RoCM Jack DeJohnette Memorial Playlist: 08 Nov 2025
So John DeJohnette passed away last week at the age of 83, closing the book on a nearly 50 year career in jazz. This week, I put together a playlist that features tracks with DeJohnette as both a leader and a sideperson – and I really tried to find some deeper cuts. Two hours doesn’t really seem like a long enough time to do his career justice.
Don’t forget that you can listen to the RoCM online at KCSB-FM’s website and there’s an online archive available for two weeks after the show airs.
| Time | Artist | Song | Release | Song note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:00:16 PM | Alice Clark | Looking At Life | Alice Clark | |
| 4:05:31 PM | Bill Laswell, Derek Bailey, Jack Dejohnette, and DJ Disk | Track 3 | Bill Laswell’s Transmutation | Derek Bailey – guitar |
| 4:21:52 PM | Jack DeJohnette’s Special Edition | One for Eric | Live in Baltimore 1980 | Arthur Blythe – Alto Saxophone |
| 4:37:13 PM | Ethan Iverson, Jack DeJohnette & Larry Grenadier | At The Bells And Motley | Every Note Is True | Bass – Larry Grenadier |
| 4:46:49 PM | Tom Waits | Drunk On The Moon | 1975 Live at Tucson | |
| 5:00:10 PM | Aesop Rock | No Regrets | Labor Days | |
| 5:06:13 PM | Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane & Matt Garrison | Serpentine Fire | In Movement | Jack DeJohnette – drums, piano, electronic percussion |
| 5:15:07 PM | Peter Warren | Solidarity | Solidarity | Jack DeJohnette – drums |
| 5:26:22 PM | Kalaparusha | Celestial | Kalaparusha | Tom Schmidt – Bass |
| 5:36:53 PM | Chick Corea | Slumber | The Sun | Dave Holland – Bass |
| 5:50:51 PM | Tom Lehrer | Lobachevsky | An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer / Tom Lehrer Revisited |
