POP/SNEAK PEEK : JAZZ GIANT DEJOHNETTE SITS IN FOR `BLUES BROTHERS' FILM.Byline: - Fred Shuster In the course of a long career, drummer Jack DeJohnette Jack DeJohnette (b. 1942) is an American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer. DeJohnette was born in Chicago, Illinois. Besides the drums, he studied the piano, which he plays on several recordings. has played with many of the biggest names in improvised music. Nobody expected to catch him in a big-screen comedy directed by John Landis. But when ``Blues Brothers 2000'' opens today, DeJohnette will be seen hitting those tubs in an all-star battle of the blues bands. At the end of the film, DeJohnette appears in a group called the Gator Boys along with Eric Clapton, Lou Rawls, Koko Taylor, Isaac Hayes, Jimmie Vaughan, Grover Washington Jr. and Joshua Redman. ``It was lots of fun,'' DeJohnette said. ``How can you turn down playing in a band of that quality? No way.'' DeJohnette's band Oneness appears tonight and Saturday at Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood. The quartet, which also features guitarist Jerome Harris, pianist Michael Cain and percussionist Don Alias, aims for collective improvisation on stage, DeJohnette said. ``The way we work is, the compositions and group improvisations merge,'' the drummer said last week. ``The material comes out different each time.'' The rhythm-oriented band's new disc, ``Oneness'' (ECM (1) (Enterprise Change Management) See version control and configuration management. (2) (Error Correcting Mode) A Group 3 fax capability that can test for errors within a row of pixels and request retransmission. ), was released to widespread acclaim. After working with Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins, Bill Evans and many others, DeJohnette has been a solo artist with the ECM label for 25 years. ``What you hear on the record is a day in the life of the group,'' DeJohnette said. ``We play differently each time, and we're not afraid We're not Afraid! is a website which was created just hours after the 7 July 2005 London bombings as a place for Internet users from around the world to state that they were not being intimidated by the actions of the terrorists. to take risks. If someone deviates, we'll go along with it and eventually come back.'' Clapton as King We've seen the upcoming Eric Clapton video, ``Live in Hyde Park,'' and it's a doozy doo·zy or doo·zie n. pl. doo·zies Slang Something extraordinary or bizarre: "Among the delicious names taken by, or given to, minor political parties in the United States . . . . The long-form film, due in stores Feb. 17, showcases the guitarist and singer with a crack band in front of more than 150,000 people at a free London concert last June. As Clapton suggests in the 90-minute video, the last time he played Hyde Park was 30 years earlier - with the short-lived supergroup Blind Faith. The most astounding a·stound tr.v. a·stound·ed, a·stound·ing, a·stounds To astonish and bewilder. See Synonyms at surprise. [From Middle English astoned, past participle of astonen, segment in the film takes place when Clapton grabs a cherry-red Gibson ES-335 electric guitar and introduces ``a couple of numbers by a man called Freddie King.'' Clapton, backed by a marvelous band that includes drummer Steve Gadd, harmonica harmonica. 1 The simplest of the musical instruments employing free reeds, known also as the mouth organ or French harp. It was probably invented in 1829 by Friedrich Buschmann of Berlin, who called his instrument the Mundäoline. ace Jerry Portnoy and the three-piece Kick Horns, brings down the house with the Chicago blues classics ``Tore Down'' and ``Have You Ever Loved a Woman "Have You Ever Loved A Woman" is a blues standard written by Billy Myles and recorded by Freddie King as Federal single #12384 in 1960.[1] King's single failed to make an impact on its initial release. .'' Other material includes ``Badge'' (which we remember Clapton performing at the earlier Hyde Park free concert), ``Wonderful Tonight,'' ``Layla,'' ``I Shot the Sheriff'' and ``White Room.'' Clapton's new album, ``Pilgrim'' (Reprise re·prise n. 1. Music a. A repetition of a phrase or verse. b. A return to an original theme. 2. A recurrence or resumption of an action. tr.v. ), is due March 10. Smokey hosts Smokey Robinson will host the Rhythm & Blues Foundation's 1998 Pioneer Awards. The ninth annual awards ceremony takes place Feb. 26 at the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Sheraton the day after the Grammy Awards. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Drummer Jack DeJohnette's regular group, Oneness, appears tonight and Saturday at Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood. |
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