Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette (born August 9, 1942) is an American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer.
An important figure of the fusion era of jazz, DeJohnette is one of the most influential jazz drummers of the 20th century, given his extensive work as leader and sideman for musicians including Charles Lloyd, Freddie Hubbard, Keith Jarrett, John Abercrombie, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Joe Henderson, and John Scofield. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2007.
Biography
Early life and musical beginnings
DeJohnette was born in Chicago, Illinois. He began his musical career as a piano player, studying from age four and first playing professionally at age fourteen, but he would later switch focus to the drums, for which he is known. DeJohnette would later credit an uncle, Roy I. Wood Sr., as the person in his life who inspired him to play music. Wood was a Chicago disc jockey who would later become vice president of the National Network of Black Broadcasters.
DeJohnette began his musical career on piano, then adding drums and eventually focussing on the latter, playing R&B, hard bop, and avant-garde music in Chicago. He led his own groups while playing in so-called loft concerts with Richard Abrams, Roscoe Mitchell and other eventual core members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (founded in 1965). He also occasionally performed with Sun Ra and his Arkestra (and later in New York as well). In the early 1960s, DeJohnette had the opportunity to sit in for three tunes with John Coltrane and his quintet, an early foray into playing with big name jazz musicians.
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ALBUMS
- Special Edition released: 2012
- Sound Travels released: 2012
- America released: 2009
- Music We Are released: 2009
- Peace Time released: 2007
- The Elephant Sleeps but Still Remembers released: 2006
- Music From the Hearts of the Masters released: 2005
- The Song Is You released: 2004
- The Life of a Song released: 2004
- Invisible Nature released: 2002
- Gateway 2 released: 2000
- Oneness released: 1997
- Extra Special Edition 1994 released: 1994
- Ruta and Daitya released: 1993
- Parallel Realities Live... released: 1992
- Earth Walk released: 1991
- The Dejohnette Complex released: 1991
- Parallel Realities released: 1990
- This Is for You John released: 1987
- Irresistible Forces released: 1987
- Walton, Carter & DeJohnette released: 1986
- In Our Style released: 1986
- The Jack DeJohnette Piano Album released: 1985
- Pictures released: 1983
- Special Edition released: 1980
- New Directions In Europe released: 1979
- Terje Rypdal / Miroslav Vitous / Jack DeJohnette released: 1979
- Gateway released: 1975
- New Directions released:
- Music For The Fifth World released:
- Selected Recordings [:rarum] released:
- Sorcery released:
- Zebra released:
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