“I’m having more fun with music,” says Jack DeJohnette. “Now that I’m in my mid-40s, I don’t take everything so seriously. As I let go of a lot of past fears and false illusions about what music is supposed to be, rather than just dealing with what it is, I find myself being a lot freer in my thinking. I’m like a kid again, in a sense, discovering new things each day. I feel real positive, and that’s reflected in my playing, my writing, my whole outlook on life.” His new album, Parallel Realities (with Pat Metheny and Herbie Hancock), is more groove oriented than most of his previous work. “ I was mostly concerned with doing what was best for the composition,” he explains. “This album was designed to feature good music, not to show off the drums—other than maybe showing that I can sit there and just do […]

December 2021 Issue