Jack DeJohnette

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

Jack DeJohnette from Chicago began as a pianist and became a drummer. In the 1960s he played in Chicago with AACM musicians, then in Charles Lloyd's quartet with Keith Jarrett. From 1969 to 1972 he was Miles Davis's drummer, including on Bitches Brew. For ECM he recorded with groups of his own, such as Special Edition. From 1983 he was for thirty years the drummer in Keith Jarrett's Standards Trio, with the bassist Gary Peacock. His playing is free and melodic, with a great deal of colour on the cymbals, and suits both standards and free improvisation. He died in 2025.

Listening

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  Silver Hollow · Jack DeJohnette, 1978
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  Ahmad the Terrible · Jack DeJohnette, 1979
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  God Bless the Child · Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette, 1983

Discography

Studio albums

• 1969The Dejohnette Complex
• 1970Have You Heard?
• 1970Round Trip
• 1973Jackeyboard
• 1973Ruta and Daitya
• 1973Song for Wounded Knee
• 1973Time & Space
• 1974Sorcery
• 1975Gateway
• 1976Luv
• 1977Pictures
• 1977Tales of Another
• 1978Batik
• 1978Gateway 2
• 1978New Directions
• 1978Percussion Profiles
• 1979Terje Rypdal & Miroslav Vitous & Jack DeJohnette
• 1980New Directions in Europe
• 1980Special Edition
• 1981To Be Continued
• 1983Walton, Carter & DeJohnette
• 1983Werner Pirchner, Harry Pepl & Jack DeJohnette
• 1984Double, Double You
• 1985The Jack DeJohnette Piano Album
• 1985Works
• 1986In Our Style
• 1986Zebra (soundtrack)
• 1987Irresistible Forces
• 1987The Target
• 1987This Is for You John
• 1990Parallel Realities
• 1992For Evans Sake
• 1992Music for the Fifth World
• 1992Where Legends Dwell
• 1993Fictionary
• 1994Extra Special Edition
• 1995Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
• 1996Dancing With Nature Spirits
• 1997Oneness
• 1998Selim Sivad: A Tribute to Miles Davis
• 2004The Life of a Song
• 2004The Song Is You
• 2005Music From the Hearts of the Masters
• 2005Music in the Key of Om
• 2006The Green Field
• 2007Camp Meeting
• 2007From Miles
• 2007Peace Time
• 2009America
• 2009Music We Are
• 2012Sound Travels
• 2016In Movement
• 2017Blue Maqams
• 2020The Art of the Quartet
• 2021A Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday
• 2021Skyline
• 2025The Art of The Quartet Vol.1 (Remastered)

Other work

• 1970Bitches Brew · Miles Davis
• 1983Standards, Vol. 1 · Keith Jarrett Trio

In School of Rock

The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.

• Jazz Map^NL Map
• After Hours: Session 3^NL Reader

See also

• Sorcery
• Pictures
• New Directions
• Dancing With Nature Spirits
• ECM sound
• Fusion and jazz rock