Jack DeJohnette is the keeper of the beat Oct 4, 2009
The four-decade friendship with Keith Jarrett and the subtle intimacy of their jazz standards trio. The Indian-infused work with Alice Coltrane, the jazz-rock with Vernon Reid, or the Spanish and African projects. (Boston Globe)
Critic's Picks: Jazz Sep 13, 2009
THE MUSIC OF JACK DEJOHNETTE Irreplaceable drummer DeJohnette emerged in the late 60s, a time of across-the-board innovation and exchange, and his credits ever since - with Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Charles Lloyd, and for many years now Keith Jarrett, to name a few - reflect that open and willing spirit. He joins a Berklee band for a major retrospective of his work. (Boston Globe)
Gary Burton Quartet Live On Stage A... Jul 20, 2009
They performed compositions from the old days, borrowing songs from friends like Chick Corea, Carla Bley, Keith Jarrett and Duke Ellington ... Coral is a beautiful sensitive ballad from piano master Keith Jarrett and they completely re-worked the great Duke Ellington s Little African Flower, Making it fit right in with their style. (Suite101.com)
Spotted®: The focus is on you! Jun 20, 2009
Firefighter/paramedic Keith Jarrett and fire fighter/EMT Brett Skinner show students how the equipment on the ambulance works. FLAME ON: Deputies from the Barrow County Sheriff;s Office and officers from the Winder Police Department participated in the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run on May 26. (Athens Banner-Herald)
George Wein stresses avant-garde acts for Newport jazz festival May 17, 2009
"Years ago I could draw 20,000 people with Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald and Erroll Garner and Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk." Even today's most popular jazz musicians - Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, Branford Marsalis - are hardly household names, he says. Wein, a pianist who often plays a set at Newport (but says he won't this year), says he is always listening for what's new in jazz. (Boston Globe)
Cars b/w Are Friends Electric, Dan Hill, City of Sound May 14, 2009
Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette; 3 days' work in 1983 at the Power Station studios, NYC; 3 seminal albums: Standards Vol.1 and Vol.2 and Changes. ECM have repackaged them, beautifully, and re-released them thus. (Harper's Magazine)
Springsteen, Animal Collective have new CDs Feb 7, 2009
Also, new releases from Keith Jarrett Trio, Antony and the Johnsons ... Keith Jarrett Trio, YesterdaysKeith Jarretts concerts with his trusty trio of bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Jack DeJohnette are not quite as free-form as his legendary solo performances, but theyre experimental and challenging in their own ways. (MSNBC -- Music)
