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Jack DeJohnette, Revered Jazz Drummer, Dies at 83

Endowed with spectacular range, he played with Miles Davis, led New Directions and Special Edition, and spent decades with Keith Jarrett’s Standards Trio.

© Arden Wray for The New York Times

Jazz musician Jack DeJohnette at his home in Willow, N.Y., in 2024. He was primarily a drummer for Miles Davis and other major jazz performers, but he also played the piano, the first instrument he learned as a child.
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