Sawt Falasteen - American jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette dies

NYSE - LSE

CMSD	0.61%	23.99	$
JRI	0.1%	13.65	$
SCS	0.51%	15.7	$
RBGPF	0%	75.65	$
BCC	-0.2%	69.04	$
NGG	-0.92%	77.38	$
AZN	0.55%	89.1	$
GSK	-1.15%	47.18	$
BCE	-1.23%	22.83	$
CMSC	-0.04%	23.82	$
RIO	-0.58%	70.63	$
RYCEF	-2.47%	14.55	$
VOD	-0.73%	12.32	$
RELX	-0.22%	41.33	$
BP	1.48%	36.53	$
BTI	-0.65%	54.13	$

American jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette dies / Photo: EVA HAMBACH - AFP/File

American jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette dies

BOULEVARD 27.10.2025

US jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette, a major figure in modern jazz who collaborated with Miles Davis and Keith Jarrett, has died at 83, his management said on Monday.

Text size:

"It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Jack DeJohnette. He died peacefully in Kingston Hospital, NY. He was surrounded by his wife, family, and close friends," a post on his Instagram said.

His personal assistant Joan Clancy confirmed that he died on Sunday from congestive heart failure in Kingston Hospital, New York state.

Born in Chicago in 1942, Jack DeJohnette worked with the greatest names in jazz from the 1960s onwards, playing with Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis, notably on the album "Bitches Brew" released in 1970.

In the 1980s, he formed a famous trio with pianist Keith Jarrett and bassist Gary Peacock.

A prolific musician, Jack DeJohnette also released numerous solo albums, blending jazz, world music, and sound experiments.

W.Mansour--SF-PST

Sawt Falasteen - American jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette dies

American jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette dies

Featured

Nine killed in accidental explosion at Indian Kashmir police station

EU bows to pressure on loosening AI, privacy rules

Purdue Pharma to be dissolved as US judge says to approve bankruptcy

Trump demands probe into Epstein links to Bill Clinton