Jazz Articles about Jack DeJohnette

Jack DeJohnette: Music We Are & America

by Jeff Stockton
September 5, 2009

Jack DeJohnette/John Patitucci/Danilo Perez Music We Are Kindred Rhythm 2009 Jack DeJohnette/Wadada Leo Smith America Tzadik 2009

It's been a while since Jack DeJohnette made a CD as a leader that fit so perfectly into the jazz genre as Music We Are, a straightforward recording of his trio with ...

John Surman: Brewster's Rooster

by John Kelman
July 29, 2009

After a string of more jazz-centric ECM releases--1992's relatively free Adventure Playground, the large ensemble of 1993's The Brass Project, and the only document of his ongoing quartet with pianist John Taylor, bassist Chris Laurence and drummer John Marshall, 1994's Stranger Than Fiction--saxophonist John Surman's subsequent output for the label has consisted of unorthodox but no less intriguing projects. From solo recordings (1995's A Biography of The Rev. Absalom Dawe) and works for saxophone/bass clarinet and string ensemble (2007's The ...

Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette: Setting Standards - New York Sessions

by Nenad Georgievski
December 5, 2008

Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnetteSetting Standards - New York SessionsECM Records2008

There are plenty of pianists in this world who are masters of their instruments, but no one plays the piano like Keith Jarrett. In a career that has been going forward and upward for 40 years, there are plenty of anniversaries for various bands and landmark albums--Jarrett has enjoyed one of the most fulfilling careers ...

Joe Henderson: Power to the People

by Tom Greenland
July 7, 2008

Joe Henderson enjoyed widespread popularity only late in his career, when his cover albums for Verve achieved high (for jazz) sales figures, but since the early '60s he had been making excellent records, both as a sideman and a leader. Here at last is 1969's Power to the People, one of his best recordings made for Orrin Keepnews' Milestone label, previously available only as part of the boxed set The Milestone Years. Power to the People features ...

Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette: My Foolish Heart

by Nenad Georgievski
May 11, 2008

There's not a whole lot 63 year-old jazz legend Keith Jarrett hasn't achieved in his illustrious forty year career as a recording and performing artist. He has recorded more than fifty albums in various formats, and each project has a special significance for his fans. The Keith Jarrett Trio has come a long way from its bright start in 1983. The success of three consecutive albums, two of jazz standards--Standards, Vol.1 (ECM, 1985) and Standards, Vol. 2 (ECM, 1985)--and the ...

Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette: My Foolish Heart

by Joel Roberts
March 16, 2008

Listeners have come to expect several things from the trio of Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette in the 25 years that the group's been engaged in its extended modernist exploration of the Great American Songbook: remarkable musicianship, extreme seriousness and a fairly predictable repertoire. That's what makes the trio's 18th release on the ECM label, somewhat of a surprise. A complete, nearly two-hour concert recorded in 2001, My Foolish Heart finds Jarrett and company in ...

Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette: Setting Standards: New York Sessions

by Budd Kopman
February 14, 2008

From the first groan emitted by pianist Keith Jarrett on “Meaning Of The Blues," from Standards, Vol. 1 (ECM, 1985), to the last seconds of the ending cadence of “Prism," from Changes (ECM, 1984) and everything in between, the music and playing on Setting Standards: New York Sessions--a three-CD box that collects these two titles along with Standards, Vol. 2 (ECM, 1985)--signals its unique place in jazz history. The music is timeless, not only because the first ...