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Explore Jack DeJohnette through Special Edition. Discover what to listen for and follow related styles to your next record.
Jack DeJohnette
Meet the artist
A drummer whose work spans acoustic modern jazz and electric settings. Collaborations with Miles Davis and Keith Jarrett's Standards Trio reveal the breadth of his rhythmic imagination. Drum and cymbal details keep changing within a broad overall flow.
Rather than fixing an accompaniment pattern, he shifts the music's weight in response to partners. Electric Miles Davis and acoustic Keith Jarrett settings reveal that flexibility. His own recordings add composition and ensemble design to the picture. Power and sensitivity belong together in playing that makes the whole band seem to breathe.
Where to start listening
On Special Edition, move your attention between the horn voices and drums, hearing composition and improvisation meet across the ensemble.
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Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette introduces his Special Edition group in an acoustic setting with two reed players. Composed material and open improvisation move between post-bop and freer ensemble ideas.
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