RIP Jack DeJohnette
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He passed a day or two ago, but I felt he needed a shoutout here.
Jackie DeJohnette was one of the greatest drummers to ever hold a pair of sticks. Who he played with is legendary and his playing inspired too many great players to mention.
He performed with John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Charles Lloyd, Sonny Rollins, Keith Jarrett, Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Ornette Coleman, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, to name just a few.
I saw him with Ornette Coleman and with Pat Metheny, and while he wasn't a personal favorite of mine he was a master, a legend and I bow to his greatness.
If there was a Mount Rushmore of jazz drummers he would be on it, and if there was one for greatest drummers of all time he might be there.
Jackie DeJohnette was a master drummer, and there are very few of the legends of the '50s/'60s golden jazz era left. Charles Lloyd, Herbie Hancock and Ron Carter are still touring and playing well, Sonny Rollins at 95 is still living but not playing, and I suppose there might be a few others who could be included, but DeJohnette was one of the very best.
On the positive side, there are others who continue to come along who are brilliant in their own right.
And that's far out, but today we say RIP to the great Jack DeJohnette.
On it goes.
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The 2 Gateway trio albums w
The 2 Gateway trio albums w/John Abercrombie & Dave Holland. The 2 Directions albums again w/Abercrombie. Worked with Ralph Towner, Keith Jarrett, Terje Rypdal. These are in my wax collection, and others for sure. RIP, long live ECM Records, I have 11 of his albums or sessions on that label that he plays on.
From ECM's website....American drummer, pianist and composer Jack DeJohnette has worked with some of the most iconic figures in jazz in a career that spans over half a century, developing a unique voice both as instrumentalist and composer and taking part in countless influential sessions that include Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew. His reputation as one of the hardest swinging percussionists, most notably as part of Keith Jarrett’s so-called standards trio, precedes him.
DeJohnettes collaboration with ECM harks all the way back to the earliest days of the label, performing in duo with Keith Jarrett on Ruta and Daitya, recorded in 1971. From there he would go on to leave a mark on many an influential sessions for the label, including the Gateway trio recordings with Dave Holland and John Abercrombie, his Directions band, the Special Edition group, Keith Jarrett’s standards trio, projects with various figures from the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) and too many more to list here. To date, he is the most recorded artist on the label.
There’s a sly urgency in Jack DeJohnette’s backbeat, which combines a strong forward pull with something cagey and equivocal. That rhythmic signature is crucial to the feel of some Miles Davis albums from the early 1970s and a range of other music since.
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His work with Billy Cobham on
His work with Billy Cobham on Miles Davis' Jack Johnson album drives the vibe of that fantastic record.
A long and varied creative legacy.
R.I.P.
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Love his subtle work on Lloyd
Love his subtle work on Lloyd's Forest Flower.