Jack DeJohnette

Jack DeJohnette is genuinely one of those musicians who makes you rethink what a drummer is even supposed to do — the man doesn't just keep time, he sculpts the entire conversation happening around him. Growing up in Chicago will do that to you, I guess. His decade-plus partnership with Keith Jarrett in that iconic trio with Gary Peacock produced some of the most emotionally charged live jazz recordings I've ever heard, and his earlier work with Miles Davis on "Bitches Brew" is the kind of session that permanently bends your idea of what jazz can be. The fact that he's also a serious pianist and composer just feels almost unfair to everyone else. He was still releasing music past eighty — this is what a life fully given over to a craft looks like.

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Name (English)

Jack DeJohnette

Name (Japanese)

ジャック・ディジョネット

Reading

じゃっく・でぃじょねっと

Born

August 9, 1942 – October 26, 2025

Origin

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Occupation

jazz drummer / composer / jazz pianist / musician / percussionist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Horse

• Official sitehttps://www.jackdejohnette.com
• Xhttps://x.com/DeJohnetteMusic
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20DeJohnette
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%8D%E3%83%83%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q349146

Tags

• Illinois
• jazz drummer
• composer
• jazz pianist

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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