Funny how dramatically the zeitgeist can change in a few years. Did you know that fusion was actually a serious thing, for many years? Until Wynton Marsalis hit us with his thing in the mid […]
Category: Jack Dejohnette
Very occasional quote of the day: practicing eight hours a day
“Do it ’til you get to a certain point technically where you don’t do it.” — Jack Dejohnette, unpublished interview with Scott K. Fish
Daily best music in the world: Gateway
Do you listen to enough Gateway? That’s a trio with guitarist John Abercrombie, bassist Dave Holland, and drummer Jack Dejohnette. I believe they released four albums total on ECM— two in the 70s and two […]
VOQOTD: Dejohnette on chops
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 […]
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 […]