Show Notes
Hot Box 148 is going to be both sad and joyful since we now remember the extraordinary drummer Jack DeJohnette who died at the end of October aged 83. He was a native of Chicago and certainly could lay a claim to being the greatest of all jazz drummers. Immensely influential in the overall direction of drumming in jazz and, by any standards, extraordinarily versatile.
You only have to rattle off the names of the musicians he worked with to emphasise that point, take Miles Davis for example, then Bill Evans, John Surman, Keith Jarrett and Pat Matheney, really ticking most of the boxes in the post-bop era. So, let’s listen to some of that music while we pay tribute to an extraordinary musician.
Track list for The Hot Box #148 – Jack DeJohnette
Sleeping Bee – Bill Evans Trio
Forest Flower: Sunrise / Sunset – Charles Lloyd Quartet at Monterey Jazz Festival
The Wrong Blues – Keith Jarrett Trio
Hilltop Dancer – John Surman
Entranced Androids – Jack DeJohnette
Spanish Key – Miles Davis
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