The first of many valuable things I’m sure we’ll be mining from the Percussive Notes archives. Here Jack Dejohnette, interviewed by Charlie Perry, says something we hopefully already knew, but which bears repeating: P: You […]
Category: Jack Dejohnette
On Jack
There’s a great piece on Jack Dejohnette, by someone who plays with him, over at George Colligan’s Jazz Truth blog— go read. Here’s a bonus DBMITW:
Groove o’ the day: casually provided by Jack Dejohnette
Today’s groove is a little unusual, in that it comes from a YouTube cymbal demo and not from a real record, but since the demo is by Jack Dejohnette, I figured what the heck. He […]
DBMITW: the kind of playing I’d like to hear more of
With hyperactive fast-16th-to-32nd notes kind of dominating drummers’ collective mindspace today, I love hearing some utterly happening 8th note-based playing: Also:
Groove o’ the day: On the Corner
Today we’ve got Jack Dejohnette’s James Brown-like groove on Helen Butte/Mr. Freedom X from Miles Davis’ On The Corner: There’s an overdubbed part by Al Foster that’s more forward in the mix, so it’s a […]
A crash course in the ECM feel
Look for the photos with water and the Helvetica font. The “ECM feel”, as it’s now being called, is a style that evolved in the late 1960’s and 70’s, and has since become one of […]
Three Paiste cymbals
UPDATE: I think I’ve correctly ID’d one of the other cymbals. I’ve been on a vintage Paiste cymbal-buying kick recently. Here are the findings on my finds: 22″ Formula 602 Dark Ride – circa 1975-76 […]
Pinstripes reconsidered
Here drummer and Modern Drummer writer T. Bruce Wittet takes another look at the now-humble Remo Pinstripe. For a good part of the 70’s and 80’s they were the drum head of choice for many, […]
Transcription: one hour with Live Evil
This morning I sat down with one of my favorite pieces of music- Sivad, from Miles Davis’ Live Evil, with Jack Dejohnette on drums- to see what I could do with it in a reasonable […]
Jack Dejohnette’s Special Edition – 1983
This is timely: several outstanding clips of Jack Dejohnette’s Special Edition which I hadn’t seen before just came up on Reddit: h/t to Goatthroat Three more screaming parts after the break:
Jazz Truth interview: Jack Dejohnette
This is unusual: an interview conducted by a non-drummer geekishly opening with a discussion of bass drum technique. Here’s George Colligan of the Jazz Truth blog speaking to Jack Dejohnette. As usual, I’ve edited out […]
Favorite albums: Special Edition by Jack Dejohnette
Special Edition by Jack Dejohnette 1980 – ECM 001161902 Arthur Blythe – alto saxophone David Murray – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet Peter Warren – bass, cello Jack Dejohnette – drums, piano, melodica It’s been awhile […]