Jazz legends don’t turn seventy every day, you know, but Jack DeJohnette’s time is coming, August 9, specifically, which is just a few days after the weekend of 3-4-5 August, when Jackie D unloads on Newport. DeJohnette will play the Jazz Fest three different ways: with his Group, with the DeJohnette All-Stars, and as part of a duo with All-Stars pianist Jason Moran. All of this of course set against the backdrop of whatever other jazzy mayhem may be going on at the Fest this year. Not a bad way to turn 70, all in all. (FULL ARTICLE: Steve Greenlee, The Boston Globe)
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