Jack DeJohnette

The Profile

American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer from Chicago. Active since the 1960s, he is a leading ECM artist, noted for work with Miles Davis and as a core member of Keith Jarrett’s Standards Trio.

Key collaborations include Miles Davis, Keith Jarrett, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, and John Scofield. Longtime member of the Keith Jarrett–Gary Peacock–Jack DeJohnette Standards Trio on ECM.

One review celebrates Jack DeJohnette’s Music for the Fifth World, praising its rich, compact, and surprising rhythmic foundations. The album mixes jazz, fusion, funk, reggae, heavy metal touches, and Native American-inspired vocals by Joan Henry. Guests include John Scofield, Vernon Reid, Will Calhoun, Michael Cain, Lonnie Plaxico, and Bobby Rosario. The reviewer gives “drums and percussion” a perfect 10.