"Jack DeJohnette, a celebrated jazz drummer who worked with Miles Davis on his landmark 1970 fusion album and collaborated with Keith Jarrett and many other greats of the genre, has died at 83. The acclaimed drummer died Sunday in Kingston, New York, of congestive heart failure, surrounded by his wife, family and close friends, his assistant, Joan Clancy, told The Associated Press."
"In 1968, DeJohnette joined Davis and his group to work on music leading up to Davis' 1970 studio album, Bitches Brew. In a Sessions Panel interview, DeJohnette spoke of how he he'd been freelancing in New York when he had an opportunity to join Davis in the studio, at a time when experimentation with genres had become the new frontier, so to speak. Miles was in a creative mood, DeJohnette said, a process of utilizing the studio to go in every day and experiment"
Jack DeJohnette died at 83 in Kingston, New York, of congestive heart failure, surrounded by his wife, family and friends. Born in Chicago, he began classical piano training at age 4 before taking up drums in high school and worked early as both pianist and drummer. He gained recognition in the 1960s with the Charles Lloyd Quartet and later collaborated with Miles Davis, Keith Jarrett, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock and many others. He joined Davis’ group in 1968 and contributed to sessions that produced the 1970 fusion landmark Bitches Brew. He won two Grammy Awards.
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