Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette (1942-2025) was an American jazz drummer, pianist and composer from Chicago. He played in the Charles Lloyd Quartet and in Miles Davis's electric band at the turn of the 1970s, and worked with Keith Jarrett for decades, above all in his standards trio. He recorded widely for ECM as leader and sideman, and was named an NEA Jazz Master in 2012. Jack DeJohnette studied piano from the age of four before switching to drums. He was the main drummer on Miles Davis's Bitches Brew and also played on Live-Evil and Jack Johnson.
Ruta And Daitya (LP)
Original Japanese edition on ECM's "Trio Jazz Mania" series of the 1973 album. With insert and obi.
Firebird (LP)
Original and sole edition on CTI Records of the 1975 Japan-only 2LP compilation featuring Ron Carter, Billy Cobham, Jack DeJohnette, Airto Moreira and Freddie Hubbard.
Trio + One (LP)
Original edition of the 1988 France-only album on Owl featuring Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette.
Journey Within (LP)
Original 1967 Italian edition on Atlantic/RI-FI of the 1966 album featuring Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette.
Journey Within (LP)
Original US edition on Atlantic of the 1967 live album featuring Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette.
Love-In (LP)
Original US edition on Atlantic of the 1967 live album featuring Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette.
Stanley Turrentine, Jack DeJohnette, George Benson, Eumir Deodato, Airto Moreira, Freddie Hubbard, Milt Jackson, Ron Carter, Hubert Laws, Bob James, Grover Washington, Joe Farrell, Johnny Hammond, Hank Crawford
CTI Summer Jazz At The Hollywood Bowl Live Two (LP)Original US edition on CTI of the 1977 album with a live recording from 1972. With original innersleeve.
Supertrios (2LP)
Original Japanese edition on Milestone of the 1977 double-album featuring Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette, Eddie Gomez and Ron Carter. With insert and obi.
Blue Maqams
On Blue Maqams, oud master Anouar Brahem brings his instrument into the very heart of the modern jazz tradition, recording in New York with a band of genuine giants. Bassist Dave Holland, drummer Jack DeJohnette and pianist Django Bates meet Brahem's Arabic maqam vocabulary on its own terms, translating its modal subtleties into the elastic swing, deep groove and open interplay of the highest level of jazz. Holland and DeJohnette, who have decades of shared history, provide a foundation that is …
Of Mist And Melting
In December 1977, at the tail end of a decade he had helped to electrify, Bill Connors brought a nylon-string guitar into Oslo's Talent Studio. Three years earlier, he had walked away from Chick Corea's Return to Forever at the height of its commercial ascent, trading a 200-watt Marshall stack for the spruce-and-cedar intimacy of the classical guitar - a decision that stunned his fusion-era following and quietly redirected the course of his work. Of Mist And Melting, his second leader date for E…
America
Two creative music legends who share a remarkable spiritual connection in their first duo outing. Originally proposed to ECM in 1979 and rejected, this rare musical treasure is a project that has been brewing for thirty years. Featuring six new compositions by one of the most consistently brilliant composer/performers out of the legendary AACM, and telepathic interplay by two virtuoso instrumentalists who have been pushing the musical envelope since the 1960s, Red Trumpet is one of the highlight…
80/81
Widely regarded as one of Pat Metheny's most inspired recordings and now considered a classic of instrumental and improvised music, *80/81* unveiled a bold new dimension of the then-26-year-old guitarist's sonic world. Released in 1980, this groundbreaking album marked Metheny's first collaboration with jazz luminaries from multiple generations, including bassist Charlie Haden, saxophonists Dewey Redman and Michael Brecker, and drummer Jack DeJohnette.
Drawing equally from the freewheeling spiri…
Timeless
*2024 stock* John Abercrombie’s ECM debut Timeless (recorded 1974) has proven to be exactly that. This fiery session with Jack DeJohnette and Jan Hammer still sounds as fresh as the year it was released. “Timeless comes as a major surprise in terms of its depth, scope and inventiveness,” wrote Tim Buckley’s guitarist Lee Underwood in the L.A. Free Press. "[It] indicates that John Abercrombie is a major musical voice of tomorrow.”
Gateway
Joining their newly launched Luminessence audiophile vinyl-reissue series, the legendary imprint, ECM, digs deep into their own vaults and comes up with an absolute gem: the guitarist John Abercrombie, the bassist Dave Holland, and the drummer Jack DeJohnette’s groundbreaking 1975 LP “Gateway”. Rooted in approaches drawn from free jazz and unquestionably springing from both Holland and DeJohnette’s time working in Miles Davis’ electric fusion band at the end of the 1960s and early '70s, it’s a r…
A Love Sonnet For Billie Holiday
A Love Sonnet For Billie Holiday brings Wadada Leo Smith, Jack DeJohnette and Vijay Iyer together for the first time in this meeting of creative giants. Smith first met and played with DeJohnette in the late 1960s and the two have collaborated with increasing frequency since DeJohnette participated in the first recording of Smith´s Golden Quartet more than two decades ago. Smith´s and Iyer´s first collaboration also goes back almost two decades. This recording marks the first time these three un…
Live at Sendai Jazz Festival, Den-ryoku Hall, 20.10.1986
The gifted American pianist Keith Jarrett is one of the jazz world’s greatest musicians. Born in suburban Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1948 with a mixed European cultural heritage, Jarrett was a child prodigy that played piano at the age of two, appeared on television, aged five, and gave his first classical recital, aged seven. After studying at the prestigious Berklee College of Music, he moved to New York in 1964 to perform at the Village Vanguard and then joined Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. D…
After The Fall
Live double album by Keith Jarrett (piano), Gary Peacock (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums), recorded on 14 November 1998 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark: standards and bebop tunes, issued in 2018.
Saudades
Live double album by Trio Beyond, Jack DeJohnette (drums), John Scofield (guitar) and Larry Goldings (Hammond organ, electric piano), playing music associated with Tony Williams and Lifetime. Recorded 21 November 2004 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.
Always Let Me Go
Double live album of freely improvised music by Keith Jarrett (piano), Gary Peacock (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums), recorded in April 2001 at Orchard Hall and Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo. Released by ECM in 2002.
Whisper Not
Live double album by Keith Jarrett's Standards Trio with Gary Peacock (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums): fourteen standards recorded on 5 July 1999 at the Palais des Congrès, Paris. Released by ECM in 2000.
Tribute
The Keith Jarrett trio with Gary Peacock (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums), live at the Kölner Philharmonie on 15 October 1989: standards dedicated to other musicians plus two Jarrett originals. First released by ECM in 1990.
Still Live
The Keith Jarrett trio with Gary Peacock (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums) playing standards live at the Philharmonie, Munich, on 13 July 1986. Produced by Manfred Eicher, first released by ECM in 1988.
Bye Bye Blackbird
Keith Jarrett (piano), Gary Peacock (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums) in a tribute to Miles Davis, recorded on 12 October 1991 at the Power Station, New York, two weeks after his death. Executive producer Manfred Eicher.
Standards Live
First live album by the Keith Jarrett trio with Gary Peacock (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums): six standards recorded on 2 July 1985 at the Palais des Congrès, Paris, produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM 1317, 1986.
Night
John Abercrombie (guitar) with Jan Hammer (keyboards), Jack DeJohnette (drums) and Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone), recorded in April 1984 at Power Station, New York, and mixed at Rainbow Studio, Oslo. Produced by Manfred Eicher.
Double, Double You
Kenny Wheeler album of four original compositions, with Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone), John Taylor (piano), Dave Holland (bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums), recorded in May 1983 at Power Station, New York. Produced by Manfred Eicher.
Standards, Vol. 1
First album of the Keith Jarrett trio with Gary Peacock (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums): five standards recorded at the Power Station, New York, in January 1983, produced by Manfred Eicher and released in 1983.
The Amazing Adventures of Simon Simon
Duo album by John Surman (soprano and baritone saxophones, bass clarinet, synthesizer) and Jack DeJohnette (drums, congas, electric piano), recorded in January 1981 at Talent Studio, Oslo, and first released by ECM in 1981.
Special Edition
The first album by Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition, recorded in March 1979 at Generation Sound Studios, New York, with David Murray (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet), Arthur Blythe (alto saxophone) and Peter Warren (bass, cello). DeJohnette also plays piano and melodica.
New Directions
Jack DeJohnette (drums, piano) with John Abercrombie (guitar, mandolin), Eddie Gomez (double bass) and Lester Bowie (trumpet), recorded in June 1978 at Talent Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher. First released 1978.
Terje Rypdal / Miroslav Vitous / Jack DeJohnette
Cooperative trio of Terje Rypdal (guitar, guitar synthesizer, organ), Miroslav Vitous (double bass, electric piano) and Jack DeJohnette (drums), recorded in June 1978 at Talent Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher. First released 1979.
Batik
Ralph Towner (12-string guitar, classical guitar, piano) in trio with Eddie Gomez (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums): five Towner compositions recorded in January 1978 at Talent Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher. First released 1978.
Gnu High
Kenny Wheeler's first ECM album as leader, with Keith Jarrett (piano), Dave Holland (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums), playing three Wheeler compositions. Recorded June 1975 at Generation Sound Studios, New York, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Cloud Dance
Collin Walcott's first album as leader, released by ECM in 1976: Walcott on sitar and tabla with John Abercrombie (guitar), Dave Holland (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums), recorded in March 1975 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg.
Made In Chicago
Live reunion of AACM associates Jack DeJohnette, Muhal Richard Abrams, Roscoe Mitchell and Henry Threadgill, with Larry Gray, recorded 29 August 2013 at the Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, during the 35th Chicago Jazz Festival.
Brewster's Rooster
Jazz quartet album by John Surman (baritone and soprano saxophones) with John Abercrombie (guitar), Drew Gress (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums). Seven Surman originals plus tunes by John Warren and Billy Strayhorn. Recorded September 2007, Avatar Studios, New York.
Up For It
Keith Jarrett (piano), Gary Peacock (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums) live on 16 July 2002 at La Pinède Gould, Festival de Jazz d'Antibes, Juan-les-Pins: six tunes by other composers and Jarrett's Up for It, released by ECM in 2003.
Free And Equal
Nine-part suite by John Surman (soprano and baritone saxophones, bass clarinet) with Jack DeJohnette (drums, piano) and the ten-piece London Brass, a BBC Radio 3 commission. Recorded live in June 2001 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. ECM 1802, 2003.
Inside Out
Live recording by Keith Jarrett (piano), Gary Peacock (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums): four free improvisations and When I Fall in Love. Recorded 26 and 28 July 2000 at the Royal Festival Hall, London; produced by Manfred Eicher, released by ECM in 2001. CD edition.