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Infobox musical artist|name = Jack DeJohnette|image = Jack DeJohnette.jpg|caption = DeJohnette in 2006|image_size =|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist|birth_name =|alias =|Born = Birth date|mf=yes|1942|8|9|mf=y
Chicago, Illinois|Chicago , Illinois
United States
|death_date =|genre = Jazz , jazz fusion , new age music|new age |occupation = Musician , composer |instrument = Drum kit|Drums , piano , percussion , melodica |Associated acts =|years_active = 1961–present|label = Milestone Records|Milestone / Prestige Records|Prestige , ECM (record label)|ECM , MCA Records|MCA , Blue Note Records|Blue Note , Columbia Records|Columbia , Kindred Rhythm|website = URL| http://www.jackdejohnette.com|Notable instruments =
Jack DeJohnette (born 9 August 1942)cite web|url= http://riad.usk.pk.edu.pl/~pmj/dejohnette/info.html |title=Jack DeJohnette:Artist Info |publisher=Riad.usk.pk.edu.pl |date=1942-08-09 |accessdate=2011-10-11 is an United States|American jazz drummer , Piano|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 .

Biography


DeJohnette was born in Chicago, Illinois|Chicago , Illinois . Besides the drums, he also studied the piano. He first became known as a member of Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|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 Records|Milestone / Prestige Records|Prestige and ECM (record label)|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 (band)|Compost , a jazz-rock group that did two albums for Columbia Records|Columbia with Bob Moses (musician)|Bob Moses and Harold Vick ; Directions (with John Abercrombie (guitarist)|John Abercrombie , Alex Foster (saxophonist)|Alex Foster , Warren Bernhardt , and Mike Richmond (musician)|Mike Richmond ); New Directions (with Abercrombie, Lester Bowie , and Eddie Gomez ); Gateway (band)|Gateway (with John Abercrombie (guitarist)|John Abercrombie and Dave Holland ); and Special Edition (with David Murray (jazz musician)|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 (musician)|Larry Young (organ) and John McLaughlin (musician)|John McLaughlin (guitar). He also currently appears as a member of the Bruce Hornsby|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.cite web|title=Jack DeJohnette:Biography|url= http://www.jackdejohnette.com/biography|accessdate=16 July 2011

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|NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship for his "significant lifetime contributions have helped to enrich jazz and further the growth of the art form."cite web|title=National Endowment for the Arts Announces the 2012 NEA Jazz Masters|url= http://www.nea.gov/honors/jazz/2012-NEA-Jazz-Masters-Announced.html|accessdate=16 July 2011

Discography


As leader


  • The DeJohnette Complex (Milestone, 1969)

  • Have You Heard? (Jack DeJohnette album)|Have You Heard (Milestone, 1970)

  • Sorcery (Jack DeJohnette album)|Sorcery (Prestige, 1974)

  • Cosmic Chicken (Prestige, 1975)

  • Untitled (Jack DeJohnette album)|Untitled (ECM, 1976)

  • Pictures (Jack DeJohnette album)|Pictures (ECM, 1976)

  • New Rags (ECM, 1977)

  • New Directions (Jack DeJohnette album)|New Directions (ECM, 1978) with John Abercrombie (guitarist)|John Abercrombie , Lester Bowie and Eddie Gomez

  • Special Edition (Jack DeJohnette album)|Special Edition (ECM, 1979) with Arthur Blythe and David Murray (jazz musician)|David Murray

  • New Directions in Europe (ECM, 1980)

  • Tin Can Alley (album)|Tin Can Alley (ECM, 1980) with Chico Freeman , John Purcell and Peter Warren

  • Inflation Blues (ECM, 1982)

  • Album Album (ECM, 1984) with John Purcell and David Murray

  • The Jack DeJohnette Piano Album (1985)

  • Zebra (Jack DeJohnette album)|Zebra (1989) with Lester Bowie

  • In Our Style (DIW, 1986) with David Murray

  • Irresistible Forces (1987)

  • Audio-Visualscapes (1988)

  • Parallel Realities (1990) with Pat Metheny , Herbie Hancock and Dave Holland

  • Earthwalk (1991)

  • Music for the Fifth World (1992)

  • Extra Special Edition (1994)

  • Dancing with Nature Spirits (ECM, 1995)

  • Oneness (Jack DeJohnette album)|Oneness (ECM, 1997)

  • Music in the Key of Om (2005), nominated for a 2006 Grammy Award|Grammy as Best New Age Album

  • Music from the Hearts of the Masters (2005) with Foday Musa Suso

  • The Ripple Effect (album)|The Ripple Effect (2005) with Ben Surman and Foday Musa Suso

  • Hybrids (album)|Hybrids (2005) with Ben Surman and Foday Musa Suso

  • The Elephant Sleeps but Still Remembers (2006) with Bill Frisell

  • Peace Time (2008)

  • Music We Are (2009) with John Patitucci and Danilo Perez

  • Sound Travels (2012)


  • As sideman


    With John Abercrombie (guitarist)|John Abercrombie
  • Timeless (John Abercrombie album)|Timeless (ECM, 1974)

  • Night (John Abercrombie album)|Night (ECM, 1984)

  • With George Adams (musician)|George Adams
  • Sound Suggestions (ECM, 1979)

  • With Cannonball Adderley
  • Lovers (Cannonball Adderley album)|Lovers (1975)

  • With Geri Allen
  • The Life of a Song (2004)

  • With Chet Baker
  • She Was Too Good to Me (1974)

  • With Richard Beirach
  • Elm (album)|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 (album)|Michael Brecker (1986)

  • Tales from the Hudson (1996)

  • ''Don't Try This at Home (1998)

  • Nearness of You (2000)

  • Pilgrimage (2007)

  • With Henry Butler
  • The Village (1987, Impulse& #33; Records|Impulse! )

  • With Alice Coltrane and Carlos Santana
  • Illuminations (Alice Coltrane and Carlos Santana album)|Illuminations (1974)

  • With Compost (band)|Compost
  • Compost (album)|Compost (1971)

  • Life is Round (1973)

  • With Bill Connors
  • Of Mist and Melting (ECM, 1977)

  • With Chick Corea
  • Is (1969)

  • Sundance (album)|Sundance (1969)

  • With Miles Davis
  • Directions (1968–70)

  • Bitches Brew (1969)

  • Miles Davis at Fillmore: Live at the Fillmore East (1970)

  • Live-Evil (Miles Davis album)|Live-Evil (1970)

  • Big Fun (Miles Davis album)|Big Fun (1970)

  • Black Beauty: Live at the Fillmore West (1970)

  • '' Live at the Fillmore East, March 7, 1970: It's About that Time (1970)

  • A Tribute to Jack Johnson (1970)

  • Circle in the Round (1970)

  • On the Corner (1972)

  • With Eliane Elias
  • Cross Currents (1987)

  • With Bill Evans
  • Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival (1968)

  • With Antonio Farao
  • Thorn (2000)

  • With Joe Farrell
  • Joe Farrell Quartet (1970)

  • Moon Germs (1972)

  • With Chico Freeman
  • The Outside Within (1981)

  • Freeman & Freeman (1981)

  • Tradition in Transition (1982)

  • With Jan Garbarek
  • Places (Jan Garbarek album)|Places (1977)

  • With Gateway (band)|Gateway
  • Gateway (Gateway album)|Gateway (1975)

  • Gateway 2 (1977)

  • Homecoming (Gateway album)|Homecoming (1994)

  • In the Moment (album)|In the Moment (1994)

  • With Mick Goodrick
  • In Pas(s)ing (ECM, 1978)

  • With Herbie Hancock
  • Blow-Up (soundtrack)|Blow-Up (1966)

  • The New Standard (1996)

  • With Joe Henderson
  • Tetragon (album)|Tetragon (1968)

  • Power to the People (Joe Henderson album)|Power to the People (1969)

  • Black Is The Color (album)|Black is the Color (1973)

  • Multiple (album)|Multiple (1973)

  • Double Rainbow: The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim (1995)

  • With Dave Holland
  • Triplicate (album)|Triplicate (ECM, 1988)

  • With Freddie Hubbard
  • Straight Life (Freddie Hubbard album)|Straight Life (1970)

  • First Light (Freddie Hubbard album)|First Light (1971)

  • Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine In Concert Volume One (1974)

  • In Concert Volume Two (Freddie Hubbard & Stanley Turrentine album)|In Concert Volume Two (1974)

  • Polar AC (1975)

  • Super Blue (1978)

  • With D. D. Jackson
  • Anthem (1999)

  • With Keith Jarrett
  • Ruta and Daitya (1971)

  • Standards (Jarrett album)|Standards, Vol. 1 (January 1983; studio recording)

  • Standards (Jarrett album)|Standards, Vol. 2 (January 1983; studio recording)

  • Changes (Jarrett album)|Changes (January 1983; studio recording)

  • Standards Live (July 1985; live recording)

  • Still Live (Keith Jarrett album)|Still Live (July 1986; live recording)

  • Changeless (album)|Changeless (October 1987; live recording), a record of free improvisation

  • Standards in Norway (October 1989; live recording)

  • Tribute (Keith Jarrett album)|Tribute (October 1989; live recording), which consists of songs played in tribute to various jazz figures associated with them

  • The Cure (Keith Jarrett album)|The Cure (April 1990; live recording)

  • Bye Bye Blackbird (Keith Jarrett album)|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 (Keith Jarrett album)|Whisper Not (July 1999; live recording)

  • Inside Out (Keith Jarrett album)|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 (Standards Trio album)|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 (Keith Jarrett album)|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 (Keith Jarrett album)|Yesterdays (2009)

  • With Steve Khan
  • Got My Mental (1996)

  • With Eric Kloss
  • Sky Shadows (1968)

  • To Hear is To See& #33; (1969)

  • Consciousness! (1970)

  • With Eero Koivistoinen
  • Picture in Three Colours (1983)

  • Altered Things (1992)

  • With Lee Konitz
  • Peacemeal (1969)

  • Satori (Konitz album)|Satori (1974)

  • With Steve Kuhn
  • Trance (Steve Kuhn album)|Trance (ECM, 1974)

  • With Hubert Laws
  • The Rite of Spring (Hubert Laws album)|The Rite of Spring (CTI, 1971)

  • With Dave Liebman
  • Trio + One (1988)

  • With Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd
  • Dream Weaver (album)|Dream Weaver (1966)

  • Forest Flower (1966)

  • Charles Lloyd in Europe (1966)

  • The Flowering (1966)

  • Love-In (1967)

  • Journey Within (Charles Lloyd album)|Journey Within (1967)

  • Charles Lloyd in the Soviet Union (1967)

  • Soundtrack (Charles Lloyd album)|Soundtrack (1968)

  • With Joe Lovano
  • Universal Language (Joe Lovano album)|Universal Language (Blue Note 1992)

  • 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 (musician)|John McLaughlin
  • Electric Guitarist (1979)

  • With Jackie McLean
  • Jacknife (album)|Jacknife (1966)

  • '' Demon's Dance (1967)

  • With Pat Metheny
  • 80/81 (1980)

  • Song X (1985) with Ornette Coleman

  • With Kalman Olah
  • Always (2006)

  • With Gary Peacock
  • Tales of Another (ECM, 1977)

  • Voice from the Past - Paradigm (ECM, 1981)

  • With Chris Potter (jazz saxophonist)|Chris Potter
  • Unspoken (1997)

  • With Teri Roiger
  • Misterioso (1998)

  • With Sonny Rollins
  • Next Album (1972)

  • Reel Life (Sonny Rollins album)|Reel Life (1982)

  • Falling in Love with Jazz (1989)

  • '' Here's to the People (1991)

  • Old Flames (1993)

  • Sonny Rollins + 3 (1996)

  • This Is What I Do (2000)

  • With Terje Rypdal
  • Terje Rypdal / Miroslav Vitous / Jack DeJohnette (ECM, 1978)

  • To Be Continued (Terje Rypdal album)|To Be Continued (ECM, 1981)

  • With John Scofield
  • Time on My Hands (John Scofield album)|Time on my Hands (1989)

  • With Wayne Shorter
  • Super Nova (Wayne Shorter album)|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
  • The Amazing Adventures of Simon Simon (ECM, 1981)

  • Invisible Nature (ECM, 1999)

  • Free and Equal (ECM, 2001)

  • '' Brewster's Rooster (ECM, 2008)

  • With Steve Swallow
  • Real Book (1993)

  • With Szakcsi Generation
  • 8 Trios for 4 Pianists (2005)

  • With Bobby Timmons
  • Do You Know the Way? (1968)

  • With Ralph Towner
  • Batik (album)|Batik (ECM, 1978)

  • With Trio Beyond
  • Saudades (2007)

  • With Stanley Turrentine
  • Have You Ever Seen the Rain (album)|Have You Ever Seen the Rain (1975)

  • With McCoy Tyner
  • Supertrios (1977)

  • Together (McCoy Tyner album)|Together (1979)

  • 13th House (1982)

  • With Miroslav Vitous
  • Infinite Search (1969)

  • Magical Shepard (1976)

  • Universal Syncopations (2003)

  • With Collin Walcott
  • Cloud Dance (ECM, 1976)

  • With Bennie Wallace
  • Twilight Time (1985)

  • With Peter Warren
  • Solidarity (1981)

  • With Sadao Watanabe (musician)|Sadao Watanabe
  • Round Trip (Sadao Watanabe album)|Round Trip (1974)

  • With Kenny Werner
  • A Delicate Balance (1997)

  • With Kenny Wheeler
  • Gnu High (1975)

  • Deer Wan (1977)

  • Double, Double You (1983)

  • With the World Saxophone Quartet
  • Selim Sivad: a Tribute to Miles Davis (1998)

  • With Joe Zawinul
  • Joe Zawinul (1971)


  • References


    Reflist

    External links


  • http://www.jackdejohnette.com Official website

  • http://www.myspace.com/jackdejohnette Jack DeJohnette's MySpace page

  • http://www.jackdejohnette.com/biography.htm Official biography

  • http://drummerworld.com/drummers/Jack_DeJohnette.html At drummerworld.com

  • http://www.behindthedrums.com/JackDeJohnette.htm Jack DeJohnette at BehindTheDrums.com - discography and equipment list

  • http://riad.usk.pk.edu.pl/~pmj/dejohnette/ Jack DeJohnette page and discography

  • http://www.trovar.com/ECM/ECM.php? artist=DeJohnette Jack DeJohnette on ECM Records

  • http://kairos.biz/j/jackdejohnette.html Photos of Jack DeJohnette in Salzburg

  • http://video.google.com/videoplay? docid=-9058549582014835272& q=Dejohnette& pr=goog-sl& hl=en "Autumn Leaves" by Jack DeJohnette with Keith Jarrett and Gary Peacock

  • http://vicfirth.com/artists/dejohnette.html Vic Firth page with four DeJohnette sample videos

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=S5IYr6Kl86I "Miles Runs The Voodoo Down": October 27, 1969 at Teatro Sistina, Rome, Italy with Miles Davis (tr), Wayne Shorter (ss, ts), Chick Corea (kb), Dave Holland (b), Jack DeJohnette (d)

  • http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php? id=45732 Jack DeJohnette interview at allaboutjazz

  • http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004Z3ZD


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