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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 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.

Discography

As leader

• The DeJohnette Complex (1968)
• Have You Heard (1970)
• Sorcery (1974)
• Cosmic Chicken (1975)
• Untitled (1976)
• Pictures (1976)
• New Rags (1977)
• New Directions (1978) with John Abercrombie, Lester Bowie and Eddie Gomez
• Special Edition (1979) with Arthur Blythe and David Murray
• New Directions in Europe (1980)
• Tin Can Alley (1980) with Chico Freeman, John Purcell and Peter Warren
• Inflation Blues (1982)
• Album Album (1984) with Arthur Blythe and David Murray
• The Jack DeJohnette Piano Album (1985)
• "Zebra" (1989) with Lester Bowie
• In Our Style (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 (1995)
• Oneness (1997)
• Music in the Key of Om (2005), nominated for a 2006 Grammy as Best New Age Album
• Music from the Hearts of the Masters (2005) with Foday Musa Suso
• The Ripple Effect (2005) with Ben Surman and Foday Musa Suso
• Hybrids (2005) with Ben Surman and Foday Musa Suso
• The Elephant Sleeps but Still Remembers (2006) with Bill Frisell
• Saudades (2007)
• Peace Time (2008)
• Music We Are (2009) with John Patitucci and Danilo Perez

Collaborations

With Compost

• Compost (1971)
• Life is Round (1973)

With Gateway

• Gateway (1975)
• Gateway 2 (1977)
• Homecoming (1994)
• In the Moment (1994)

As sideman

With Jackie McLean

• Jacknife (1966)
• Demon's Dance (1967)

With Charles Lloyd

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

With Herbie Hancock

• Blow-Up (1966)
• The New Standard (1996)

With Miles Davis

• Directions (1968-70)
• Bitches Brew (1969)
• Miles Davis at Fillmore: Live at the Fillmore East (1970)
• Live-Evil (1970)
• 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 Joe Henderson

• Tetragon (1968)
• Power to the People (1969)
• Black is the Color (1973)
• Multiple (1973)
• Double Rainbow: The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim (1995)

With Bill Evans

• Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival (1968)

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

• Straight Life (1970)
• First Light (1971)
• Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine In Concert Volume One (1974)
• In Concert Volume Two (1974)
• Polar AC (1975)
• Super Blue (1978)

With Joe Farrell

• Joe Farrell Quartet (1970)
• Moon Germs (1972)

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

• Next Album (1972)
• 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 John Abercrombie

• Timeless (1974)
• Night (1984)

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

• Gnu High (1975)
• Deer Wan (1977)
• Double, Double You (1983)

With Cannonball Adderley

• Lovers (1975)

With Stanley Turrentine'

• Have You Ever Seen the Rain (1975)

With Collin Walcott

• Cloud Dance (1976)

With Michael Mantler

• The Hapless Child and Other Inscrutable Stories (1976)

With McCoy Tyner

• Supertrios (1977)
• Together (1979)
• 13th House (1982)

With Gary Peacock

• Tales Of Another (1977)
• Voice From The Past - Paradigm (1981)

With Bill Connors

• Of Mist and Melting (1977)

With Jan Garbarek

• Places (1977)

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

• Electric Guitarist (1979)

With George Adams

• Sound Suggestions (1979)

With Pat Metheny

• 80/81 (1980)
• Song X (1985) with Ornette Coleman

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

• Time on my Hands (1989)

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

• Selim Sivad: a Tribute to Miles Davis (1998)

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)

References

External links

• Official website
• Jack DeJohnette's MySpace page
• Official biography
• At drummerworld.com
• Jack DeJohnette at BehindTheDrums.com - discography and equipment list
• Jack DeJohnette page and discography
• Jack DeJohnette on ECM Records
• Photos of Jack DeJohnette in Salzburg
• "Autumn Leaves" by Jack DeJohnette with Keith Jarrett and Gary Peacock
• Vic Firth page with four DeJohnette sample videos
• "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)
• Jack DeJohnette interview at allaboutjazz
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