Drum Legend Jack DeJohnette Returns to Austin

We talk to the jazz titan about Coltrane, his latest album, and more

"...Originally trained as a classical pianist, Jack DeJohnette, 74, instead became a certified jazz legend on..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Music Feature by Michael Toland

12 More Days of ECM

12 More Days of vintage ECM jazz Touchstones

"...vibrating against Dave Holland's earthquake double-bass and drum physicist Jack DeJohnette. At least that’s the opening “Backwoods Song,” after..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Reissues

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

"...social upheaval of the Sixties as ground zero. From Jackie Brenston's 1951 R&B hit "Rocket '88" to the Phantom's..."

June 25, 1999 Music Feature

Infinity and Beyond

Return to Forever captain Chick Corea takes his Millennium Falcon out of mothballs

"...Japanese pianist Hiromi Uehara before rejoining Bobby McFerrin and Jack DeJohnette for a handful of dates...."

May 23, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Luminous

"...I also got to work in another great trio: Jack Dejohnette and Dave Holland with Betty [Carter], God rest..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Miles Davis

In Box

"...McLaughlin, guitar (discs five and six); Michael Henderson, bass; Jack DeJohnette, drums; and Airto Moreira, percussion. The music is..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Music Review by Harvey Pekar

Keith Jarrett

"...of years. Coupled with bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Jack DeJohnette, Jarrett's all-star trio recordings for ECM starting in..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Music Review by Harvey Pekar

Keith Jarrett Whisper Not (ECM)

"...in a trio with bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Jack DeJohnette, is the first Jarrett has cut live in..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Music Review by Harvey Pekar

ACL Prime Time

Blurbs to ACL Music Fest by.

"...they hail from spending an afternoon dodging Ryan Adams' hijacked golf cart. Either way, in only its second year,..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Music Feature

Reissues

"...like the prodigy he was, on the road with Jack Teagarden by 14 and on the same bandstand as..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Music Feature

Charles Lloyd Marvels

Swimming and soaring with the saxophone great

"...Flower in a quartet including pianist Keith Jarrett, drummer Jack DeJohnette, and bassist Cecil McBee, led the first jazz..."

Jan. 24, 2018 Music Post by Michael Toland

Miles Davis

Bitches Brew: 40th Anniversary

"...Great Quintet – Shorter, Corea, bassist Dave Holland, and Jack DeJohnette behind the kit – in Copenhagen, November 1969,..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Everything Old is New Again

The Year in Albums

"...Method, Aphex Twin, BT, Moby, GusGus, and Spring Heel Jack, the end-of-the-year hosannas for "junglist" Roni Size/Reprazent's New Forms..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Miles and Miles of Miles

The Columbia Legacy

"...works from the recent albums. Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Wayne Shorter, Dave Liebman, John McLaughlin,..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Music Feature by Jeff Mccord

ACL Fest Interview: Bruce Hornsby

Viriginia pianist explains the way that it is

"...languid Paul Buckmaster strings relax over and under drummer Jack DeJohnette's swirls and ripples on the title track...."

Oct. 4, 2019 Music Feature by Rick Weaver

The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Associated Ensembles

"...three that include Bowie or Mitchell from AACM associate Jack DeJohnette, one that prominently features Mitchell from British saxophonist..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Music Review by Michael Toland

2017 Music Critics Poll

Best roadshow, best new local acts, R.I.P.s, etc.

"...Michael Toland: Jack DeJohnette/Ravi Coltrane/Matthew Garrison, McCullough Theater..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Top 10 National Albums of 2016

Our favorite picks from across the country

"...6) Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane, Matthew Garrison, In Movement (ECM)..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

National Top 10s

Best non-local albums of 2015 – by genre

"...9) Jack DeJohnette, Made In Chicago (ECM)..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Music DVDs

"...cavalcade of talking heads including Herbie Hancock, Robbie Robertson, Jack DeJohnette, and ECM founder Manfred Eicher flesh out an..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Live Shots

The Montreal Jazz Festival skronks Zornumental

"...The pianist's bedrock triumvirate, co-starring bassist Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette, took their sweet time over two sets totaling..."

July 9, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

ECM Touchstones

"...and 14 bottomless minutes of "The Oracle." Terje Rypdal/Miroslav Vitous/Jack DeJohnette surfed brain waves a decade earlier, the guitar/bass/drums..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Miles Davis

"...cast members from 1969's seminal Bitches Brew (Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette, and Mahavishnu Orchestra's John McLaughlin), Herbie Hancock's futuristic..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Music Review by Austin Powell

Anouar Brahem, Charles Lloyd

"...Ravi Shankar's tabla player improvising with John Coltrane and Jack DeJohnette, and you'll grasp the phenomenal combination here. "Dancing..."

April 14, 2006 Music Review by David Lynch

Jazz Sides

Jazz sides

"...(Kindred Rhythm), a gorgeous set of duets from drummer Jack DeJohnette and Gambian kora master Foday Musa Suso...."

May 20, 2005 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Austin City Limits Festival Picks & Sleepers

"...with the folks Karl Denson's played with: Femi Kuti, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Widespread Panic, DJ Logic, and Lenny..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Music Feature

Jazz Sides

Jazz Sides

"...Spring. Laws returns as a foil to vibraphonist Milt Jackson on the latter's mundanely straight-ahead Goodbye. Another all-star affair..."

May 10, 2002 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Trio 2000

Q&A with one of jazz's premier guitarists.

"...some extraordinary drummers like Roy Haynes, Billy Higgins, and Jack DeJohnette. What does Bill Stewart bring that's special and..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

The Composer's Roots

A look at the career of a premier jazz pianist, Dallas-born Cedar Walton

"...Carter and Richard Davis, and drummers Billy Higgins and Jack DeJohnette, among other luminaries...."

Oct. 29, 1999 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Box Sets

Herbie Hancock

"...Young, electric keyboards, Dave Holland and Harvey Brooks, bass, Jack DeJohnette, Don Alias, Billy Cobham, Lennie White, Jumma Santos,..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Music Feature

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