Allen Michie on Nostr: Speaking about his regular music practice at home, DeJohnette seemed to suggest that ...

Speaking about his regular music practice at home, DeJohnette seemed to suggest that his inner quest continued there. He plays either in his living room, on a Kawai grand piano, or downstairs in his basement studio, where he works out ideas on a Korg Kronos keyboard and drums along to favorite CDs like John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” and Davis’s “Seven Steps to Heaven.” Describing these sessions on the two instruments at the core of his life’s work, he referred to a private process that nevertheless resembles a communion — “cocreating with the source of everything,” honoring ideas as they arise.

“I’m not playing for fans; I’m playing for me, and through that, discovering myself in a deeper way so that I have more to give,” he said. “To give of myself, and to be able to receive.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/arts/music/jack-dejohnette-piano.html?smid=url-share

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