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: Columbia Records, Blue Note, 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: Columbia Records, Blue Note, 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 · CBS/Sony Jackeyboard 1973 · Trio Time & Space 1973 · Trio Sorcery 1974 · Prestige Pictures 1977 · ECM Records New Directions 1978 · ECM Records Percussion Profiles 1978 · Japo Records New Directions in Europe 1980 · ECM Records Special Edition 1980 · ECM Records The Jack DeJohnette Piano Album 1985 · Landmark Records Works 1985 · ECM Records Zebra 1986 · PAN Music Irresistible Forces 1987 · MCA Impulse! Parallel Realities 1990 · MCA Records Music for the Fifth World 1992 Parallel Realities Live… 1992 · Live · Jazz Door Extra Special Edition 1994 · Blue Note Dancing With Nature Spirits 1996 · ECM Records Oneness 1997 · BMG Classics Jazz Baltica 2005 2005 · Live · Tribal Blast Music From the Hearts of the Masters 2005 · Golden Beams Productions

Music in the Key of Om 2005

The Elephant Sleeps but Still Remembers 2006 · Live · Golden Beams Productions

Peace Time 2007 · Kindred Rhythm

Music We Are 2009 · Kindred Rhythm Sound Travels 2012 · eOne Made in Chicago 2015 · Live · ECM Records In Movement 2016 · ECM Records

Also plays on

Albums where Jack DeJohnette is credited as a sideman

1967	Forest Flower — Charles Lloyd	drums (drum set)
1968	At the Montreux Jazz Festival — Bill Evans	drums (drum set)
1968	Tetragon — Joe Henderson	drums (drum set)
1968	Charles Lloyd in Europe — Charles Lloyd	drums (drum set)
1969	Is — Chick Corea	drums (drum set)
1969	Power to the People — Joe Henderson	drums (drum set)
1969	Soundtrack — Charles Lloyd	drums (drum set)
1970	Bitches Brew — Miles Davis	drums (drum set)
1970	Super Nova — Wayne Shorter	drums (drum set)
1970	Round Trip — Sadao Watanabe, Chick Corea, Miroslav Vitouš, Jack DeJohnette	drums (drum set)
1970	Infinite Search — Miroslav Vitouš	drums (drum set)
1970	Demon’s Dance — Jackie McLean	drums (drum set)
1970	Charles Lloyd in the Soviet Union — Charles Lloyd	drums (drum set)
1971	Beyond the Blue Horizon — George Benson	drums (drum set)
1971	Zawinul — Joe Zawinul	melodica, percussion
1971	First Light — Freddie Hubbard	drums (drum set)
1971	Straight Life — Freddie Hubbard	drums (drum set)
1971	Universal Consciousness — Alice Coltrane	drums (drum set)
1971	The Rite of Spring — Hubert Laws	drums (drum set)
1972	On the Corner — Miles Davis	drums (drum set)
1972	Sonny Rollins’ Next Album — Sonny Rollins	drums (drum set)
1972	Black Is the Color — Joe Henderson	drums (drum set), electric piano
1972	Natural Illusions — Bobby Hutcherson	drums (drum set)
1973	Body Talk — George Benson	drums (drum set)
1973	Ruta and Daitya — Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette	percussion
1973	Skylark — Paul Desmond	drums (drum set)
1973	Multiple — Joe Henderson	drums (drum set)
1973	Mizrab — Gábor Szabó	drums (drum set)
1973	First Visit — Dave Liebman	drums (drum set)
1973	Moon Germs — Joe Farrell	drums (drum set)