Jack DeJohnette, versatile jazz drummer known for Miles Davis fusion recordings, dies aged 83

Jack DeJohnette, the jazz drummer celebrated as one of the genre’s true greats – who worked with stars including Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins and Charles Lloyd – has died aged 83. A press representative for ECM, the record label that released many of his recordings, confirmed the news, while his personal assistant added that he died from congestive heart failure.

Jack’s connection with Keith goes back to the late 1960s. They first played together in Charles Lloyd’s quartet in 1966-68, then again with Miles Davis in 1970-71, and later formed Keith’s long-running trio with Gary Peacock, from 1983 to 2014.

Thanks for all the music, Jack.

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