NEA Jazz Master and innovative drummer Jack DeJohnette has died at the age of 83.
The story below was posted in 2017 as part of WBGO's The Checkout.
One of the legends of this music, drummer Jack DeJohnette, recently formed a new superband called Hudson, with John Scofield (guitar), John Medeski (keys), and Larry Grenadier (bass). The band's self-titled new album is mostly indebted to the music from the Woodstock rock revolution of the 1960s. But in this Checkout podcast, we get into the deeper cuts, where DeJohnette summons his Native American ancestors with "Great Spirit Peace Chant" and another original composition he calls "Song For World Forgiveness."
We talked to the drummer at the Montreal International Jazz Festival after he received The Miles Davis Award for his lifetime achievement in music.
