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WBGO Archive (1993): Jack DeJohnette joins Marian McPartland's 'Piano Jazz'

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Jack DeJohnette at the 2017 Newport Jazz Festival
Jonathan Chimene
Jack DeJohnette at the 2017 Newport Jazz Festival

On this episode of The Art of the Story, we pay tribute to the legendary drummer Jack DeJohnette. DeJohnette did this week at the age of 83.

Jack DeJohnette at the 2019 Summerstage
Jonathan Chimene
Jack DeJohnette at the 2019 Summerstage

It was back in 1993 that DeJohnette joined host Marian McPartland and bassist Christian McBride on an episode of NPR's Piano Jazz on WBGO.

Jack DeJohnette on the piano at the 2019 Summerstage
Jonathan Chimene
Jack DeJohnette on the piano at the 2019 Summerstage

His versatility on the drums was accented by DeJohnette's additional accomplishments as a keyboardist: he studied classical piano for ten years before taking up drums.

Jack DeJohnette at the 2012 Newport Jazz Festival
Jonathan Chimene
Jack DeJohnette at the 2012 Newport Jazz Festival

The entire 1993 Piano Jazz interview with Jack DeJohnette can be heard here.

You can read and hear much more about Jack DeJohnette here.

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Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998. Since then, Doug and his news staff have received more than 300 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.