| LC control no. | n 81028106 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | DeJohnette, Jack |
| Variant(s) | De Johnette, Jack Johnette, Jack De |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1942-08-09 |
| Place of birth | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Field of activity | Drum set--Performance Piano--Performance Composition (Music) |
| Affiliation | Charles Lloyd Quartet Jack DeJohnette's Directions (Musical group) Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition (Musical group) |
| Profession or occupation | Drummers (Musicians) Pianists Composers |
| Found in | Ruta and Daitya. [Phonodisc] 1973. Farmer, A. Maiden voyage [SR] p1983: program notes p. 5 (Jack De Johnette, drums) His Audio-visualscapes [SR] p1988: insert (Jack DeJohnette) Walton, C. Cedar Walton, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette [SR] p1986: booklet (b. 1942; Chicago) New Grove dict. of jazz (DeJohnette, Jack; b. Aug. 9, 1942, Chicago; drummer and pianist) Enc. of pop. mus., 3rd ed. (DeJohnette, Jack; b. Aug. 9, 1942, Chicago, Ill.) Int. ww in mus., v. 2, pop. mus., 1st ed. (De Johnette, Jack; b. Aug. 4, 1942, Chicago, Ill.; musician (piano, drums), bandleader, composer) Contemporary musicians: v. 7 (DeJohnette, Jack; b. Aug. 9, 1942, Chicago, IL; pianist, percussionist) African American National Biography, accessed January 10, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (DeJohnette, Jack; jazz musician, percussionist, pianist; born 09 August 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, United States; completed the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago; played with giants of jazz, including Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, Stan Getz, Jackie Mclean, and Freddie Hubbard (1966); member of the Charles Lloyd Quartet; first record, The DeJohnette Complex, for the Milestone label (1968); recorded landmark album Bitches Brew with Miles Davis' band (1969); first recording with Jarrett, Ruta and Daitya for Eicher's ECM label (1971-1973); formed three successful bands of his own, Directions, New Directions, and Special Edition (1970's); honors include the French Grand Prix du Disque (1979); two Album of the Year awards from Downbeat magazine and the Downbeat annual critics' poll; two albums of the year in Japan; Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music in Boston (1991)) |
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