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, New age
Occupations Musician, Composer
Instruments Drums, piano, percussion
Years active 1961 - present
Labels Milestone/Prestige Records, ECM, MCA Records, Blue Note Records, Columbia, Kindred Rhythm
Website Official website

Jack DeJohnette (born 9 August 1942)[1] is an American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer. DeJohnette was born in Chicago, Illinois. Besides the drums, he studied the piano, which he plays on several recordings. 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. He is a dazzling improviser and a clear stylistic successor of Roy Haynes, and two of the greatest drummers of the 1960s, Tony Williams and Elvin Jones.

Since 2003, Jack 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 successfully incorporates elements of free jazz while maintaining the deep groove of an R&B drummer. 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.

Contents

[edit] Discography

[edit] As leader

[edit] Collaborations

With Compost

With Gateway

[edit] As sideman

With Jackie McLean

With Charles Lloyd

  • Dream Weaver (1966)
  • Forest Flower (1966)
  • In Europe (1966)
  • The Flowering Of The Original Charles Lloyd Quartet (1966)
  • Love-In (1967)
  • Journey Within (1967)
  • In The Soviet Union (1967)
  • Soundtrack (1968)

With Herbie Hancock

With Miles Davis

With Joe Henderson

With Bill Evans

With Eric Kloss

  • Sky Shadows (1968)
  • Consciousness! (1970)

With Wayne Shorter

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

With Chick Corea

  • Is (1969)
  • Sundance (1969)

With Lee Konitz

  • Peacemeal (1969)
  • Satori (1974)

With Miroslav Vitous

  • Infinite Search (1969)
  • Magical Shepard (1976)
  • Universal Syncopations (2003)

With Freddie Hubbard

With Joe Farrell

With George Benson

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

With Hubert Laws

  • The Rite of Spring (1971)

With Joe Zawinul

  • Joe Zawinul (1971)

With Sonny Rollins

With John Abercrombie

With Steve Kuhn

  • Trance (1974)

With Keith Jarrett

  • Ruta and Daitya (1975)
  • 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 Sweden (October 1989; live recording)
  • 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
  • At the Deer Head Inn (1992; live recording), Paul Motian replaces DeJohnette
  • 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 — Live in Paris 1999 (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 - Live at Montreux (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 Kenny Wheeler

With Cannonball Adderley

With Collin Walcott

  • Cloud Dance (1976)

With Michael Mantler

  • The Hapless Child and Other Inscrutable Stories (1976)

With McCoy Tyner

With Gary Peacock

With Bill Connors

  • Of Mist and Melting (1977)

With Jan Garbarek

With Terje Rypdal

  • Terje Rypdal/Miroslav Vitous/Jack DeJohnette (1978)
  • To Be Continued (1981)

With Ralph Towner

  • Batik (1978)

With Richie Beirach

  • Elm (1978)

With Mick Goodrick

  • In Pas(s)ing (1978)

With Joanne Brackeen

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

With John McLaughlin

With George Adams

  • Sound Suggestions (1979)

With Pat Metheny

With John Surman

  • The Amazing Adventures of Simon Simon (1981)
  • Invisible Nature (2000)
  • Free and Equal (2001)
  • Brewster´s Rooster (2008)

With Peter Warren

  • Solidarity (1981)

With Chico Freeman

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

With Eero Koivistoinen

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

With Bennie Wallace

  • Twilight Time (1985)

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 Eliane Elias

  • Cross Currents (1987)

With Dave Holland

  • Triplicate (1988)

With Dave Liebman

  • Trio + One (1988)

With Harold Mabern

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

With John Scofield

With Joe Lovano

  • Universal Language (1992)

With Lyle Mays

  • Fictionary (1992)

With Steve Swallow

  • Real Book (1993)

With Richie Beirach

  • Trust (1993)

With Steve Khan

  • Got My Mental (1996)

With Chris Potter

  • Unspoken (1997)

With Kenny Werner

  • A Delicate Balance (1997)

With Teri Roiger

  • Misterioso (1998)

With the World Saxophone Quartet

With D. D. Jackson

  • Anthem (1999)

With Wadada Leo Smith

  • Golden Quartet (2000)
  • America (2009)

With Antonio Farao

  • Thorn (2000)

With Geri Allen

  • The Life of a Song (2004)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Jack DeJohnette:Artist Info

[edit] External links

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