StickPeople Episode 10: Jack DeJohnette

Spend an unforgettable hour with NEA Jazz Master Jack DeJohnette, easily one of the greatest drummers in jazz (and jazz-rock) history! This expansive chat with the StickPeople touches on icons from Miles Davis to Freddie Hubbard, Chick Corea, Joe Henderson, Keith Jarrett, Elvin Jones, Herbie Hancock and so many others. Equally important, the group discusses the influence of major rock figures including Jimi Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell, Sly Stone, Buddy Miles, Neal Peart and more. If anyone ever says you “don’t know Jack,” after watching this episode you can tell ‘em you sure DO!
THE STICKPEOPLE ARE:
Mike Clark (Herbie Hancock, Headhunters)
Greg Errico (Sly & the Family Stone, Weather Report)
David Garibaldi (Tower of Power, Talking Drums)
Michael Shrieve (Santana, Go)
Lenny White (Miles Davis, Return to Forever)
JACK DEJOHNETTE AUDIO CLIPS:
“Song For Bilbao”
“Tony Then Jack”
“Bass Folk Song”
“Straight Life”
“Fantasy in D”
“Time’s Lie”
“Saudades”
“Big Nick”
“If”
Producer & music editing: Mike Charlasch, Morphist
Graphic design: Hélène Paulette Côté, Morphist
Video editor & animation: Artur Gevorgyan
StickPeople art: Christo Downs
Photos: John Fell, Tina Abbaszadeh, Michael Weintrob, Steve Korn, John Abbott, Rob Shanahan and Jimmy Katz
(c) 2023 StickPeople LLC

[@AloneLtd.]

As a young jazz drummer, I cannot express how great these podcasts are. The five of you, along with each guest you bring on, are all living legends. There is so much knowledge to be gained from you cats, and I hope more drummers find and enjoy these chats. Great stories, tips, lessons, the whole thing. Keep doin what you're doin guys. Peace n love from Chicago

[@borgullet3376]

Man oh man.. Pound for pound the Greatest Drum Series on all of KZbin.

[@roloduarte3100]

True!

[@michaelfaeth]

Jack is such a gentleman and one of the most exciting and dynamic drummers on the planet!!

[@stephendenton2985]

I love this shit! ❤ All the episodes are great, but.. Jack!! He is on another level, drumming AND philosophical genius!

[@ryanwelsh3834]

I could listen to Mike and Jack talk all day! Great stuff!!

[@DeeWhy618]

I'll never forget the first time i heard Jack D! On miroslav vitous album "infinite search" first track "freedom jazz dance" (still the best version, imo) it literally stopped me in my steps, i listened intently, jaw dropped, got to the end, and asked my brother, "who is that drummer!?" Flipped it over, read the name, and repeated the track countless times. Definitely a top 5 album. Life has never been the same since! That you jack!!!

[@DeeWhy618]

Holy shit! I can't believe Mike Clark just said the same thing! Wow!

[@sasamarjanovic2242]

Wow...great legends all in one place...fantastic event...

[@cephoras]

You guys are the best - it such a privilege for us to sit in on these conversations.

[@weeklydrumdiary1277]

Amazing! Touching! What a history lesson.

[@roloduarte3100]

It sure is.

[@dyjo9766]

I saw the New Standard Band in London. One of the best gigs I’ve ever been to.

[@johnreilly9748]

Just found this channel but I know and love all of you guys and your music! I am primarily a bass player but I own two kits Sonor and Ludwig so go figure! Love drums and drummers!

[@bmuhamad]

Wow.

[@peterkahlenborn8163]

Love Ya ll! Big hugs, and God bless you all!

[@grantbudagian9652]

Thank you and God bless you all OM😊

[@boboberg7909]

Another incredible interview with an amazing musician who has touched all of us. You guys are all so interesting and knowledgeable with an obvious desire to lift all of us up. Thanx so much for these episodes, I'm always feeling better after the interviews!

[@roloduarte3100]

Well said.

[@teelurizzo8542]

Drum legends. 7:48 - That is true. Any band is only as good as its drummer. 41:58 - Agree, 'Everybody Digs Bill Evans' is an amazing record, Sam Jones on bass and Philly Joe on drums; a stellar repertoire and amazing Trio chemistry. Their versions of 'Minority', 'Night And Day', 'Tenderly' and 'Oleo' are smoking and on tunes like 'Peace Piece' and 'Some Other Time', you hear the seeds of Miles' 'Flamenco Sketches.' 45:52 - That track Jack is referring to is called 'What I Say', that recording originally came out on 'Live Evil', it's a killer modern groove, Jack and Mike Henderson, they do these kicks that sound almost like Jungle/Drum N Bass/Break Beat 30 years ahead of its time, it's my favorite track, it's got awesome solos by Keith, Miles and Gary Bartz. And you can hear that leading to 'On The Corner' two years later.

[@nige3801]

Yo Tee, I love this channel man!

[@teelurizzo8542]

@@nige3801 Hey nige! I've discovered it recently and have only watched a couple of interviews, but it is a great channel indeed. See ya at church!

[@ElDrumeroDrums]

What an amazing gathering of stick talent, the stories. I’m a fan!

[@marchanson169]

These conversations are like food for the soul. So good!

[@BONHAMOLOGY]

This was wonderful, thanks for doing these!

[@davidfriedlaender4130]

So inspiring- thank you

[@user-dk3ps1hv8c]

F...... amazing stories, anecdotes and life experience from some of the greatest drummers in the world - wow!!!

[@JoeFranco]

Great Stuff, guys! 🥁

[@robertosilveira2384]

What a INCREDIBLE video with all these DRUM MASTERS! Pure joy for me! Thank you all for this!

[@mannygrossman]

How is it possible that Lenny White looks younger now than he did in the 70's? Amazing interview. Thanks for doing this.

[@rillloudmother]

that was really great. a legend being interviewed by a bunch of legends.

[@johnanning]

I love this show! I want to add three things things: 1) "Forest Flower" was recorded in 1966 and it was a gateway drug into jazz for a lot of young musicians, three years before "Bitches Brew". I'm not ranking them, just saying that is a really important record, and Jack played amazing. 2) I saw the Miles band at the Berkeley Jazz Festival when Jack played piano, Chick played drums, and Keith Jarrett played soprano - just for a few minutes with the lights down, before Miles came out and everyone scurried to their "correct" instrument. 3) I saw one of the Special Edition bands at Keystone. I think it was Jack, Lester Bowie, Scofield and Ron McClure. Incredible. The last song was really loud (in a cool way) with Jack playing an off beat funk pattern on a big china cymbal. The crowd was going nuts, and Jack came back and did an encore, playing Denny Zeitlin's ballad "Quiet Now" as a solo piano piece. He got quieter and quieter and then stopped. The juxatposition of the loudest and softest music I ever heard at Keystone had a big effect on me.

[@pascaldeshayes5459]

Whaaaaaaatttt???!!! All these legendary drummers in the same video, what a dream!!!

[@robertmccracken4567]

This is great guys! Thank you!

[@tillwurfel7878]

This is such a treat, hearing these cats talk - thank you so much.

[@JohnLennon99791]

Please keep the episodes coming. Drummers Rock.

[@geraldmellon740]

What a fabulous idea and resource to have all these legends in one place. Great job! Peace ❤ and love from Scotland.

[@J3unG]

I just found you guys! Subbed. It's a miracle. I'm sharing your existence to all my muso friends now. Keep going!!

[@stuartdryer1352]

What an amazing video with true superheroes. I'm not worthy.

[@benaducci1]

greatttt

[@stevethomas8054]

Jack tells like it is!

[@ljcaballero3428]

I appreciate all you guys! Have studied all of you. Thank you.

[@audenstevenson1453]

All my hero’s in one video, this is simply amazing

[@andreabrachfeld9944]

Cosmic energy morphed in music!

[@bobweber4140]

This was awesome thankyou

[@svenkalmar]

Great.Thx!

[@branwerks6978]

Came here via a few MC interviews I checked out earlier. Had no idea about this Pod. Just liked and subbed, which I rarely do. This is great, thanks to you all and your guests.

[@marieginocchio222]

Thanks for posting

[@glaucoantonio9706]

Um mestre de sutil talento e percepção

[@gumbiOrtiz]

love this!!!

[@mattipietola9633]

Great, great and maybe the best episode so far ❤

[@christopherlaws9000]

I would like to thank all of you gentlemen for creating great music for all of us. The music that you guys created helped mold us and made our lives so much fun listening to your music, seeing you in concert and even getting to meet some of you.

[@williamlenihan7536]

Man, thanks for all of this! Each of you are a treasure and have changed the musical soundscape forever. What a perfect collection of drummers for a conversation.

[@bmuhamad]

Quite possibly the track is: "What I Say"...with Jack & Miles...

[@kentbyron7608]

This is amazing: Education, biography, music lessons, natural laws, psychology, kindness, joyful humor, heroes, great questions bubbling from a round table, insightful discussion, history. This is a great contribution to world culture. Bravo! More!❤️🌹🥰🙏🏼🦅🌞

[@jerryhoran6036]

Fantastic! Thanks!

[@freein2339]

I attended some workshops with jack at Creative Music Studio in the 80s...His wisdom was just amazing....

[@stanls265]

Without a doubt the greatest shows on youtube: "Stick People".

[@ALCDNY]

This is incredible!!!!!

[@bmuhamad]

Really nice. Thanks.

[@lihns]

After Christian Vander (Magma got me into jazz and drums !) Jack is probably the most influential to me (and he’s my favorite of all time probably) and this video (podcast?) was super insightful and fun to listen to, props!! Sending good vibes

[@MikeJamesMedia]

I grew up listening to all of you, and this was such a pleasure to hear and see. Thank you all for a lifetime of great music and development! ❤

[@andreabrachfeld9944]

Love this conversation! Learned so much. Cosmos mentality! Compassion and pure love!!🙏❤️

[@carlupthegrove262]

As always what a great episode... One thing I love about these 'shows' is that it's a bit like hanging with all of you guys and just quietly listening in.... listen and learn.

[@kevinshoemaker5466]

Man, one of the best stick people ever (they are all great tho..). Merv Kennedy, my drum teacher for 7 years taught a strong classic jazz foundation. What a great path he laid for me when each one of you in your own way opened up a new world of beats, pocket and rythm. You guys opened up the E ticket Disneyland ride of drumming for me. Sadly, everyone wanted a rock drummer! I apparently was and am "too jazzy", to this day. F#ck em! Now I play for myself, which is more fun than playing 4 time while am forced to sit thru another "lead guitar" try to copy a riff and turn it into 32 bars. Thank you!

[@MrGuitar1458]

Wonderful stuff. Such incredible talent on this podcast. You have all had a huge impact on so many of us who followed in your footsteps. Thank you!

[@rutherfordBHAZED]

AWESOME!!!!!

[@JRM---516]

This is sooooooo great! Priceless.

[@franciscomarti2002]

Thank you❤

[@besenkopf77]

Terrific!

[@MattLeGroulx]

Great stuff, guys!

[@MarioCalzadaMusic]

I didn’t know this was happening… what a bless… thank you

[@BurnsTennis]

I still have photos I took from the Jack DeJohnette Parallel Realities 1990 in London. With Dave Holland, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock. Doesn't get better than that.

[@patricktiglao]

All of the episodes Ive seen so far are the best interview/discussions Ive ever heard. So informative! Not mention all of the interviewers and the guests are my biggest music heroes from childhood to today. Any chance on getting Roy, Vinnie, Dave W. or Omar??

[@michaelshrieve5571]

Thank you for your kind words. All of those suggestions sound great. Just between you and me, if we were to set up a subscription service, what do you think would be a fair monthly price, or a price for each interview?

[@DeeWhy618]

This is amazing! Can we please get 5 more hours of this, please?

[@michaelshrieve5571]

Perhaps an hour more. I'll talk to our Producer.

[@DeeWhy618]

@michaelshrieve5571 Wow! I can't believe you responded! Thank you, I was selfishly half-joking but would absolutely love more! You are all living legends and are doing such an important service by documenting these stories. Thank you. Thank you!

[@jibsmokestack1]

Loved Mike referencing Jacks Climax on McLean’s Jacknife album. Jack, Jackie and Lee Morgan are amazing on that cut!

[@bmuhamad]

There's a number of people, most of them, not drummers...Who say they dislike Buddy Miles' performances. Most of this didn't, or ceased to apply when he played with Carlos...

[@trustnoone9921]

I remember Greg's amazing drum solo on a live performance of Boogie Woogie Waltz in the early 70's thanks to a bootleg recording.

[@kleberveridianogoncalvesde6293]

God bless you all ! 🙏

[@yonickyg9719]

please get Snap Crackle on this... Please.

[@yonickyg9719]

Also Brian Blade, please

[@roloduarte3100]

This is gold.

[@ThePsychedelicDrummer]

Mitch Mitchell is one of my top most Inspiration. As a drummer. Then comes Mike Clarks Funk feel.. And also a bit of crazy Ginger Baker is inside of me.. Do you guys ever played with Gabor Szabo? Love this episode. I hope you read this. Hare Krishna 🙏✌️

[@ericwilhelm2941]

This is Gold

[@animalosi]

This is the best

[@gregorysullivan4554]

What a rush!!

[@ericwilhelm2941]

Greg Errico's backdrop wall......"Win big Prizes and a Chickin "

[@elwoodwhite9734]

Miles kept you on your toes he loved doing that yes Mitch was a jazz drummer at heart kind of like Watts but more aggressive like Clark was the fucky side of jazz just Epic

[@trevorspiro945]

I’d like to ask Mike about his time with Brand X, and Michael about playing with Stomu Yamashta.

[@JohnLennon99791]

♡Michael Shrieve♡

[@stamostz]

Do Roy Haynes

[@CarloGarof]

❤❤❤❤

[@ljcaballero3428]

Mitch Mitchell's complete history. On Wikipedia!

[@bmuhamad]

Just wondering. Who are your favorite percussionists & congueros?

[@drumsybatabamboom8022]

What kind of anti ageing meds is Lenny White taking?!

[@borgullet3376]

Peanut Butter

[@yonickyg9719]

A long steady diet of Drums...

[@RonCarterBassist]

👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@MsRiccig]

lenny do you still have your blue gretch set from the 70s ?

[@56spider]

"What I Say" at 45:45

[@MsRiccig]

6 monsters there

[@musician069]

What’s the name of the opening tune?

[@cacho100]

it´s "Fantasy in D", from Freddy Hubbard´s record. "First Light" year 1971, one of those CTI records mentioned in the conversation, with Jack DeJohnette on drums!!!

[@musician069]

@@cacho100 I can always count on fine folks to know answers to questions I need answering. Thank you. I will look that up now.