Jazz Articles about Jason Adasiewicz

Jason Adasiewicz: Rolldown

by Mark Corroto
May 20, 2008

The sons of the sons of sons of the Chicago sound are expanding an ever mushrooming jazz scene. Please thank whatever god(s) to whom you voice your appreciation for these gifts of new music.

Vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz has been heard in numerous projects including Guillermo Gregorio Trio, Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra, and bands led by Nicole Mitchell, Ken Vandermark and Fred Lonberg-Holm. He has also backed rock groups Pinetop Seven, Central Falls, and Calexico.

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New Chicago Underground: Jason Adasiewicz and Tigersmilk

by Clifford Allen
May 11, 2008

It is sometimes said that what separates Chicago from other music towns is a wide-open expansiveness in the music's sound, as compared to the condensed urbanity of New Yorkers. But something more poignant comes through when talking with some Chicago musicians--that no matter what the subset, there's a feeling that the Chicago playing field is a lot more about a collective sense than individual soloists. Jason Adasiewicz Rolldown 482 Music 2008

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Harris Eisenstadt: The Soul and Gone

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 9, 2006

Il trombonista Jeb Bishop (The Vandermark 5) e il chitarrista Jeff Parker (Tortoise) sono i personaggi più conosciuti della formazione assemblata dal batterista Harris Eisenstadt, che ha riunito per l’occasione alcuni giovani esponenti della scena musicale di Chicago. Ma in The Soul and Gone, quinto album da leader del batterista e compositore di Toronto, è il vibrafono dello sconosciuto Jason Adasiewicz a sorprendere maggiormente, con un suono liquido che attraversa con grande fantasia, con personalità, e con evidente eleganza armonica ...