Jack Dejohnette who plays drums has won DownBeats Readers Polls for 5 years straight since 2005. His experience comes from playing in Keith Jarret for 25 years and many other "special projects". He says the reason he is so popular is because he does his own thing, meaning he doesn't conform to other's expectations but rather plays what he wants to.
His real fame recently comes from the Jack DeJohnette group. In this band Jack is freed to perform the way he wants to. He is not held back by other peoples restrictions because this is his band. The group instrumentals consist of a double neck electric guitar, acoustic piano, electric keyboard, bass guitar, and alto sax. Their songs consist of newly composed tuns as well as compositions that they already wrote.
Jack Dejohnette seems to me like the most famous drummer of our time. His list of acheivments is very impressive. he has the longest streak of being on top of the downbeat polls. I believe he is going to be on top for a few more years.
