Legendary jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette dies at 83

Jazz musician Jack DeJohnette, who performed with such luminaries as Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Sun Ra and Keith Jarrett, has died. He was 83.

A family representative told the New York Times that DeJohnette died on Sunday at a hospital in Kingston, N.Y. The cause of death was congestive heart failure.

Born in Chicago, DeJohnette initially learned piano as a child but later took up drums after a family friend left their kit in the family’s basement.

He first got noticed in the mid-1960s, playing drums as a member of the Charles Lloyd Quartet. He then worked with Bill Evans, Stan Getz and Jackie McLean before releasing his own album, “The DeJohnette Complex,” in 1968.

Miles Davis then recruited him for his group and he can be heard on the classic 1969 fusion jazz album “Bitches Brew.”