DeJohnette, Jack
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- De Johnette, Jack
- Johnette, Jack De
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1942-08-09
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Charles Lloyd Quartet
- Organization: Jack DeJohnette's Directions (Musical group)
- Organization: Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition (Musical group)
Birth Place
- Chicago (Ill.)
Field of Activity
(lcsh) Drum set--Performance
Occupation
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Sources
- found: Ruta and Daitya. [Phonodisc] 1973.
- found: Farmer, A. Maiden voyage [SR] p1983:program notes p. 5 (Jack De Johnette, drums)
- found: His Audio-visualscapes [SR] p1988:insert (Jack DeJohnette)
- found: Walton, C. Cedar Walton, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette [SR] p1986:booklet (b. 1942; Chicago)
- found: New Grove dict. of jazz(DeJohnette, Jack; b. Aug. 9, 1942, Chicago; drummer and pianist)
- found: Enc. of pop. mus., 3rd ed.(DeJohnette, Jack; b. Aug. 9, 1942, Chicago, Ill.)
- found: Int. ww in mus., v. 2, pop. mus., 1st ed.(De Johnette, Jack; b. Aug. 4, 1942, Chicago, Ill.; musician (piano, drums), bandleader, composer)
- found: Contemporary musicians:v. 7 (DeJohnette, Jack; b. Aug. 9, 1942, Chicago, IL; pianist, percussionist)
- found: African American National Biography, accessed January 10, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(DeJohnette, Jack; jazz musician, percussionist, pianist; born 09 August 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, United States; completed the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago; played with giants of jazz, including Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, Stan Getz, Jackie Mclean, and Freddie Hubbard (1966); member of the Charles Lloyd Quartet; first record, The DeJohnette Complex, for the Milestone label (1968); recorded landmark album Bitches Brew with Miles Davis' band (1969); first recording with Jarrett, Ruta and Daitya for Eicher's ECM label (1971-1973); formed three successful bands of his own, Directions, New Directions, and Special Edition (1970's); honors include the French Grand Prix du Disque (1979); two Album of the Year awards from Downbeat magazine and the Downbeat annual critics' poll; two albums of the year in Japan; Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music in Boston (1991))
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Change Notes
- 1981-08-05: new
- 2024-04-05: revised
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