Features
Thursday, October 13 2011
Celebrating the Groove: A Conversation with Jack DeJohnette
With the Miles Español project still making waves, legendary drummer Jack DeJohnette sits down with PopMatters to talk about the genesis of the project, what's next for him, and why Miles once described his drumming as "a blind man falling upstairs."
Tuesday, December 15 2009
The Best Jazz of 2009
This was a great year for melding innovation and tradition. The trend continues of piano trios playing boldly, creating a new language for this venerable jazz form. And other kinds of groups have been equally inventive, particularly in working through what it means to be a jazz group -- a notion that has evolved beyond trumpet-saxophone-piano-bass-drums.
Reviews
Monday, August 10 2009
Jack DeJohnette: Music We Are
The enigmatic composer and drummer makes a free-wheeling recording with a stellar trio including Danilo Perez and John Patitucci
Monday, March 6 2006
Jack DeJohnette: The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers
Veteran drum legend teams up with jazz guitarist du jour to produce a quirky and fiercely non-commercial take on the art of duo improvisation.
Thursday, August 18 2005
Jack DeJohnette: Music from the Hearts of the Masters
The royal jazz drummer releases two on his own label: an encounter with an African kora master and a single track of healing and meditation music.
Blogs
Thursday, February 12 2009
Man, am I old (or the day new age music got game)
Recently, new age music got a major dose of street cred courtesy of an unlikely source. Though it wasn't televised or even publicized all that…
