Person · Male
Jack DeJohnette
- From
- Chicago, United States
- Active
- 1942–2025
- Rating
- ★ 5
- Releases
- 78
- jazz
- contemporary jazz
- jazz fusion
- avant-garde jazz
- new age
- post-bop
About
Jack DeJohnette (August 9, 1942 – October 26, 2025) was an American jazz drummer, pianist and composer. Known for his extensive work as leader and sideman for musicians including Charles Lloyd, Freddie Hubbard, Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, John Abercrombie, Ralph Towner, Alice Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Joe Henderson, Michael Brecker, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, and John Scofield, DeJohnette was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2007. He won two Grammy Awards and was nominated for six others. The Times said that as a drummer "few could rival his virtuosity or his dynamism". He recorded more than 35 albums under his own name as a band leader.
Member of
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Miles Davis Quintet drums (drum set)
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The Great Jazz Trio drums (drum set)
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Gateway drums (drum set)
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The Ripple Effect drums (drum set)
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Trio Beyond drums (drum set)
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Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition drums (drum set), eponymous
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The Louisiana Gator Boys drums (drum set)
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CTI All-Stars drums (drum set)
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Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet drums (drum set)
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Dave Holland Trio drums (drum set)
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Hudson percussion, drums (drum set)
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Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette drums (drum set), eponymous
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Jack DeJohnette Trio drums (drum set), eponymous
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Jack DeJohnette's Directions eponymous
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Jack DeJohnette New Directions eponymous
Discography
Albums
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The Dejohnette Complex
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Have You Heard?
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Round Trip
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Ruta and Daitya
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Jackeyboard Apple Music
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Song for Wounded Knee
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Time & Space
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Sorcery Apple Music
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Gateway
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Luv
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Tales of Another
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Pictures Apple Music
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Gateway 2
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Batik
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Percussion Profiles
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New Directions Apple Music
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Terje Rypdal & Miroslav Vitous & Jack DeJohnette
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New Directions in Europe Apple Music
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Special Edition Apple Music
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To Be Continued
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Werner Pirchner, Harry Pepl & Jack DeJohnette
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Walton, Carter & DeJohnette
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Double, Double You
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The Jack DeJohnette Piano Album
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Works Apple Music
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In Our Style
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Irresistible Forces
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This Is for You John
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The Target
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Parallel Realities Apple Music
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For Evans Sake
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Where Legends Dwell
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Music for the Fifth World
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Fictionary
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Love Notes
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Extra Special Edition
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Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
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Dancing With Nature Spirits
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Oneness Apple Music
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Selim Sivad: A Tribute to Miles Davis
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The Life of a Song
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The Song Is You
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Music in the Key of Om
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Music From the Hearts of the Masters
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The Green Field
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Peace Time
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Camp Meeting
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From Miles
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America
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Music We Are
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Sound Travels Apple Music
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In Movement
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Blue Maqams
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Hudson
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The Art of the Quartet
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Skyline
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A Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday
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The Art of The Quartet Vol.1 (Remastered)
Live
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Live at Trondheim Jazzfestival
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Willisau
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Saalfelden
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Live at the Academy of Music – Philadelphia June 23rd 1990
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Live Montreal ’89
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Some Other Time: The Lost Session From the Black Forest
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Made in Chicago
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The Elephant Sleeps but Still Remembers
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Jazz Baltica 2005
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Invisible Nature
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Standards
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Standards II
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In Concert - Parigi, 1967
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Parallel Realities Live…
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Tribute to John Coltrane: Live Under the Sky
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In Concert, Volume Two
Compilations
Other
Links
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Official
Concerts
Buy
Married
Also known as
J. DeJohnette · Jack De Johnette
Tags
- 2008 universal fire victim
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- f2d13d28-6f74-4dd5-b596-8bd0b6f67615
- ISNI
- 0000000115741491
- IPI
- 00041176506
- IPI
- 00063757850
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 9 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.