Jack DeJohnette

American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer (1942–2025)

Born: 9 August 1942
Chicago
Died: 26 October 2025
Kingston
Country: United States
Active: 1961–2025
Record labels: Blue Note, Columbia Records, ECM Records, Prestige, Milestone
Discography: 29 albums

Biography

Jack DeJohnette was a jazz musician who played piano, drum kit, percussion instrument and melodica. Jack DeJohnette was born on 9 August 1942 in Chicago and died on 26 October 2025 in Kingston. The music is usually filed under jazz, jazz fusion and free jazz. Record labels: Blue Note, Columbia Records, ECM Records and Prestige. The discography here lists 29 albums, from “The Dejohnette Complex” (1969) to “In Movement” (2016).

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.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

The Dejohnette Complex 1969

Have You Heard? 1970

Jackeyboard 1973

Time & Space 1973

Sorcery 1974

Pictures 1977

New Directions 1978

Percussion Profiles 1978

New Directions in Europe 1980

Special Edition 1980

The Jack DeJohnette Piano Album 1985

Works 1985

Zebra 1986

Irresistible Forces 1987

Parallel Realities 1990

Music for the Fifth World 1992

Parallel Realities Live… 1992 · Live

Extra Special Edition 1994

Dancing With Nature Spirits 1996

Oneness 1997

Jazz Baltica 2005 2005 · Live

Music From the Hearts of the Masters 2005

Music in the Key of Om 2005

The Elephant Sleeps but Still Remembers 2006 · Live

Peace Time 2007

Music We Are 2009

Sound Travels 2012

Made in Chicago 2015 · Live

In Movement 2016

Also plays on

Albums where Jack DeJohnette is credited as a sideman

1970	Bitches Brew — Miles Davis	drums (drum set)
1972	On the Corner — Miles Davis	drums (drum set)
1974	Big Fun — Miles Davis	drums (drum set)
1974	Illuminations — Devadip Carlos Santana & Turiya Alice Coltrane	percussion, drums (drum set)