Jack DeJohnette on how he fell in love with jazz

NOW, A JAZZ MOMENT…

MUSIC: The Major General (Jack DeJohnette)

                        CD: The Jack DeJohnette Complex 

                        Fantasy 1991/1969

NEA JAZZ MASTER JACK DEJOHNETTE IS WIDELY REGARDED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST DRUMMERS IN THIS MUSIC.  HE RECALLS HOW HE FIRST FELL IN LOVE WITH IT... Jack DeJohnette:  My uncle was a great jazz fan.  And he became a jazz DJ.  When he started getting the records, you know the old 78 records, I started listening to em.  And there was something about that music you know, about jazz music, you know that really turned me on. I just had this fire burnin in me, this was what I wanted to do. MUSIC: same - punctuation THIS JAZZ MOMENT WITH DRUMMER JACK DEJOHNETTE WAS CREATED BY THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.