Nate Chinen wrote a nice review of a recent performance by the Jack DeJohnette trio at ShapeShifter Lab in Brooklyn. He also pointed out the trio's familial connections to legends John Coltrane and Jimmy Garrison--DeJohnette's trio includes Ravi Coltrane (sax), son of John Coltrane, and Matt Garrison (bass), son of Jimmy Garrison. Also, and perhaps equally exciting, the trio is headed into ECM's recording studio to create an album:
Next week the group will record its debut album for the ECM label. Then it will embark on a tour in Europe, where it has already made a strong impression, and not just because of its appealing back story, which boils down to lineage.
Look forward to listening to the album when it is finished and released.
Drummer Jack DeJohnette led Ravi Coltrane and Matt Garrison at ShapeShifter Lab in Brooklyn. Credit Jacob Blickenstaff for The New York Times