Just saw the news that Jack Dejohnette passed away, at age 83. Our second great loss in recent months, along with Roy Haynes— two of the most influential, accomplished people ever to play this instrument. […]
Category: Jack Dejohnette
Transcription: Jack Dejohnette – On Green Dolphin St.
You can support this site by purchasing this transcription on Patreon. Here is Jack Dejohnette playing duo with Lee Konitz, on the head of Green Dolphin St., and the first chorus of Konitz’s solo, on […]
Groove o’ the day: Jack Dejohnette – 47th Groove
This is from kind of a dark horse album, Irresistible Forces, by Jack Dejohnette’s Special Edition— under which name he released several records between 1980-94, with different lineups. I listened to the next record a […]
Transcription: Jack Dejohnette – Boo Ann’s Grand
Jack Dejohnette open drum solo from Boo Ann’s Grand, on the Jackie McLean 1967 album Demon’s Dance. Tempo is about 241— about as fast you can do this kind of stuff. This is burning for […]
Transcription: Jack Dejohnette – Tumbleweed – 01
Jack Dejohnette playing on Tumbleweed, from Michael Brecker’s album Pilgramage— released a few months after his death. This is the type of playing much of what we do here is in service of. For a […]
Daily best music in the world: Moon Germs
I have some commitments out of town right the next couple of weeks, and will be posting very lightly, so here’s a record I listen to a lot in college, that I need to get […]
Transcription: Jack Dejohnette – Gentle Rain
This tune shows you one way of opening up a Bossa Nova groove, in a modern jazz setting. It’s Jack Dejohnette playing on Gentle Rain, from George Benson’s album Beyond The Blue Horizon. I’m listening […]
Best books: The Art of Modern Jazz Drumming – Dejohnette / Perry
“As our mental image becomes more precise, we are better able to select muscle movements which will achieve our goals quickly, efficiently, and accurately.” I’m surprised I haven’t written much about this book already— The […]
Groove o’ the day: Jack Dejohnette – Polar AC
Jack Dejohnette playing a straight 8th groove on Freddie Hubbard’s Polar AC. This gets called an ECM feel today, but maybe we should start calling it a CTI feel. Change it up, direct people to […]
Groove o’ the day: Jack Dejohnette – Soft Blue
Another item from Jack Dejohnette, playing on Jackie McLean’s album Jackknife— Dejohnette’s first major recording, made when he was 24 years old. We’ve seen a couple of other things from this album, a groove o’ […]
Groove o’ the day: Jack Dejohnette – Fiesta
A bright samba groove played by Jack Dejohnette on Fiesta, from Stan Getz’ My Foolish Heart album— a live record from the mid-70s. Tempo is about half note = 130. Here’s the very beginning of […]
Dejohnette patterns
UPDATE: Oops, there’s a duplicate pattern in there— I think pattern 9 happens three times. And I got sloppy with my beaming standard. Oh well, it happens when you’re rushing to post stuff. Some […]