Christian McBride, the DownBeat Readers Poll choice for Artist of the Year, and R&B star Jeffrey Osborne at The Record Parlour, a used vinyl shop and show venue in Los Angeles.
(Photo: Alex Frankel)Nov 13, 2025 11:32 AM
It’s late September in Los Angeles. A scorching heat wave has lingered but waned somewhat over the past few days, the weather still warm and slightly uncomfortable. The residual…
Jack DeJohnette has never been willing to sit still long enough to be categorized.
(Photo: DownBeat Archive)Oct 28, 2025 10:16 AM
Editor’s Note: Jack DeJohnette is the kind of percussionist who might appear on any given night behind a major artist and, by so doing, raise the level of group interplay about seven notches. Such was the case at Newport ’74 when he showed up quite unexpectedly behind Freddie Hubbard at Carnegie Hall. All of a sudden a formerly ho-hum rhythm section was transformed into one of high excitement, distinctive originality and exquisite empathy.
But Jack DeJohnette is far more than just a drummer who sits in someone else’s band, or even someone who…
