A Zoom Hang with Neal Wilkinson featuring Jack DeJohnette

Jack DeJohnette, named a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master in 2015, has established an unchallenged reputation as one of the greatest drummers in the history of the genre. In a career spanning five decades, he has collaborated with some of the most iconic figures in modern jazz: John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, Stan Getz, Keith Jarrett, Chet Baker, George Benson, Stanley Turrentine, Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland, Joe Henderson, Freddy Hubbard, Betty Carter and many more. Along the way, he has developed a versatility that moves effortlessly between hard bop, R&B, world music and avant-garde.

“I see myself as a colourist, not as a drummer per se… I tune my drums in such a way so that no matter what I play, whatever I hit on it is a melody and that makes me think differently, it makes me think more melodically.”