (2010)

With Michael Mantler

  • The Hapless Child and Other Inscrutable Stories (1976)

With Lyle Mays

  • Fictionary (1992)

With John McLaughlin

With Jackie McLean

With Pat Metheny

With Kalman Olah

  • Always (2006)

With Gary Peacock

With Chris Potter

  • Unspoken (1997)

With Teri Roiger

  • Misterioso (1998)

With Sonny Rollins

With Terje Rypdal

With John Scofield

With Wayne Shorter

  • Super Nova (1969)
  • Tribute to John Coltrane: Live under the Sky (1987)

With Wadada Leo Smith

  • Golden Quartet (2000)
  • America (Tzadik, 2009)

With John Surman

With Steve Swallow

  • Real Book (1993)

With Gábor Szabó

With Szakcsi Generation

  • 8 Trios for 4 Pianists (2005)

With Bobby Timmons

With Ralph Towner

With Trio Beyond

With Stanley Turrentine

With McCoy Tyner

With Miroslav Vitous

With Collin Walcott

With Bennie Wallace

  • Twilight Time (1985)

With Peter Warren

  • Solidarity (1981)

With Sadao Watanabe

With Kenny Werner

  • A Delicate Balance (1997)

With Kenny Wheeler

With the World Saxophone Quartet

With Joe Zawinul

  • Joe Zawinul (1971)

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Jack DeJohnette:Artist Info". Riad.usk.pk.edu.pl. 1942-08-09. http://riad.usk.pk.edu.pl/~pmj/dejohnette/info.html. Retrieved 2011-10-11. 
  2. ^ "Jack DeJohnette:Biography". http://www.jackdejohnette.com/biography. Retrieved 16 July 2011. 
  3. ^ "National Endowment for the Arts Announces the 2012 NEA Jazz Masters". http://www.nea.gov/honors/jazz/2012-NEA-Jazz-Masters-Announced.html. Retrieved 16 July 2011. 

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