Jack DeJohnette

Jack DeJohnette
Born: Aug 9, 1942 in Chicago, IL
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Genre: Jazz
Styles: Fusion, Post-Bop, Free Funk
Biography: At his best, Jack DeJohnette is one of the most consistently inventive jazz percussionists extant. DeJohnette's style is wide-ranging, yet while capable of playing convincingly in any modern idiom, he always maintains a well-defined voice. DeJohnette has a remarkably fluid relationship to pulse. His ...Read full biography
Special Edition
Released: 1979
Label: ECM
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The first (and mightiest) of Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition ensembles offered a sound that in many ways was revolutionary in modern contemporary and creative improvised music circa 1980. With firebrand ...Read full review
Gnu High
Released: 1975
Label: ECM
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When Kenny Wheeler expatriated from his native Canada to England, it was not headline news. But upon the release of Gnu High, he became a contemporary jazz figure to be recognized, revered and admired. ...Read full review
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